Question

Arrange the following in increasing order: (A) ISBD (CR) (B) ISBD (ER) (C) ISBD (NBM) (D) ISBD (A) Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

• A. (A), (B), (C), (D)
• B. (A), (C), (B), (D)
• C. (B), (A), (D), (C)
• D. (C), (D), (B), (A)

Hint:

The development of ISBDs followed the need to catalog different formats. After monographs (1971), standards for non-book materials came next, with standards for newer formats like electronic resources appearing much later.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

Step 1: Find the publication year for each ISBD standard. \[\begin{array}{rl} \bullet & \text{(C) ISBD(NBM) - for Non-Book Materials: 1977} \\ \bullet & \text{(D) ISBD(A) - for Older monographic publications (Antiquarian): 1980} \\ \bullet & \text{(B) ISBD(ER) - for Electronic Resources: 1997} \\ \bullet & \text{(A) ISBD(CR) - for Continuing Resources and other Serials: 2002 (This superseded the earlier ISBD(S)).} \\ \end{array}\]

Step 2: Arrange the standards chronologically by their first publication year. The order is 1977, 1980, 1997, 2002.

Step 3: Match the years to the standards. The correct sequence is ISBD(NBM) (C), ISBD(A) (D), ISBD(ER) (B), ISBD(CR) (A). The correct order is (C), (D), (B), (A).