264 Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice

Field definition and scope:

Field 264 contains a statement relating to the publication, printing, distribution, issue, release, or production of a work.

Information in field 264 is similar to information in field 260 (Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint)). Field 264 is useful for cases where the content standard or institutional policies make a distinction between functions.

Field 264 is repeatable.

Guidelines for applying content designators:

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 264	Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice			R
Indicator:
First	Sequence of statements	M
#	Not applicable/No information provided/Earliest	A
2	Intervening	A
3	Current/Latest	A

Second	Function of entity	M
0	Production	A
1	Publication	A
2	Distribution	A
3	Manufacture	A
4	Copyright notice date	A

Subfield code:
$a	Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture			R
$b	Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer			R
$c	Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice			R
$3	Materials specified			NR
$6	Linkage			NR
$8	Field link and sequence number			R

Input conventions:

Spacing

Content designator history:

Field 264 - Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice [new, 2011]