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pre-natal cataloguing ranganathan mooted the idea of cataloguing and classification of a book prior to its release by the publisher since the
cataloguing-in-publication the cataloguing-in-source given up by the lc in 1959 was revived in july 1971 the entries were prepared from galley
cataloguing-in-source with the collaboration of the publishers and through a financial grant provided by the council on library resources the
commercial cataloguing when centralised processing like preparation and sale of catalogue entries on-cards is undertaken by an agency as
advantages duplication of work can be avoided cost of cataloguing can be minimised uniform and standard cataloguing practices can be
objectives the objectives of centralised cataloguing are toavoid duplication of work achieve uniform and standard cataloguing
centralised cataloguing by centralized cataloguing we mean the provision of cataloguing service from a central point to several clients the
call number call number is the notational symbol given to a document to individualise and identify it it consists of the classification number
tracing tracing is a separate paragraph this is the last paragraph in the main entry of a dictionary catalogue this part traces the additional
standard number and terms of availability area international standard book number isbn and international standard serial number issn are
notes area the notes area gives any additional useful information about the document observe the words additional useful information the
body of the entry body of the main entry consists of several parts or units this constitutes the first paragraph of the main entry there is a
heading the heading is the essence of a catalogue entry it is the main access point for document for a document we decide first the heading
parts of a main entry in that entry information is given in units as separate paragraphs we observe that the first and second indention in
data elements in a dictionary catalogue we shall discuss the parts of main entry in a dictionary catalogue according to isbd and aacr-2r with
three levels of descriptionthe three levels of description are detailed thus first level of description for the first level of description the
levels of description even though aacr-2 provides for the eight areas of description and for certain elements of information in each area it is
areas of description standardization is a necessity in modern large scale production and manufacture it therefore penetrates into several areas
data elements in catalogue entries we not only provide for access points to meet the variety of user needs to find a document but also
analytical entries sometimes we may wish to draw the attention of a library user to a part or parts of a book which we feel may otherwise
reference entries in a library where a dictionary catalogue is maintained we see entries of the type known as references and also of the type
cross reference index entry ranganathan in his classified catalogue code uses the term cross reference index entry for the type of entry
book index entries book index entries are specific added word entries provided for a document these entries are given under the names of
cross reference entry a cross reference entry enters a document under one or other of the classes other than the dominant focus or class for
entries in a classified catalogue in ranaganathans classified catalogue we find the following entries 1 main entry 2