362 Dates of Publication and/or Sequential Designation (R) (Variable Data Field)
Field 362 contains the beginning/ending date(s) of an item and/or the sequential designations used on each part. Dates to be used in this field are chronological designations that identify individual issues of the serial. The sequential designations are usually numeric but can be alphabetic as well. The information may be formatted or unformatted. If the date information has been obtained from a source other than the first and/or last issue of the item published, the information is given in an unformatted note and the source of the information is usually cited.
Dates in this field may be identical to the information in fields 008/07-10 (Date 1) and/or 008/11-14 (Date 2). Incomplete, approximate, or questionable dates are not recorded in this field.
Field 362 is repeatable only to record formatted and unformatted information, as specified by the first indicator.
The National level record requirement for this field is Mandatory if applicable.
Field 362 is repeatable.
Guidelines for applying content designators:
The data in this field are customarily formulated 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 362 |
Dates of Publication and/or Sequential Designation |
A |
A |
R |
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First |
M |
|
|
|
0 |
A |
|
|
|
1 |
A |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Second |
Undefined; contains a blank |
M |
|
|
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|
|
|
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Subfield code: |
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|
|
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$a |
M |
M |
NR |
|
$z |
O |
O |
NR |
|
$6 |
A |
A |
NR |
|
$8 |
O |
O |
R |
In 1999, field 362 was renamed from Dates of Publication and/or Sequential Volume Designation to Dates of Publication and/or Sequential Designation.
Related MARC fields or documents:
880 Alternate Graphic Representation
See also: