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⮚Place of Publication, Distribution, or Manufacture cannot be Ascertained. Give ”[Place
When the place of publication is not identified ]” when the place of publication cannot be ascertained or supplied in the resource, CONSER practice is to supply the place following the instructions found in (RDA 2.8.42.7). 264 #1 $a [Place of publication not identified] : $b Brooking Institute6).
1.If the place of publication is known, supply the place in brackets
2.If you have a probable local place of publication, supply the probable place in brackets, followed by a question mark.
3.If only a local place is supplied, the question mark follows the local place.
4.If a local place and the larger jurisdiction are supplied, the question mark follows the local place if the local place is uncertain, but the larger jurisdiction is known; the question mark follows the larger jurisdiction if it is uncertain that the resource was published in the larger jurisdiction
264 #1 $a [Portland, Maine?] : {Uncertain if resource was published in Maine}
264 #1 $a [Portland?, Maine] : {Uncertain if the resource was published in Portland, but known to be published in Maine}
5.(See CCM:10.3.4c for the remaining 5-7 of the list)