Definition

For unpublished items or materials that are collectively controlled, field 260 may not be included in a record or may contain only subfield ‡c (Date of publication, distribution, etc.) .

Guidelines

• Enter multiple place names or publisher names in separate subfields.
• Enter multiple occurrences of other components, such as dates, in separate subfields only if a different type of component intervenes.
• Enter components of "real" imprints (carried in brackets and identified by the phrase i.e.) in separate subfields only if a different type of component intervenes.
• Enter the qualification of a place in the same subfield as the place name.
• Enter the statement of the function of a publisher in the same subfield as the publisher's name.

In Connexion client, if field 260 subfield ‡c contains a date and in the fixed field Dates , element Date 1 is blank, the client transfers the date in 260 subfield ‡c to Date 1 upon reformatting the record.

For changes in publisher, see the Library of Congress/Program for Cooperative Cataloging guidelines on the repeatable 260 field: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/260field.html.

Do not enter field 260 in the same record with field 261 or field 262.

If you are cataloging locally produced audiovisual items and off-air videorecordings that are not released, published, or similarly issued in multiple copies as an edition, you may enter only a date in field 260. Or, if you enter the date elsewhere in the record, you do not have to enter any information in field 260. See section 3.7, " Locally Made Videorecordings," for more information.

If you are inputting audiovisual media cataloging created prior to AACR1 revised chapter 12 cataloging rules (which follow ISBD specifications), use field 261 for production and release information (Connexion does not automatically transfer dates from field 261).

If you are cataloging two-dimensional nonprojected graphic materials, use field 260 for publication data for both pre-AACR2 and AACR2 records.

Use field 260 for the date or inclusive dates for a single manuscript or a collection, unless the date is part of the title.

If you are inputting pre-AACR2 cataloging, use field 262 for imprint information (Connexion does not automatically transfer dates from field 262).

Use subfields ‡a, ‡b and ‡c for producer and distributor data. Use subfields ‡e, ‡f and ‡g for generator data.

The producer is the person or corporate body with the financial and/or administrative responsibility for the physical processes whereby the file is brought into existence. The producer may also be responsible for the collection of data and their conversion into machine-readable form.

A distributor is a person or organization designated by the author or producer to reproduce copies of the file.

A generator is a person or corporate body with responsibility for the physical process by which a file is converted into machine-readable form (e.g., keypunching), but whose responsibility does not extend beyond data conversion.

1st Indicator

2nd Indicator

Subfields

Enter only the first publisher or distributor in field 260. Enter the names of later publishers in note form in the appropriate 5xx Fields. Enter any necessary added entries in field 700, field 710 or field 711.

The date represents the date of publication of the edition specified in field 250, not the date of a subsequent printing. A difference in the date of publication of an edition justifies a new record. If the date is unknown or estimated (e.g., [197-?.] vs. [1965?]), use judgment.

If you are cataloging a single manuscript, map manuscript, music manuscript, or thesis according to manuscript rules, enter only one date.

If the publication date differs from the date of distribution, add the date of distribution if it is considered to be significant by the cataloguing agency.

Enter multiple dates in the same subfield ‡c unless a different type of component intervenes.

If a date is unavailable, enter an approximate date. Use brackets [ ] around the date.

If you are cataloging a reprint, enter the date of the reprint in field 260.

If you are cataloging unpublished items, enter only a date in field 260.

Enter the date as a year or years. If you are cataloging a single manuscript according to AACR2, you may include the month and day (in that order) following the year.

Enter the date in field 260, even if it coincides with the date given in a "formatted" 362 field.

If no subfield ‡c is present (because the cataloging is not based on the first issue), do not use any final punctuation at the end of the data in subfield ‡b.

These are the dates of first availability (publication) of some of the major computer file media. Dates earlier than these cannot be a proper date of publication for that computer file medium. Earlier dates may represent such bibliographic events as release date in a different computer file medium, etc.

If the date of recording differs from the date of publication, enter the recording in coded form in field 033 and in textual form in field 518.

These are the dates of first availability (publication) of some of the major audio media. Dates earlier than these cannot be a proper date of publication for that audio medium. Earlier dates may represent such bibliographic events as date of sound capture, release date in a different audio medium, etc.

These are the dates of first availability (publication) of some of the major videorecording media. Dates earlier than these cannot be a proper date of publication for that videorecording medium. Earlier dates may represent such bibliographic events as release date in a different videorecording medium, etc.

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