AACR2 Editorial Files, 1970-1975, 1977-2009
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Brief Description:

Editorial files of AACR2, the University of Illinois and Joint Steering Committee (JSC) Editorial Files of Michael Gorman, editor of The Concise AACR2 (1981) and co-editor of Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, Second Edition Revised (AACR2R) (1988) and the files of the RTSD executive secretaries, contains correspondence, background documents and publication, memoranda, drafts, revisions, and publication reviews of AACR2R co-editors, Michael Gorman and Paul Winkler, and other members of the JSC, representatives from ALA, the Australian Committee on Cataloging, the Canadian Committee on Cataloging, the Library Association, the British Library, and the Library of Congress.

Note: Boxes 8-11 contain materials deposited by Margaret Stewart, JSC secretary (1996-1999), Boxes 12-21 contain materials deposited by Nathalie Schulz, JSC secretary, and Box 22 contains CDs of administrative documents concerning RDA (2005-09).

Held at:
The American Library Association Archives
19 Library
1408 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61802
Phone: 217 333 0798
Fax: 217 244 2868
Email: ala-archives [at] library.illinois.edu
Record Series Number: 31/47/16
Created by: Catalog Code Revision Committee, Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS)
Volume: 19.8 Cubic Feet
Acquired: 06/15/1993. CIWS, 8/20/2004, 4/4/2005, 8/19/2009, added 0.1 cubic feet on 2/22/2010
More information is available at https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/3147016a.pdf
Arrangement: Arranged by subject, alphabetically by subject title, and chronologically by date thereunder
Access Restrictions: Note box 14 and 21 materials are restricted (Executive Session minutes until 2025 and reviews of the Concise AACR2 2004 revision are restricted for the lifetime of Michael Gorman).
Subject Index
Anglo American Cataloging Rules
Catalog Code Revision Committee
Cataloging Rules
Resource Description and Access (RDA)
Languages of Materials
English [eng]