Adding Dates to Call Numbers LCCS Training OSU July 2007

When and Why Add a Date Dates are added to all monographs in all formats Dates are not added to serials Dates create unique call numbers for different editions of a work Editions sit next to each other on the shelf in chronological order

Adding Date of Imprint to Monographs 1976? ca , cl , cl [i.e.1978] 1962 or (1973 printing) 1980 printing, c [distributed] between 1977 and /79 [i.e or 1979] 1977 (cover 1978) ? ? 1998 for 1997 use 1976 use 1976 use 1981 use 1972 use 1978 use 1962 use 1969 use 1957 use 1979 use 1979 use 1977 use 1978 use 1978 use 1970z [if corporate body, 1970] use 1970z [if corporate body, 1970] use 1900z [if corporate body, 1900] use 1900z [if corporate body, 1900] 1998

Special Circumstances Conferences Add the date of the conference to the call number, not the date of imprint Multipart Works Add the date of the first or earliest part Photocopies or Facsimile Editions Add the original date plus the work letter “a”

Special Circumstances (cont.) Multiple Editions Of A Work In The Same Year Add work letters starting with “b” Example: QC155.L QC155.L b QC155.L c Corporate Authorship – Multiple Editions in Same Year Add work letters starting with “a” Example: TA145.R TA145.R a TA145.R b

Do Not Add Dates To: Supplements and indexes Example: HD4655.C (main title) HD4655.C Suppl. Loose-leaf materials Legal publications where the final Cutter is based on dates