What is the significance of taking “Anglo-American” out of the title?
AACR2 has been translated into 25 other languages and has been used in 45 countries outside the United States, so the designation “Anglo-American” is no longer really accurate. International communities of libraries and other information providers worldwide have told us that they would like AACR to evolve to become an international standard, and we are working to ensure that RDA will be compatible with internationally established principles, models, and standards. RDA will be derived from English language conventions and customs, but will be used in other language communities. As with AACR2, RDA will include instructions that will allow those applying RDA and translating RDA into other languages to substitute their own language preferences where RDA specifies English as the preferred language or specifies the use of an English language term. • Will taking the word “cataloguing” out of the title diminish the esteem in which cataloging is held? Actually it can be seen as a step toward do
