263 Projected Publication Date (NR)
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Input Standards |
| LC, NLC, UKM, NLM use only//LC, NLC, UKM, NLM use only |
| 1st Indicator Undefined |
 | Undefined |
| 2nd Indicator Undefined |
| | Undefined |
| Subfields (R=Repeatable NR=Nonrepeatable) | Input Standards |
| ‡a | Projected publication date (NR) | Mandatory/Mandatory |
Definition | The projected date of publication for Cataloging-in-Publication (CIP) and National Serials Data Program (NSDP) records. Such advance information comes from the publisher. |
1st Indicator | Undefined. The 1st indicator position is undefined and contains a blank ( ). |
| | | | Undefined | |
2nd Indicator | Undefined. The 2nd indicator position is undefined and contains a blank ( ). |
| | | | Undefined | |
Subfields | |
| ‡a Projected publication date | The date may be in the form yyyymm or yymm. For example, if a projected date is December 2001, the field is 200112 or 0112. For a projected date of 2004 (month unknown) the date is 2004-- or 04--. LC reissues CIP records with corrected dates if a publisher delays publication and LC obtains a revised date from the publisher. If LC cannot obtain the item after publication, LC changes the date to four hyphens. |
Printing | Field 263 does not print. |
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