Changes to Publication Information

When updating the description for a serial to reflect other changes, make note of changes to the publisher’s name if the name changes or if a different publisher is named AND if the change affects identification or access. Each change of place and/or publisher name should be entered in a separate 264 field. (CCM: 10.5.2) Changes to place of publication that affect the country of publication code and changes to non-commercial publishers are considered of higher importance.

An existing [260] field in an RDA record for a serial may be changed to a 264 when adding an additional 264 fields at the cataloger’s discretion, presuming the cataloger has enough information to select the appropriate second indicator value and is certain that the data appears as transcribed from the preferred source. (CCM: 10.5.2)

When recording changes to place of publication and publisher using an additional 264, use the follow guidelines.

First indicator = Sequence of statements: blank # (Not applicable/No information provided/Earliest); 2 (Intervening); 3 (Current/latest)

Second indicator = Function of entity: 0 (Production), 1 (Publication), 2 (Distribution), 3 (Manufacture), 4 (Copyright notice date)

Subfield $3 (materials specified) gives information to differentiate multiple 264 fields. Use angle brackets if specific beginning and/or ending information is not known.

⮚Change in Place of Publication (Note the following change in the Place of Publication impacts publication code in the fixed-data field)

264 #1 $3 1985- : $a The Hague, Netherlands : $b Elsevier, $c 1985-

264 31 $3 : $a New York, N.Y. : $b Elsevier

If changes are frequent and predictable, a general note may be given rather than explicitly listing each change. However, the fixed field 008/15-17 should reflect the latest publishing location.

500 ## $a Place of publication varies with location of symposium

⮚Change in Publisher or Name of Publisher

Original Record:

264 #1 $a London, England : $b Distributed by Cambridge University Press $c 1990-

Record after new issue is received:

264 #1 $3 1990- <1994> : $a London, England : $b Distributed by Cambridge University Press $c 1990- (Former)

264 31 $3 <1995-> : $a Norwich, England : $b Sage Press (Current)

Record after another new issue is received:

264 #1 $3 1990- : $a Glenwood Landing, Long Island, NY, U.S.A. : $b Denis W. McDonnell, $c [1990]-

264 21 $3 -1998: $a Honesdale, PA : $b Dennis W. McDonnell

264 31 $3 2000- : $a Melrose, Massachusetts, USA : $b Suellen J. Miller, Edith Steblecki, and Elaine Steblecki

Noting changes of a commercial publisher is optional as per CONSER (CCM: 10.5.2)