Music Library Association Best Practices for date of manifestation
Prerecording
Prerecording
Option
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: 2025/02/24
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