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Music Library Association Best Practices for date of manifestation

Prerecording

Prerecording

For specific MLA guidance on places, dates, or agents related to the production, publication, distribution, or manufacture of a manifestation, refer to the appropriate narrower element. Otherwise follow LC-PCC PS for this element.

Option

Generally do not record manifestation statements. Refer to the Best Practices for Guidance: Manifestation statements for details.

Recording

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: Cataloger's judgment.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Supply the value in square brackets.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Follow the date with a hyphen.

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 manifestation 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: This option applies to Manifestation: date of production, date of publication, date of distribution, and date of manufacture. 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.

PCC practice: For rare materials, apply the option. Supply the correct year in square brackets following the transcribed value.

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: This option applies to Manifestation: date of production, date of publication, date of distribution, and date of manufacture. Apply the option. Supply the value in square brackets.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: This option applies to Manifestation: date of production, date of publication, date of distribution, and date of manufacture. Cataloger's judgment.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: This option applies to Manifestation: date of production, date of publication, date of distribution, and date of manufacture. Apply the option. Supply the value in square brackets.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: This option applies to Manifestation: date of production, date of publication, date of distribution, and date of manufacture. Apply the option. Supply the value in square brackets.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: This option applies to Manifestation: date of production, date of publication, date of distribution, and date of manufacture. Do not apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: This option applies to Manifestation: date of production, date of publication, date of distribution, and date of manufacture. Apply the option. Supply the value in square brackets.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: This option applies to Manifestation: date of production, date of publication, date of distribution, and date of manufacture. 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. Follow the latest probable year with a question mark. Supply the value in square brackets.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: This option applies to Manifestation: date of production, date of publication, date of distribution, and date of manufacture. Apply the option. Supply the value in square brackets.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: This option applies to Manifestation: date of production, date of publication, date of distribution, and date of manufacture. Apply the option. Supply the value in square brackets.

Date of manifestation not identified

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: This option applies to Manifestation: date of production, date of publication, date of distribution, and date of manufacture. Cataloger's judgment.

Recording a structured description

Recording an identifier

Recording an IRI

Document Date: 2025/03/25
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-c4a8eb76-9195-366f-86b8-d2738d21717a

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