ISBD : International Standard Bibliographic Description / recommended by the ISBD Review Group ; approved by the Standing Committee of the IFLA Cataloguing Section
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Members of the ISBD Review Group (as of December 2010) -- Liaisons with other groups -- INTRODUCTION -- A General Chapter -- Specification Of Elements -- 0 Content form and media type area -- 1 Title and statement of responsibility area -- 2 Edition area -- 3 Material or type of resource specific area -- 4 Publication, production, distribution, etc., area -- 5 Material description area -- 6 Series and multipart monographic resource area -- 7 Note area -- 8 Resource identifier and terms of availability area -- Appendices -- Appendix A: Multilevel description -- Appendix B: Bi-directional records -- Appendix C: Bibliography -- Appendix D: Abbreviations -- Appendix E: Glossary -- Index
Summary
This is the new edition of the first consolidated ISBD that was published in 2007. The first years of usage have led to interesting and useful corrections and additions. Many cataloguers and practitioners worldwide will welcome this updated first class tool, which is useful and applicable for descriptions of bibliographic resources in any type of catalogue
