⮚Corporate Bodies as Publishers/Issuing bodies.
In addition to the infrequent situations where a corporate body functions as creator and authorized access point, it may also serve other functions, including issuing body (most often), commercial publisher, or sponsoring body. Corporate bodies that are not primarily in the business of publishing but are responsible for the issuance of the serial are referred to as "issuing bodies.“ (CCM: 10.2.2.a)
A corporate body that appears in a serial may also be neither a publisher nor an issuing body. The cataloger sometimes must discern bodies that are publishers from others whose functions are different or unknown, based on information from inside or outside the publication and on general knowledge of publications. (CCM: 10.2.2.a) If a corporate body appearing on the piece is in some way responsible for the serial but has not been recorded in the statement of responsibility or the publishing statement, it may be recorded in an Issuing Bodies Note.
264 #1 $a Wien ; $a New York : $b Springer-Verlag
550 ## $a Organ of: Internationale Gesellschaft für Neurovegetative Forschung.
⮚Government printers recorded as publisher
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264 #1 $ a ... : $b Published for the Institute of Directors by the Director Publications Ltd.
⮚Name of Publisher cannot be Ascertained
Give ”[publisher not identified]” when there is no publishing statement and there is no probable publisher that could be supplied (RDA 2.8.4.7). In such cases, if a distributor statement is available, provide that statement.
264 #1 $a Paris [Maine] : $b [publisher not identified]