Information:
The publication information of a MARC bibliographic
record identifies the place of publication, the
publisher, distributor, etc., and the copyright date
and/or the date of publication. This information is
entered into the 260 tag. If there is more than one
place of publication or more than one publisher, this
information is transcribed into one 260 tag with the
individual pieces of information being entered into
separate subfields.
For the first indicator, blank is used when an item is
first cataloged. A value of 2 is used when the
publisher or place of publication changes,and a value
of 3 is used when the publisher changes, or when the
place of publication associated with the earliest
publisher changes.
The structure of the information in this tag is
determined by AACR2 with the general rules found in
Chapter 1.4. For explanations on specific materials
refer to the related chapter and the X.4 section
(i.e., publication information on sound recordings
would be in 6.4). Publisher and date information
should be transcribed for all items to assist in
identification of individual items.
In subfield a the place of publication is entered and
the state, province, or country is added to
distinguish between same name places. If no
information is found for the place of publication
the initials [S.l.] (sine loco) in brackets is used.
In subfield b the publisher or distributor is entered
with as much information as needed to distinguish it
from a similar body. If no information is found for
the publisher/distributor the initials [s.n.] (sine
nomine) in brackets is used.
Occasionally there will be multiple places of
publication or publishers. The information will be
entered depending upon the country where the
cataloging is being done. If you are cataloging in the
United States and there is a foreign place of
publication and publisher listed first, enter the
foreign place and publisher and then the first place
and publisher in the United States that is listed.
Likewise, if cataloging in Canada, enter the foreign
place of publication and publisher and then the first
Canadian location. Each place and publisher will go in
separate subfields. Be sure to have the place of
publication and its publisher together. That is, if
each publisher is located in a different city enter
the first city then first publisher; followed by the
second place of publication and second publisher. If
none of the locations are in the country you are
cataloging in, then enter just the first place of
publication for that publisher.
In subfield c the date of publication, distribution is
entered. This would be the copyright date and/or the
publication date of the edition, revision, being
cataloged. If a printing date is given do not enter it
in subfield c, give the latest publication date. If
the copyright date is given in addition to the
publication date, the copyright date will follow the
publication date and be preceded by a lower case c. If
the items are published in multiple parts over a
period of years the date of the first publication for
the first volume is given then the date of the
publication of the last volume is given. If serial
items are being cataloged an open-ended date will be
placed in subfield c to indicate the beginning date of
publication then a dash representing continued
publication. When the last item is purchased for the
library or the item ceases publication an ending date
will be entered.
Occasionally a date will not be present on the item
being cataloged. In this case the cataloger must
determine a probable date, decade, or century. This
information is always followed by a question mark and
bracketed. ([1972?] probably published in 1972;
[197-?] probably published sometime between 1970 and
1979; [19--?] probably published in the 20th century.)
If the cataloger is certain of the decade or century
the information is just bracketed. ([198-] published
between 1980 and 1989; [19--] published in the 20th
century.)
Indicators
First Sequence of publishing statements
blank Not applicable/No information provided/Earliest
available publisher
2 Intervening publisher
3 Current/latest publisher
Second Undefined
blank Undefined
Subfields
a Place of publication, distribution, etc. (R)
b Name of publisher, distributor, etc. (R)
c Date of publication, distribution, etc.(R)
Punctuation
A semi-colon will precede the second and all
subsequent subfield a.
A colon will precede subfield b.
A comma will precede subfield c.
This tag generally ends with a mark of punctuation (.,
!, ?, -), a closing parenthesis, closing angle
bracket, closing bracket or a comma.
Examples:
260 _aNew York :
_bFranklin Watts,
_c1995.
260 _aNew York :
_bMill :
_bMorrow [distributor],
_c1962.
260 _aRacine, Wis. :
_bWestern Books,
_c1962, c1961.
(Published in 1962, copyrighted in 1961.)
260 _a[S.l.] :
_bWeston Woods,
_c[196-]
(Place of publication unknown; published
between 1960 and 1969)
260 _a[S.l. :
_bs.n.,
_c19--]
(Place of publication and publisher unknown;
published in the 20th century.)
260 _aParis :
_bGauthier-Villars ;
_aChicago :
_bUniversity of Chicago Press,
_c1955.
(Cataloging agency is in the United States;
item lists two different places and publishers
with the first one in Paris and the second in
Chicago.
260 _aNew York ;
_aToronto :
_bBantam,
_c1992.
(Cataloging agency in Canada; item lists New
York as first city, London as second city,
then Toronto.)
260 _aNew York :
_bPublished for the Crime Club of
Doubleday,
_c1985.
260 _aWashington, D.C. :
_bU.S. G.P.O.,
_c1981-
(Published by the United States Government
Printing Office. This item began publication
and was copyrighted in 1981. Since there is
a dash after the date it continues to be
published. This type of date would occur for
serial items.)
260 _aBoston :
_bHoughton-Mifflin,
_c1972-1980.
(Multiple volumes published over a period of 8
years.)
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