The problem addressed in this paper is that of simplifying access point determination. A critique is made of the simple, mechanical rule whereby every name appearing in certain designatable locations within a publication qualifies as an access point. Then a more acceptable version of the every-name-an-access-point rule is tested empirically against a sample of 400 English language monographs. Conclusions reached concern (1) the responsibility profiles of these monographs, i.e., how many authors, editors, illustrators and emanators are typically associated with them and in what combinations, and (2) the relative productivity of different locations within them, e.g., title pages and tables of contents, as sources of access points. The study was conceived to be exploratory in nature and its findings suggest further research that could be done to provide empirical validation for rules for access point determination.-
The purpose of this paper is to explore some of the implications of abandoning the main entry in online catalogs. The approach we take is to explore the consequences of deleting direct and indirect references to main entry in Chapter 21 in the second edition of the Anglo-American Calaloguing Rules (AACR2). Three classes of problematic rules result when this deletion is performed. First there are rules, which when converted, become awkward or non-sensical. Second there are rules which under conversion become overly complex. Third there are converted rules which cannot be easily operationalized.
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