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| Sequence of publishing statements # - Not applicable/No information provided/Earliest available publisher 2 - Intervening publisher 3 - Current/latest publisher |
Undefined # - Undefined |
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Information relating to the publication, printing, distribution, issue, release, or production of a work.
For unpublished items or materials that are collectively controlled, this field may not be included in a record or may contain only subfield $c (Date of publication, distribution, etc.).
Information in field 260 is similar to information in field 264 (Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice). Field 260 is useful for cases where the content standard or institutional policies used do not make a distinction between functions
All data elements are separately subfield coded except: 1) qualifiers and subscription addresses added to place names, 2) statements of the function of the publisher, printer, distributor, etc., and 3) adjacent dates of publication, distribution, etc. data (including dates preceded by the word distributed or the term i.e.).
First Indicator - Sequence of publishing statements
Chronologically sequences multiple publishing statements for a resource.
Used when a resource is first cataloged. Information given in value # is not changed (unless incorrect or earlier issues of a serial are later available with differing publishing information).
Defined as “No information provided” for monographic works that are complete as first issued. Only one publishing statement may contain first indicator value # in a record.
| 260 | ##$aParis :$bGauthier-Villars ;$aChicago :$bUniversity of Chicago Press,$c1955. | ||||||||
Used when the publisher or place of publication changes. Additional publishing statements between the earliest and latest may also be recorded with first indicator value 2.
| 260 | 2#$31980-May 1993$aLondon :$bVogue | ||||||||
Used when the publisher changes, or when the place of publication associated with the earliest publisher changes. The current publishing statement may be added with first indicator value 3. Data given in a subsequent publishing statement can be changed to reflect the current information when only the earliest and most current data is needed.
| 260 | 3#$31998-$aWashington, D.C. :$bNational Agriculture Library :$bFor sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. | ||||||||
Second Indicator - Undefined
Undefined and contains a blank (#).
$a - Place of publication, distribution, etc.
Place of publication and any additions to the name of a place, including an address, bracketed correction to erroneous information, or bracketed clarification of a fictitious place. In records formulated according to ISBD principles, subfield $a includes all data up to and including the next mark of ISBD punctuation (a colon (:) when subfield $a is followed by subfield $b, a semicolon (;) when subfield $a is followed by another subfield $a, and a comma (,) when subfield $a is followed by subfield $c).
May contain the abbreviation [S.l.] when the place is unknown.
| 260 | ##$aNew York, N.Y. :$bElsevier,$c1984. | ||||||||
| 260 | ##$aRio [de Janeiro] :$bDelta,$c1967. | ||||||||
| 260 | ##$aCambridge [Cambridgeshire] :$bUniversity of Cambridge Press,$c1980. | ||||||||
| 260 | ##$a[S.l.] :$bInsight Press,$c1981. | ||||||||
| 260 | ##$aWashington, D.C. (1649 K St., N.W., Washington 20006) :$bWider Opportunities for Women,$c1979 printing, c1975. | ||||||||
| 260 | ##$aBelfast [i.e. Dublin :$bs.n.],$c1946 [reprinted 1965] | ||||||||
| 260 | ##$a[S.l. :$bs.n.,$c15--?] | ||||||||
When multiple places are given, each is recorded in a separate subfield $a.
| 260 | ##$aNew York ;$aBerlin :$bSpringer Verlag,$c1977. | ||||||||
| 260 | ##$a[Reston, Va.?] :$bU.S. Geological Survey ;$aWashington, D.C. :$bFor sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.,$c1986- | ||||||||
| 260 | ##$a[Philadelphia] :$bUnited States Pharacopeial Convention ;$a[s.l.] :$bDistributed by Mack Pub. Co.,$c1980- | ||||||||
$b - Name of publisher, distributor, etc.
