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263  Projected Publication Date (NR)

Input Standards

LC, NLC, UKM, NLM use only//LC, NLC, UKM, NLM use only
1st Indicator  Undefined
blank character  Undefined
2nd Indicator  Undefined
blank character  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 (blank character ).
blank character Undefined

2nd Indicator

 Undefined. The 2nd indicator position is undefined and contains a blank (blank character ).
blank character Undefined

Subfields
‡a Projected publication date

The date is in the form yyyymm. For example, if a projected date is December 2001, the field is 200112. For a projected date of 2004 (month unknown) the date is
2004--.

A projected date of 1111 indicates receipt and initial processing of the item by the Library of Congress (LC).

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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