Place of publication, distribution, etc



PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC., STATEMENT

1. AACR2: give first place + place in home country

Source has following information:

ABC Publishers ---- 2008

London -- Stockholm -- Copenhagen -- New York

If cataloged in the U.S.:

260 ## $a London ; $a New York : $b ABC Publisher, $c 2008.

If cataloged in the U.K.:

260 ## $a London : $b ABC Publishers, $c 2008.

If cataloged in Sweden:

260 ## $a London ; $a Stockholm : $b ABC Publishers, $c 2008.

If cataloged in Denmark:

260 ## $a London ; $a Copenhagen : $b ABC Publishers, $c 2008.

1. RDA: no “home country” provision

Source has following information:

ABC Publishers ---- 2008

London -- Stockholm -- Copenhagen -- New York

If not applying just the core provision, all places could be given:

260 ## $a London ; $a Stockholm ; $a Copenhagen ; $a New York : $b ABC Publishers, $c 2008.

If applying just the core provision (only the first recorded is required):

260 ## $a London : $b ABC Publishers, $c 2008.

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2. AACR: no place of publication and no publisher (no distribution information available)

260 ## $a [S.l. : $b s.n.], $c 2009.

2. RDA: no place of publication and no publisher (no distribution information available)

260 ## $a [Place of publication not identified] : $b [publisher not identified], $c 2009.

Comments:

#1. Guidelines in consolidated edition of ISBD now specify separate sets of square brackets for each element.

#2. Specific phrases replace the Latin abbreviations “S.l.” and “s.n.” The RDA phrases could be generated by a cataloger’s macro.

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3. AACR: copyright date used in lieu of missing publication date (no distribution or manufacture information available)

260 ## $a Northfield [Minn.] : $b Hedstrom Pub. Co., $c c2007.

Comment: No indication of the absence of a publication date was included.

3. RDA: copyright date is a separate element (no distribution or manufacture information available)

260 ## $a Northfield : $b Hedstrom Publishing Company, $c [date of publication not identified], ©2007.

Comments:

#1. 260 $a: Higher jurisdiction is not supplied.

#2. 260 $b: Words in name of publisher are not converted to abbreviations.

#3. 260 $c: If publication date is not on the resource and cataloger doesn’t supply a probable date, “[date of publication not identified]” is given; the copyright date is a core element if the date of publication and date of distribution are not given.

#4. 260 $c: Cataloger could have supplied a probable date based on the copyright date; then, copyright date would not be required as a core element:

260 ## $a Northfield : $b Hedstrom Publishing Company, $c [2007]

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4. AACR2: publication information lacking but distribution information available

Source has following information:

Published in 2008

AMM Services (New York) in charge of distribution

260 ## $a [S.l. : $b s.n.] ; $a New York : $b AMM Services [distributor], $c 2008.

4. RDA: publication information lacking but distribution information available

Source has following information:

Published in 2008

AMM Services (New York) in charge of distribution

260 ## $a [Place of publication not identified] : $b [publisher not identified] ; $a New York : $b AMM Services [distributor], $c 2008.

Comment: Cataloger could have supplied a probable country of publication based on the place of distribution; then place of distribution would not be required as a core element:

260 ## $a [United States] : $b [publisher not identified] ; $b AMM Services [distributor], $c 2008.

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5. AACR2: incomplete information in place of publication, distribution, etc.

260 ## $a Philada [i.e. Philadelphia] : $b ...

260 ## $a Bs. As. [i.e. Buenos Aires] : $b ...

260 ## $a Rio [de Janeiro]

Comment: If only an abbreviated form was in the resource, the full form was added or the name was completed by using square brackets.

5. RDA: incomplete information in place of publication, distribution, etc.

260 ## $a Philada : $b ...

500 ## $a Book published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

260 ## $a Bs. As. : $b ...

500 ## $a Map published in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

260 ## $a Rio : $b ...

Comment: Only the form on the resource is transcribed; a cataloger can include a note giving more information about the place if considered to be important.

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