Name of the publisher or distributor and any qualifying terms, such as an indication of function (e.g., [distributor]) or corrections to erroneous information. In records formulated according to ISBD principles, subfield $b is always preceded by a colon (:) and includes all data up to and including the mark of ISBD punctuation that introduces the next data element (a comma (,) when subfield $b is followed by subfield $c, a colon (:) when subfield $b is followed by another subfield $b, or a semicolon (;) when subfield $b is followed by subfield $a).
May contain the abbreviation [s.n.] when the name is unknown.
| 260 | ##$a[New York] :$bAmerican Statistical Association,$c1975. | ||||||||
| 260 | ##$aWashington, D.C. :$bU.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service :$bFor sale by the Supt. of Docs. U.S. G.P.O.,$c1981. | ||||||||
| 260 | ##$aVictoria, B.C. :$b[s.n.],$c1898-1945. | ||||||||
| 260 | ##$aParis :$bGauthier-Villars ;$aChicago :$bUniversity of Chicago Press,$c1955. | ||||||||
$c - Date of publication, distribution, etc.
May contain multiple dates (e.g., dates of publication and copyright).
If the date of manufacture is substituted for the date of publication, it is recorded in subfield $c. The date of creation may be recorded for unpublished items. Multiple adjacent publication dates such as a date of publication and copyright date are recorded in a single subfield $c. In records formulated according to ISBD principles, subfield $c is always preceded by a comma (,) unless it is the first subfield in field 260. Subfield $c ends with a period (.), hyphen (-) for open-ended dates, a closing bracket (]) or closing parenthesis ()). If subfield $c is followed by some other subfield, the period is omitted. If there are both a publication date and a date of manufacture, the date of manufacture is recorded in subfield $g.
Only one subfield $c may be recorded in multiple publishing statements of a record.
| 260 | ##$aNew York :$bXerox Films,$c1973. | ||||||||
| 260 | ##$aLondon :$bCollins,$c1967, c1965. | ||||||||
| 260 | ##$aOak Ridge, Tenn. :$bU.S. Dept. of Energy,$cApril 15, 1977. | ||||||||
| 260 | ##$aLondon :$bSussex Tapes,$c1968 [i.e. 1971] | ||||||||
| 260 | ##$aLondon :$bMacmillan,$c1971$g(1973 printing) | ||||||||
| 260 | ##$c1908-1924. | ||||||||
| 260 | ##$a[S.l. :$bs.n.],$c1970$e(London :$fHigh Fidelity Sound Studios) | ||||||||
| 260 | ##$aParis :$bImpr. Vincent,$c1798$a[i.e. Bruxelles :$bMoens,$c1883] | ||||||||
| 260 | ##$aStuttgart :$bKlett-Cotta,$c<1981- > | ||||||||
For serials, the date of publication is given only when the first and/or last issues are available or when the serial is no longer published.
| 260 | ##$aLondon :$b[s.n.],$c1889-1912. | ||||||||
| 260 | ##$aChicago, etc. :$bTime Inc. | ||||||||
$e - Place of manufacture
Place of manufacture and any additions to the place name. When subfield $e is recorded, subfield $f is also generally recorded. In records formulated according to ISBD principles, subfield $e is recorded after any subfield $a, $b, or $c. Subfield $e data along with any subfield $f and $g data are enclosed in parenthesis. Subfield $e includes all data up to and including the next mark of ISBD punctuation (i.e., a colon (:)).
| 260 | ##$aNew York :$bE.P. Dutton,$c1980$e(Moscow :$fRussky Yazyk) | ||||||||
| 260 | ##$a[Pennsylvania :$bs.n.],$c1878-[1927?]$e(Gettysburg :$fJ.E. Wible, Printer) | ||||||||
$f - Manufacturer
Name of the manufacturer and any qualifying terms. In records formulated according to ISBD principles, subfield $f contains all data following the last mark of ISBD punctuation (i.e., a colon (:)) and up to and including the mark of ISBD punctuation that introduces the next data element (a comma (,) when subfield $f is followed by subfield $g, a closing parenthesis ()) when subfield $f is the last subfield in field 260. Subfield $f data, along with any subfield $e or $g data, are enclosed in parentheses.
