CC:DA/MAGERT/1999/1rev.2 Rule change proposals for cartographic materials

Abstract

The Anglo-American Committee for Cataloguing Cartographic Materials met in Washington, D.C., September 8-14, 1998 to revise Cartographic Materials: A Manual of Interpretation for AACR2. In addition to reviewing the text of Cartographic Materials for consistency with the 1988 revision of AACR2 as well as subsequent updates, the committee incorporated additional rules to accommodate information prescribed by the U.S. Federal Geographic Data Committee’s Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata. An international subcommittee was formed to look at the cataloging for cartographic electronic resources; their recommendations have been incorporated as part of this document. The suggested rule changes and new rules (see CC:DA/MAGERT/1999/1rev.) are the result of the committee’s work to either incorporate new data or to clarify the existing text to reflect actual cataloging practice of all five countries.