Q. If the publication date and the copyright date are the same, do we include them both? A. Transcribe only the publication date. Ignore copyright date—it is not the LC practice to transcribe both. Note: it is Optional in AACR2.
Archive for the ‘AACR2 Area 4 Date of Publication’ Category
Ignore Copyright Date
Posted in 1, AACR2 Area 4 Date of Publication on September 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Examples for Ex. 1
Posted in 1, AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility, AACR2 Area 1 Title, AACR2 Area 2 Edition, AACR2 Area 4 Date of Publication, AACR2 Area 4 Place of Publication, AACR2 Area 4 Publisher, AACR2 Area 5 Physical Description, AACR2 Area 6 Series, AACR2 Area 7 Notes, AACR2 Area 8 ISBN on September 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. Is there a resource for general examples for practice and/or reference that might help us check our work for Ex. 1? A. Use the help documents in Oncourse. Examples can be found in the Area 1-8 document and the Maxwell book. Review the practice title answer keys. Practice and sample records are very good sources. You [...]
Ignore Reprint Dates
Posted in AACR2 Area 4 Date of Publication on April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. This one has copyright dates and a reprint date. I’m not sure which to use in the 260 tag A. If you cannot find a publication date, then you use the copyright date. Ignore all printing dates.
An afterward copyright date?
Posted in AACR2 Area 4 Date of Publication, AACR2 Area 7 Notes on March 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. There’s mention of an afterward copyright after the original copyright (in this new edition). Would we put that in a note? (Peters) A. Look closely on the sources for date, sometimes you have to read all the fine print to find the publication date. You can ignore this information on the afterword.
Dates & Variable and Fixed Fields
Posted in AACR2 Area 4 Date of Publication, Fixed Fields, Variable Fields on March 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. So if the OCLC gives both a publication date and a copyright date, we just need to put the publication date…even in the variable field? A. Yes, you would need to edit the record for the publication date only. And the fixed field area as well.
Dates
Posted in AACR2 Area 4 Date of Publication, Fixed Fields on March 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. For the date…there are only supposed to be four digits, but if there are two dates, do we put the second date in the next box? or just drop it? A. LC practice on dates in the 260 is to use a single date. Find the date of publication. If none, find the copyright [...]
When to add “c” to a date
Posted in AACR2 Area 4 Date of Publication on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. I was a but confused on whether or not to include the “c” in area 4. Do we only use it if we see the word “copyright” near the year? A. You only include the c for copyright, if you have a copyright as the only date found on the source. You will precede [...]
DtSt & Copyright/Pub Dates
Posted in AACR2 Area 4 Date of Publication, Fixed Fields on February 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. For the DtSt and Dates fixed fields, if the reprint and original date are the same are they then “r” and date,date (even if the same year?) A. For date, you are looking for a single date. Priority is to find the publication date. If no pub date then the copyright date.
Edition/Copyright/Printing Date (Fellner)
Posted in AACR2 Area 4 Date of Publication on January 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. I’m confused about the edition/copyright/printing for this one [Fellner, Probability and Profit]. It says copyright 1965, but second printing 1966, and the title page says 1965. Does this mean it’s the second edition? A. You have to look very closely at the fine print sometimes to find the publication date. It will always take [...]
When to supply both publication and copyright dates?
Posted in AACR2 Area 4 Date of Publication on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. In what circumstances would you choose to supply both the date of publication and the copyright date information? Or maybe the more honest question would be: in what circumstances should we choose to supply it? A. This is up to the cataloger to add the pub date and the copyright date if they feel [...]
Publication and Copyright Dates
Posted in AACR2 Area 4 Date of Publication on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. The publication info indicates that the publication date was different than the copyright date. In the answer you gave, you chose not to provide the additional copyright info. (At least, I think it’s merely additional; 1.4F5 seems to apply.) A. This is an optional rule that the Library of Congress does not practice. I [...]
When to put that “c” for copyright before the date …
Posted in AACR2 Area 4 Date of Publication on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. I still am never sure about a copyright date and when to include the c. To me, it always seems like there is a c associated with the date. Do we still use c to show a copyright? But if it says the word copyright it is actually a copyright? c2009? A. Yes, many [...]
Publishing vs Copyright Dates, Post 2
Posted in AACR2 Area 4 Date of Publication on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. As for the copyright date, on most titles, there is the copyright symbol before the year. Under the year, the text says “published simultaneously…” Would it imply that the publishing date is the same as the copyright date? A. If you find a copyright symbol and a string of dates, they are all copyright [...]
Publishing vs Copyright Dates
Posted in AACR2 Area 4 Date of Publication on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. I’m not clear on publish date vs. copyright. The date seems to be preceded by the copyright symbol in all the titles, so do we always use c1999? A. The pub date is a date without the word copyright, the letter c or the copyright symbol in front of it. It is the preferred [...]
Choosing the Correct Date For Area 4
Posted in AACR2 Area 4 Date of Publication, LCCN on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. As for publication/copyright date, I noticed that the first two LCCN numbers of each work represents the year of publication, I believe. Would the two numbers take precedence over the copyright date if I cannot find the full year of the date of publication on either the t.p. or the t.p. verso? A. You [...]
When to Use “c” to Denote a Copyright Date
Posted in AACR2 Area 4 Date of Publication on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. Exactly when would c for copyright be used? In some books, there is a copyright symbol in front of the year. I noticed that in the practice titles, there is a copyright symbol for some works, but for neither entry, c is not used – just the year itself. A. A copyright date can [...]
Copyright Dates & Publication Dates, Post 2 (Bartlett)
Posted in AACR2 Area 4 Date of Publication on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. So, if the date is on the t.p. then it is a date of publication? In Bartlett, for example the date was on the tp without a c and on the tp verso with a c. What should I assume? A. Yes, you can assume it is the date of publication if you find [...]
Copyright Date vs. Publication Date
Posted in AACR2 Area 4 Date of Publication on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. I am still confused about copyright date vs. date of publication. I cannot quite decide what is the determining factor. A. The determining factor is that you are looking for a publication date. This takes precedence over any copyright date. It is a date without the word copyright in front of it or a [...]
Dashes/Hyphens — (equals two hyphens)
Posted in AACR2 Area 2 Edition, AACR2 Area 4 Date of Publication, AACR2 Area 6 Series, AACR2 Area 7 Notes on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. You use — before Areas 2, 4, and 6. From what I can tell in the AACR2 section 1.0C1 they say use a single dash. I am assuming we should use — [blog converts into a single dash, actually typed as - - without space in between] Correct? A. Type the dash in your [...]
