LC-PCC policy statements for date of publication
Prerecording
Prerecording
LC/PCC Core.
PCC practice: For rare materials, see DCRM(B,C,G,M,S) 4D1.
LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Manifestation elements
LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Timespan.
LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Manifestation: SES: Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Production.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.
Recording
Recording
LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Manifestation: date of publication: CIP cataloging.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Prefer the Gregorian or Julian calendar.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Supply the value in square brackets.
LC/PCC practice: For multipart monographs, serials, and manifestations of integrating works for which the date or dates of publication cannot be approximated, do not apply the option and do not record a date of publication.
LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Manifestation: date of publication: CIP cataloging.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if the first issue, part, or iteration of a diachronic work (including multipart monographs) is available. Follow the date with a hyphen. Do not apply the option if the first or last issue, part, or iteration of a diachronic work (including multipart monographs) is not available.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if the value for the first part or iteration is not known. Precede the date with a hyphen.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Separate the dates with a hyphen.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: If a date of publication is the same for all issues, parts, or iterations, record only that date as the single date.
Recording an unstructured description
Option
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Supply the value in square brackets.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment. If supplying the value, record in a Manifestation: note on publication statement.
PCC practice: For rare materials, apply the option. Supply the correct year in square brackets following the transcribed value (see DCRM(B,C,G,M) 4D2.4; DCRM(S) 4D2.3).
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option instead of giving the chronogram. Supply the value in square brackets.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Supply the value in square brackets.
LC practice: For graphic materials, follow DCRM(G) 4D4 to supply a conjectural date.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Supply the value in square brackets.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Supply the value in square brackets.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Follow the latest probable year with a question mark. Supply the value in square brackets.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Supply the value in square brackets.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Supply the value in square brackets.
Date of publication not identified
Date of publication not identified
LC/PCC practice: For multipart monographs, serials, and manifestations of integrating works for which the date or dates of publication cannot be approximated, do not apply the option and do not record a date of publication.
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the instruction. Record the date, using the instructions found in the MARC Bibliographic Format.
LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Manifestation: date of publication.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment. Supply the value in square brackets.
Recording a structured description
Recording an identifier
Recording an IRI
Document Date: 2025/07/03
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-b2540c10-fd6f-332a-a3f0-a830c8c7e5a5