Publication Information

Publication Information

Includes Publication Information 260 (AACR)/264 (RDA) Place of publication, distribution, manufacture ($a) Publisher, distributor, manufacturer ($b) Dates ($c) Source of information AACR: Title page or other preliminaries, etc. RDA: Anywhere on the item

ISBD punctuation ISBD punctuation 260 (AACR)/264 (RDA) Semi-colon before place of publication, if multiple Colon before name Comma before date Ending punctuation:. ) ] - Exception: no ending punctuation in RDA copyright statement (MARC tag 264, 2nd indicator 4)

AACR 260 Publication information All information in single 260 subfields are repeatable 260 $aplace of publication :$bpublisher,$cdate(s). Exception: Records for continuing resources (i.e. serials) may have multiple 260s to show changes in publisher denoted by 1 st indicator RDA 264 May have multiple 264s for different functions denoted by 2 nd indicator 264 _1 $aplace of publication :$bpublisher,$cpublication date. 264 _2 $aplace of distribution :$Distributor,$cDistribution date. 264 _4 $ccopyright date May also have multiple 264s in serial records for changes in publisher

Place of publication, distribution, etc. subfield a Enter as it is on the item If name of country, state or province is not on the item, add in brackets if needed for clarity AACR -- Give only the first named place unless it isn t in your country, then also give next named place in your country RDA Enter all places named on the item Enter only the first named place or

Place of publication, distribution, etc. cont. AACR Transcribe abbreviated places as they appear. Abbreviate spelled out countries, states, provinces, etc. as instructed in Appendix B Examples: Carterville, IL transcribe as is Paris Add state in brackets if needed Paris, [Ill.] Carterville, Illinois enter as Carterville, Ill. (prescribed abbreviation from Appendix B) RDA Transcribe exactly as it appears. If adding a place, put in brackets and spell out

No place of publication on the item AACR Cataloger researches place and enters it in brackets (with a question mark if you re not sure) or Enters the abbreviation [S.l.] RDA Cataloger researches place and enters it in brackets (with a question mark if needed) or Enters the phrase [Place of publication not identified]

AACR 260 $alondon ;$achicago Examples RDA 264 _1 $ alondon or 264 _1 $alondon ;$achicago ;$anew York ;$aparis

Publisher, Distributor, etc. subfield b AACR Record name in the shortest possible form that still clearly identifies the publisher. Appendix B prescribes abbreviation of some terms G.K. Hall not Hall McGraw-Hill not McGraw-Hill and Company Open Hand Pub. not Open Hand Publishing, Inc. Consider imprint as publisher rather than parent company Prefer publisher on title page rather than t.p. verso or other source RDA Transcribe exactly as it appears

Publisher name unclear or absent AACR Enter probable name in brackets (with question mark if needed) or Enter the abbreviation [s.n.] RDA Enter probable name in brackets (with question mark if needed) or Enter the phrase [publisher not identified]

Unpublished items or naturally occurring objects Unpublished items Includes manuscripts, art originals, unedited or unpublished film or video, unpublished collections, etc. AACR: Do not include 260 subfield a or b. Record a date in subfield c RDA: Record a date in subfield c. Other elements are optional Naturally occurring objects Do not include MARC tag 260 or 264 in the record unless the object has been packaged for commercial distribution

Examples AACR 260 $alondon ;$achicago :$bbooks R Us, 260 $a[decatur, Ill.? :$bcataloging Co.], 260 $a[s.l.] :$blast Chance Press, RDA 264 _1 $alondon ;$achicago ;$anew York ;$aparis :$bbooks R Us, An imprint of Catalogers Press, 264 _2 $a[decatur, Illinois?] :$b[cataloging Company], 264 _1 $a[place of publication not identified] :$blast Chance Press,

Dates subfield c Publication date -- most important use the most recent publication date Copyright date -- may be added along with the publication date but not required AACR: If no pub. date, use the copyright date instead On item: no pub. date, copyright 2012. In record: $cc2012. RDA: hierarchy Publication date If no publication date, use distribution date If no publication or distribution date, use copyright date as an implied publication date, in brackets On item: no pub. or dist. date, copyright 2012. In record: $c[2012]

Recording dates AACR record publication and copyright date in single subfield c Use lowercase c (print) or p (sound recordings) in front of copyright date RDA record publication, distribution, manufacture date in tag 264 with appropriate 2nd indicator depending on function Record copyright date in a separate 264 subfield c. Use 2nd indicator 4 Use copyright symbol in front of copyright date: (print) or (sound recordings) Spell out copyright or phonogram copyright if your system can t reproduce the symbols

No date on the item AACR cataloger estimates a publication date Entered in brackets Examples: [2010] [199-?] probable decade [19--?] probable century RDA cataloger estimates a date or enters the phrase [date of publication not identified]

Recording dates--unpublished items For unpublished items, i.e., manuscripts, etc., give date of creation, inscription, manufacture, recording, etc. For unpublished collections, give inclusive dates

Recording dates--serials First issue in hand: First issue not in hand:

AACR Examples 260 $alondon ;$achicago :$bbooks R Us,$c2014, c2012. 260 $a[decatur, Ill.? :$bcataloging Co.,$c2010] 260 $a[s.l.] :$blast Chance Press,$cc1995.

RDA Examples 264 _1 $alondon ;$achicago ;$anew York ;$aparis :$bbooks R Us, An imprint of Catalogers Press,$c2014. 264 _4 $c 2012 264 _2 $a[decatur, Illinois?] :$b[cataloging Company?],$c[2010] 264 _1 $a[place of publication not identified] :$blast Chance Press,$c[1995] 264 _4 $c 1995

For more information-- MARC Coding OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards Through Connexion or, On OCLC website: www.oclc.org/bibformats/en.html MARC21 format for bibliographic data On Library of Congress website: www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic Cataloging rules Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2 nd ed. (AACR2) print only Resource Description and Access (RDA) Print Online: www.rdatoolkit.org (subscription required)