260 Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint) (NR) (Variable Data Fields)
First and second indicator :
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Input subfields in the following order: $a, $b, $c, $e, $f, $g, $6.
Apply the following conventions for the subfielding of data in field 260:
1. Enter each place name or publisher in a separate subfield.
2. Enter multiple occurrences of other elements, such as dates, in separate subfields only when a different type of element intervenes.
3. When adding true publication information to a fictitious publisher's statement (AACR2 1.4B6), input the true data in brackets preceded by "i.e.". Give separate subfields only when a different type of element intervenes. The following monograph examples from AACR2 are given to illustrate the subfielding. Example:
a Place of publication, distribution, etc. (R)
b Name of publisher, distributor, etc. (R)
c Date of publication, distribution, etc. (R)
e Place of manufacturer (NR)
f Manufacturer (NR)
g Date of manufacture (NR)
6 Linkage (NR)
Description/Instructions:
Field 260 contains the place of publication, publisher and/or distributor, date of publication, as well as the place, name, and date of manufacture when necessary.
Editing instructions:
1. Input a terminal period only when the field includes an ending date and no other terminal punctuation, such as a closing bracket, is present. Example:
2. When subfield $c is not input, the field ends with a comma (unless subfields $e and $f are input). Example:
Related fields, etc.
008/07-10 - 008/11-14 , 008/15-17 , 008/28 , 500 , 550
See also:
250-28X Edition, Imprint, Etc. Fields
