UC Santa Cruz

Standard Citation Forms has always been and remains a valuable resource for the rare book community, even more so with the 2014 revision (the third edition). The new title, Standard Citation Forms for Rare Materials Cataloging, reflects the expanded scope to include all types of rare materials, not exclusively printed materials.  Moreover, responding to the principles of the new cataloging standard Resource Description & Access (RDA), with its emphasis on transcription and use of spelled out forms rather than abbreviations, this revision of Standard Citation Forms, provides clearer, fuller forms of bibliographic citations that will enable all users, not just specialists, to identify and locate the cited resource without confusion and ambiguity.   In this session, the editors will introduce users, both those who are familiar with the earlier editions and those who are unfamiliar with this important resource, to the new platform (WordPress) and will provide an overview of the new working principles that inform the way new citations are constructed and the set of rules that result in entries notable for intelligibility, consistency, and simplicity (if not brevity).