1.4F2.
CIP Cataloging:
For the cataloging of CIPs at the galley stage, take the date of publication from the year given in the "projected publication date" provided by the publisher on the CIP data sheet. At the CIP verification stage, adjust this information, if necessary, according to normal procedures for non-CIP and post-CIP cataloging.
Printing Dates:
If a publication date is transcribed, e.g., from the prescribed source of information, and the item also contains a later date that represents the date the item was first manufactured, use the date of manufacture as the basis for inferring the true publication date (an item cannot be published until after it is manufactured). Such inferences must be bracketed, even when the inferred year of publication turns out to be the same as the stated date of manufacture. In all cases, introduce the resulting corrected date of publication with "i.e.," the whole enclosed by square brackets.
Dates of manufacture are normally indicated by explicit statements. In the case of GPO imprints, dates of printing are indicated implicitly by location:
1. dates found in numerical identifiers on signatures in U.S. Congressional documents (e.g., 70-7780-81-2, meaning printed in 1981, at the foot of p. 13 of a document) should be routinely taken as dates of printing.
2. dates found in GPO colophons should be routinely taken as dates of printing.
For the recording of printing dates additional to publication dates - when correction is not involved - see LCRI 1.4G4 .
Multiple Dates:
If the date on the item appears as a multiple date, give it as found. Follow it with the actual or approximate date as a correction within brackets.
See also:
1.4F. Date of publication, distribution, etc.
