Distributors, Manufacturers

⮚Distributor

RDA defines a distributor as "A person, family, or corporate body responsible for distributing a resource." The distributor makes the serial available to the public in cases where the publisher is not in a position to do so.

A distributor's name is a core element for a published resource if the publisher's name is not identified. If more than one distributor's name appears on the source of information, only the first recorded is required. Include words or phrases indicating the function as they appear on the source of information (e.g., “Distributed by …”). Capitalize the first word in the statement. (CCM:10.2.6.2) Note the second indicator for distributor is a 2.

On piece: For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, United States Government Printing Office [Function explicitly stated]

Record as:

264 #1 Washington : $b Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, $c 2004-

264 #2 $a Washington, D.C. : $b For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, United States Government Printing Office

On piece: Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office [Function not explicitly stated]

Record as:

264 #1 $a Washington : $b United States Department of the Interior

264 #2 $a Washington, D.C. : $b Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office

⮚Manufacturer

The term “manufacturer” refers to a person, family, or corporate body responsible for printing, duplicating, casting, etc., a resource in a published form. In other words, it is the body responsible for the physical production of the resource.

CONSER practice is to record elements relating to the manufacturer when the corresponding elements in publication statements and/or distribution statements contain a (not identified entity). Note the indicator for Manufacturer is a 3.

264 #1 $a [Place of publication not identified] : $b [publisher not identified], $c [1989]-

264 #3 $a Columbia, SC.