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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

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