CC:DA/CC:AAM/2003/1 Proposal to delete the Turkish word “bir” from Appendix E (Initial Articles)

Abstract

Since its 2001 revision, the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (Appendix E) has included a list of initial articles to be omitted in headings constructed per rules 22.11D, 24.5A, 25.2C, and 26.1A. The list includes The Turkish word “bir,” which it identifies as a definite or indefinite article. CC:AAM believes that the Turkish word “bir” should be deleted from Appendix E of AACR2 for the following reasons:

Modern grammarians do not class “Bir” as an indefinite article. Current practice in North America and Turkey as determined by searching OPAC records is to regard the "Bir" as a significant word rather than an indefinite article to be disregarded.