OLAC Best Practice for date of production

Prerecording

Prerecording

For video recordings or video games, do not confuse with the date of work. Generally omit for naturally occurring objects. For other materials: Follow LC-PCC practice.

LC/PCC practice:

LC/PCC Core for manifestations issued in an unpublished form.

LC Core for undistributed archival moving image materials (shelved feature films, home movies, outtakes, etc.).

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment. For all other materials, this subelement of Manifestation production statement is optional.

LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Manifestation elements

PCC practice: For archival materials, consult DACS 2.4 for additional guidance. For rare materials, transcribe date(s) of production found in the manifestation.

LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Timespan.

Recording

Archival resources and collections

Recording an unstructured description

Date of production not identified

Condition Option

Do not apply the option for naturally occurring objects.

Recording a structured description

Recording an identifier

Recording an IRI

Document Date: 2026/02/06
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-1c962ba4-78f5-3e2e-8a79-7035be82cc86