Amendments 2005
The 2005 amendments were published in the 2005 update to the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second edition, 2002 revision. See also: Amendments to AACR.
For information on purchasing the 2005 update, see the AACR2 Web site.
Summary of Major Changes in Amendments 2005
Rules A.2A, A.4A, and A.30 have been revised to cover capitalization of single letters used to represent words, and multiple-letter prefixes in compound terms, in headings for corporate bodies and in titles, e.g. “eBay” and “drkoop.com, Inc.”
Rule A.40 on German capitalization has been revised in line with changes to German orthography.
The definition of “coloured illustration” in the Glossary has been revised.
The Turkish word “bir” has been removed from Appendix E, Initial Articles.
Minor changes arising from the preparation of the new edition of Cartographic Materials : A Manual of Interpretation for AACR2 have been made.
Detailed List of Changes in Amendments 2005
| Rule |
Action |
| 1.1C1, footnote 2 |
Updated |
| 2.5C3 |
Updated |
| 3.0D |
Updated |
| 3.3B7 |
Updated |
| App. A: contents at A.30 |
Updated |
| A.2A1 |
Updated |
| A.4A1 |
Updated |
| A.30A |
Updated |
| A.40 |
Updated |
| App. D: Coloured illustration |
Updated |
| E.1A: "bir Turkish" |
Deleted |
Date posted: 23 June 2005
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