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    Bibliography

    ORC uses out of copyright and open access cataloging resources as the basis for developing its rules.

    • ALA 1908 rules = Catalog Rules: Author and Title Entries. Chicago: ALA, 1908
    • BIBFRAME = BIBFRAME 2.2.0 vocabulary
    • Cataloging Code of Ethics = Cataloging Code of Ethics. Cataloging Ethics Steering Committee, ALA, 2021
    • DCRMR = Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (RDA Edition) (CC BY 4.0)
    • ICP = IFLA Statement of International Cataloguing Principles.Netherlands: IFLA, 2016 (CC BY 4.0)
    • IFLA Element Sets
    • ISBD 2021 = ISBD International Standard Bibliographic Description: 2021 Update to the 2011 Consolidated Edition. Netherlands: IFLA, 2022 (CC BY 4.0)
    • LC 1949 rules = Rules for Descriptive Cataloging in the Library of Congress. Washington: Library of Congress, Descriptive Cataloging Division, 1949
    • LC-PCC-PS = Library of Congress-Program for Cooperative Cataloging Policy Statements (freely available under the Resources tab)
    • LCRI = Library of Congress Rule Interpretations
    • OLAC = OLAC Best Practices for Cataloging DVD-Video and Blu-ray Discs, Objects, Streaming Media, and Video Games Using the Original RDA Toolkit and MARC 21. On-Line Audiovisual Catalogers Inc., 2023 (CC BY 4.0)
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