DCRB vs. AACR2
DCRB (Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Books draws on some techniques of descriptive bibliography to document more fully the book as artifact.
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- DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY is the analytical examination of books as physical artifacts and involves detailed comparisons of many copies of the same work.
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- In practice and in spirit, DCRB is closer to AACR2 (Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules) than to DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY.
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