260 Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint) (NR) (Variable Data Field)
Field 260 contains information relating to the publication, printing, distribution, issue, release, or production of a work.
For unpublished items or materials that are collectively controlled, this field may not be used or may contain only subfield $c (Date of publication, distribution, etc.).
The National level record requirement for this field is Mandatory if applicable; for serials it is Mandatory.
Field 260 is NOT repeatable .
Guidelines for applying content designators:
All data elements are separately subfield coded except:
qualifiers and subscription addresses added to place names
statements of the function of the publisher, printer, distributor, etc.
adjacent dates of publication, distribution, etc. data (including dates preceded by the word distributed or the term i.e.)
The data in this field are customarily entered as specified by various cataloging rules. In records formulated following cataloging rules based on International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD ) principles, a relationship exists between prescribed ISBD punctuation and the identification of specific subfield data. AACR 2 formulated bibliographic records follow ISBD principles for description and punctuation. Most of the examples in this section illustrate the prescribed ISBD punctuation associated with specific subfields.
For indicator and subfield code definitions and examples, National-level (NLR) and Minimal-level (MLR) record requirements , and designator repeatability , see table below:
Position | Description | NLR | MLR | Repeatability |
Field 260 | Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint) always for Serials | A M | A | NR |
Indicator: | ||||
First | Undefined; contains a blank | M | ||
Second | Undefined; contains a blank | M | ||
Subfield code: | ||||
Place of publication, distribution, etc. always for Serials | A M | O | R | |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. always for Serials | A M | A | R | |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. always for Maps | A M | A | R | |
$d | Plate or publisher's number for music (Pre-AACR 2) (USA only ) | A | O | R |
for Serials | A O | O | NR | |
$f | for Serials | A O | O | NR |
$g | O | O | NR | |
$6 | A | O | NR | |
$8 | O | O | R |
First Indicator - Presence of publisher in imprint (BK MP MU SE) [obsolete]: The use of the first indicator to indicate the presence of publisher in the imprint was made obsolete in 1990. The values were: 0 (Publisher, distributor, etc. is present) and 1 (Publisher, distributor, etc. not present).
Second Indicator - Added entry/publisher relationship (SE) [obsolete]: The use of the second indicator to indicate the added entry/publisher relationship was made obsolete in 1990. The values were: 0 (Publisher, distributor, etc. not same as issuing body in added entry) and 1 (Publisher, distributor, etc. same as issuing body in added entry).
Subfield $d - Plate or publisher's number for music (Pre-AACR 2) [obsolete, 1981, CAN/MARC only] [local, 1999, USMARC only]: In 1980, the use of subfield $d was restricted to pre-AACR 2 records for music. At that time, field 028 (Publisher Number)
was defined for the data in field 260 subfield $d in AACR 2
cataloging. In MARC 21, this subfield is described in Appendix H: Local Data Elements
.
Subfield $k - Identification/manufacturer number [obsolete, 1988, CAN/MARC only]
Subfield $l - Matrix and/or take number [obsolete, 1988, CAN/MARC only]
Related MARC field or document:
See also:
25X-29X Edition, Imprint, Etc. Fields
