⮚Transcribing Publication Information
The cataloger should endeavor to ascertain the place and the name of the publisher. Distributor, or manufacturer from any available source if not found in the preferred source of information. (CCM:10.1.1) Publication information not found on the resource should be recorded in brackets. The name of the publisher is core but the name of distributor/manufacturer is required (if ascertainable) in situations where the publisher is unknown. Publication information not found on the resource should be recorded in brackets.
⮚Source of Publishing Statement
The preferred source of information for the publisher, distributor, and manufacturer is the same source used to determine the title proper, followed in order by any other source within the resource, accompanying material, published descriptions, a container that is not issued with the resource, or any other available resource. (CCM:10.1.1)
Take publication, distribution, and manufacture information from the earliest available issue.
If there are several statements in different sources, generally prefer the information found on the source for the title. In general, take the name of the publisher from one source, particularly in the case of corporate hierarchies; do not piece together the name of the publisher from several sources. (CCM:10.2.2.b)
When a publisher's name is given in more than one language or script, give the name in the language or script of the title proper, or if this does not apply, in the language that appears first.
⮚Transcription
Record the place as it appears on the preferred source
264 #1 $a Genève {not Geneva}
264 #1 $a Wien {not Vienna}
⮚Larger jurisdictions
If the place and its larger jurisdiction appear in the same source of information, record both. If the larger jurisdiction is not given, it may be supplied if it considered important for identification or access
264 #1 $a Montevideo, República O. del Uruguay :{larger jurisdiction given on piece}
264 #1 $a Cambridge [England] : {supplied because there is more than one Cambridge}
264 #1 $a Chicago, Illinois, USA {Chicago, Illinois, USA appears on the piece}
⮚Multiple places
if more than one place, only the first recorded is required but others may be recorded as follows.
264 #1 $a London : $b Stevens ; $a Chicago, Illinois : $b Quadrangle Books
⮚Multiple languages
If the place appears in more than one language or script, transcribe the place in the language or script of the title proper if possible.
⮚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 [Place of publication not identified] : $b [publisher not identified]
264 #1 $a Paris [Maine] : $b [publisher not identified]
⮚Date of Publication
RDA defines the publication date as a date associated with the publication, release, or issuing of a resource. (CCM:10.4.1) LC/PCC practice is not to record copyright dates for multipart monographs, serials, and integrating resources. Give the date of publication of the first issue followed by a hyphen when the first issue is in hand; give the date of the last issue when the serial is complete and the last issue is in hand.” (CCM: 10.4.2a)
264 #1 $a ..., $c 1987-
362 1# $a Began with vol. 1, no. 1 (July 1987).
If neither the first nor last issue is in hand, do not give a date of publication according to RDA 2.8.6.5. (CCM: 10.4.2b)
When only an approximate date can be provided, a date containing a hyphen and/or question mark can be used as publication date (RDA 2.8.6.5).
264 #1 $a [Sugar Land, Texas.] : $b Internet Scientific
Publications, $c [between 2000 and 2009?]-
362 1# $a Began with vol. 1, no. 1.