Large print

The rules on this page have been approved in concept by the SCRAP committee, but the exact wording is still being adjusted. Please use these rules. Please send any feedback to SCRAP.

Large print books are defined by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped of the Library of Congress and OCLC Bibliographic Standards and Formats.

Consider a resource to be large print if both of these conditions are met:

• The item is printed in characters in a 14 point or larger font
• The item is labeled "large print" or "larger print"

HarperLuxe and Harlequin are publishers of popular "larger type" books.

Code as follows:

Form fixed field element=d
250 Large [or Larger] print
300 pagination description is qualified with (large print) following AACR2R 2.5B23
655 0 Large type books.

If there is a formal edition statement that would normally already be transcribed (250 2nd ed.), then give a quoted note along with source (500 "Larger print"—Cover.)

External links

• Bibliographic Formats and Standards: Form fixed field element

• Reading Materials in Large Print: A Resource Guide (2005)

• SCRAP minutes, December 2007