Cataloguing and Processing
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Abbreviations
The following common abbreviations are set out by Concise
AACR2 -- 1988 Revision and should be used as required
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
J | K | L | M |
N | O | P | Q | R | S | T |
U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Common Abbreviations
| Term |
Abbreviation |
|
And |
& |
| Anno Domini |
A.D. |
| approximately |
approx. |
| Before Christ |
B.C. |
| black and white |
b&w |
| book |
bk. |
| bulletin |
bull. |
| centimetre(s) |
cm. |
| chapter |
ch. |
| circa |
ca. |
| coloured |
col. |
| corrected |
corr. |
| Company |
Co. |
| copyright |
c |
| Corporation |
Corp. |
| Department |
Dept. |
| diameter |
dia. |
| document. |
xdoc. |
| edition(s) |
ed., eds. |
| editor |
ed. |
| et cetera |
etc. |
| facsimile(s) |
facsim., facsims |
| folio |
fol. |
| foot, feet |
ft. |
| frame(s) |
fr. |
| frames per second |
fps. |
| illustration(s) |
ill. |
| illustrator |
ill. |
| inch(es) |
in. |
| inches per second |
ips. |
| including |
incl. |
| Incorporated |
Inc. |
| introduction |
introd. |
| kilometre |
km. |
| Limited |
Ltd. |
| manuscript(s) |
ms., mss. |
| millimetre(s) |
mm. |
| minute(s) |
min. |
| miscellaneous |
misc. |
| No name (publisher) |
s.n. |
| No place (publication) |
s.l. |
| New Testament |
N.T. |
| number(s) |
no. |
| Old Testament |
O.T. |
| page(s) |
p. |
| paperback |
pbk. |
| part(s) |
pt., pts. |
| photographs |
photo. (s) |
| portraits(s) |
port., ports |
| publishing |
pub. |
| retrospective conversion |
recon. |
| revised |
rev. |
| second |
2nd |
| series |
ser. |
| silent |
si. |
| supplement |
suppl. |
| title page |
t.p. |
| translator |
trans. |
| volume(s) |
v., vol., vols. |
