008/29 006/12 Conference publication (Serials)

Codes

Description/Instructions

The conference publication code is used to designate whether an entire serial consists of the proceedings, reports, or summaries of a conference, meeting, or symposium.

DEFAULT CODE: 0

Code definitions

0 Not conference publication.

Do not consider the following to be conference publications:

1. Works composed of or based on a single paper.

2. "Symposiums in print."

3. Hearings of legislative bodies.

4. Courses given in a school (except where the main entry is the name of a meeting).

1 Conference publication.

In general, code "1" is used when the subdivision "Congresses" is used in a subject heading.

Consider the following to be conference publications:

1. Proceedings, including collections or partial collections of papers (or of contributions, essays, etc., that are based upon papers) presented at a meeting.

2. A partial collection, defined as a work containing two or more papers (or contributions, essays, etc. that are based upon papers) presented at a meeting or conference.

3. A collection of preprints of conference papers.

Related fields, etc.

111, 6XX, 7XX

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