May contain the abbreviation [s.n.] when the name is unknown.
| 260 | ##$aNew York :$bPublished by W. Schaus,$cc1860$e(Boston :$fPrinted at J.H. Bufford's) | ||||||||
| 260 | ##$aLondon :$bArts Council of Great Britain,$c1976$e(Twickenham :$fCTD Printers,$g1974) | ||||||||
| 260 | ##$aBethesda, Md. :$bToxicology Information Program, National Library of Medicine [producer] ;$aSpringfield, Va. :$bNational Technical Information Service [distributor],$c1974-$e(Oak Ridge, Tenn. :$fOak Ridge National Laboratory [generator]) | ||||||||
$g - Date of manufacture
If the date of manufacture has been used in place of a date of publication in subfield $c, it is not recorded in subfield $g. In records formulated according to ISBD principles, subfield $g contains all data following a comma ( , ) when subfield $g follows subfield $f, and ends with a closing parenthesis ( ) ). Subfield $g data, along with any subfield $e and $f data are enclosed in parentheses.
| 008/06-14 | s1949#### [Item is not considered a reprint] |
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| 260 | ##$aHarmondsworth :$bPenguin,$c1949$g(1963 printing) | ||||||||
$3 - Materials specified
Information to differentiate the multiple statements of the described materials to which the field applies.
| 260 | ##$aParis ;$aNew York :$bVogue,$c1964- | ||||||||
| 260 | 2#$31980-May 1993$aLondon :$bVogue | ||||||||
| 260 | 3#$3June 1993-$aLondon :$bElle | ||||||||
| 260 | 2#$32000?-2002$aNew York :$bColumbia University Press | ||||||||
$6 - Linkage
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$8 - Field link and sequence number
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
Punctuation - See subfield descriptions for punctuation information.
| 260 | ##$aNew York, N.Y. :$bE. Steiger,$c1878-1879. | ||||||||
| 260 | ##$a[Pennsylvania :$bs.n.],$c1878-[1927?]$e(Gettysburg :$fJ.E. Wible, Printer) | ||||||||
| 260 | ##$aTulsa, Okla. :$bWinchester Press,$c<1981- > | ||||||||
| 260 | ##$aLondon :$bHoward League for Penal Reform,$c[c1965-c1983] | ||||||||
| 260 | ##$a[New York] :$bAmerican Statistical Association | ||||||||
Spacing - No spaces are used between letters of initials, including adjacent initials in personal names.
| 260 | ##$aColumbia, S.C. :$bH.W. Williams Co.,$c1982. | ||||||||
One space is used between two or more distinct initialisms (or sets of initials), acronyms, or abbreviations appearing in juxtaposition.
| 260 | ##$aWashington :$bU.S. G.P.O.,$c1981- | ||||||||
Temporary Data - If any portion of the date is subject to change (e.g., when the record for a multipart item is not yet complete but a span of years has already been recorded in subfield $c), angle brackets (< ... >) are customarily used to record that part of the date which is subject to change. The opening or closing date may also be omitted until the first and/or last piece of the bibliographic item is received.
| 260 | ##$aNew York :$bMacmillan,$c1981-<1982> [temporary date recorded in angle brackets.] |
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| 260 | ##$aAmsterdam :$bElsevier,$c1979- [temporary date omitted pending receipt of last piece] |
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In 2001, the field was changed from Not-repeatable (NR) to Repeatable (R) to account for publisher changes over time.
Values were: 0 (Publisher, distributor, etc. is present), 1 (Publisher, distributor, etc. not present).
Values were: 0 (Publisher, distributor, etc. not same as issuing body in added entry), 1 (Publisher, distributor, etc. same as issuing body in added entry).
In 1980, the use of subfield $d was restricted to pre-AACR2 records for music. At that time, field 028 (Publisher Number) was defined for the data in field 260 subfield $d. See description in Appendix H.
Defined to differentiate the multiple statements of the described materials to which the field applies.
In 2004, subfields $e, $f and $g were made repeatable for archival materials.