260 Subfield $c - Date of publication, distribution, etc.:

Subfield $c contains the date of publication. If the date of manufacture is substituted for the date of publication, it is recorded in subfield $c. Multiple adjacent publication dates such as a date of publication and copyright date are recorded in a single subfield $c.

In records formulated according to ISBD principles, subfield $c:

is always preceded by a comma ( , ) unless it is the first subfield in field 260.

ends with a period ( . ), hyphen ( - ) for open-ended dates, a closing bracket ( ] ) or closing parenthesis ( ) ).

if followed by some other subfield, the period is omitted.

If there are both a publication date and a date of manufacture, the date of manufacture is recorded in subfield $g .

Examples:

260 ##$aNew York :$bXerox Films,$c1973.

260 ##$aLondon :$bCollins :$c1967, c1965.

260 ##$aOak Ridge, Tenn. :$bU.S. Dept. of Energy,$cApril 15, 1977.

260 ##$aLondon :$bSussex Tapes,$c1968 [i.e. 1971]

260 ##$aLondon :$bMacmillan,$c1971$g(1973 printing)

260 ##$c1908-1924.

260 ##$a[S.l. :$bs.n.],$c1970$e(London :$fHigh Fidelity Sound Studios)

260 ##$aParis :$bImpr. Vincent,$c1798$a[i.e. Bruxelles :$bMoens,$c1883]

260 ##$aStuttgart :$bKlett-Cotta,$c<1981- >

For serials , the date of publication is given only when the first and/or last issues are available or when the serial is no longer published.

Examples:

260 ##$aLondon :$b[s.n.],$c1889-1912.

260 ##$aChicago, etc. :$bTime Inc.,

To return, select:

260 Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint)