1. Publication Information

2. Publication Information— 260 (AACR)/264 (RDA) Includes  Place of publication, distribution, manufacture ($a) Publisher, distributor, manufacturer ($b) Dates ($c) Source of information  AACR: Title page or other preliminaries, etc.  RDA: Anywhere on the item

3. ISBD punctuation— 260 (AACR)/264 (RDA) ISBD punctuation  Semi-colon before place of publication, if multiple  Colon before name  Comma before date  Ending punctuation:. ) ] -  Exception: no ending punctuation in RDA copyright statement (MARC tag 264, 2nd indicator 4)

4. Publication information n AACR – 260 u All information in single 260—subfields are repeatable 260 _ _ $aPlace of publication :$bPublisher,$cDate(s). Exception: Records for continuing resources (i.e. serials) may have multiple 260s to show changes in publisher—denoted by 1 st indicator n RDA – 264 u May have multiple 264s for different functions—denoted by 2 nd indicator 264 _1 $aPlace of publication :$bPublisher,$cPublication date. 264 _2 $aPlace of distribution :$Distributor,$cDistribution date. 264 _4 $cCopyright date May also have multiple 264s in serial records for changes in publisher

5. Place of publication, distribution, etc.— subfield a n Enter as it is on the item n If name of country, state or province is not on the item, add in brackets if needed for clarity n AACR -- Give only the first named place unless it isn’t in your country, then also give next named place in your country n RDA u Enter all places named on the item or u Enter only the first named place

6. Place of publication, distribution, etc.—cont. n AACR – Transcribe abbreviated places as they appear. Abbreviate spelled out countries, states, provinces, etc. as instructed in Appendix B Examples: Carterville, IL – transcribe as is Paris – Add state in brackets if needed—Paris, [Ill.] Carterville, Illinois – enter as Carterville, Ill. (prescribed abbreviation from Appendix B) n RDA – Transcribe exactly as it appears. If adding a place, put in brackets and spell out

7. No place of publication on the item n AACR u Cataloger researches place and enters it in brackets (with a question mark if you’re not sure) or u Enters the abbreviation [S.l.] n RDA u Cataloger researches place and enters it in brackets (with a question mark if needed) or u Enters the phrase [Place of publication not identified]

8. Examples AACR 260 $aLondon ;$aChicago RDA 264 _1 $ aLondon or 264 _1 $aLondon ;$aChicago ;$aNew York ;$aParis

9. Publisher, Distributor, etc.—subfield b n AACR – Record name in the shortest possible form that still clearly identifies the publisher. Appendix B prescribes abbreviation of some terms u G.K. Hall not Hall u McGraw-Hill not McGraw-Hill and Company u Open Hand Pub. not Open Hand Publishing, Inc. n Consider imprint as publisher rather than parent company n Prefer publisher on title page rather than t.p. verso or other source n RDA – Transcribe exactly as it appears

10. Publisher name unclear or absent n AACR u Enter probable name in brackets (with question mark if needed) or u Enter the abbreviation [s.n.] n RDA u Enter probable name in brackets (with question mark if needed) or u Enter the phrase [publisher not identified]

11. Unpublished items or naturally occurring objects  Unpublished items  Includes manuscripts, art originals, unedited or unpublished film or video, unpublished collections, etc. AACR: Do not include 260 subfield a or b. Record a date in subfield c RDA: Record a date in subfield c. Other elements are optional  Naturally occurring objects  Do not include MARC tag 260 or 264 in the record unless the object has been packaged for commercial distribution

12. Examples AACR 260 $aLondon ;$aChicago :$bBooks R Us, 260 $a[Decatur, Ill.? :$bCataloging Co.], 260 $a[S.l.] :$bLast Chance Press, RDA 264 _1 $aLondon ;$aChicago ;$aNew York ;$aParis :$bBooks R Us, An imprint of Catalogers Press, 264 _2 $a[Decatur, Illinois?] :$b[Cataloging Company], 264 _1 $a[Place of publication not identified] :$bLast Chance Press,

13. Dates—subfield c n Publication date -- most important – use the most recent publication date n Copyright date -- may be added along with the publication date but not required n AACR: If no pub. date, use the copyright date instead On item: no pub. date, copyright 2012. In record: $cc2012. n RDA: hierarchy u Publication date u If no publication date, use distribution date u If no publication or distribution date, use copyright date as an implied publication date, in brackets On item: no pub. or dist. date, copyright 2012. In record: $c[2012]

14. Recording dates n AACR—record publication and copyright date in single subfield c u Use lowercase c (print) or p (sound recordings) in front of copyright date n RDA—record publication, distribution, manufacture date in tag 264 with appropriate 2nd indicator depending on function u Record copyright date in a separate 264 subfield c. Use 2nd indicator 4 u Use copyright symbol in front of copyright date: © (print) or ℗ (sound recordings) F Spell out copyright or phonogram copyright if your system can’t reproduce the symbols

15. No date on the item n AACR – cataloger estimates a publication date u Entered in brackets Examples: [2010] [199-?]—probable decade [19--?]—probable century n RDA – cataloger estimates a date or enters the phrase [date of publication not identified]

16. Recording dates--unpublished items n For unpublished items, i.e., manuscripts, etc., give date of creation, inscription, manufacture, recording, etc. n For unpublished collections, give inclusive dates

17. Recording dates--serials n First issue in hand: n First issue not in hand:

18. Examples AACR 260 $aLondon ;$aChicago :$bBooks R Us,$c2014, c2012. 260 $a[Decatur, Ill.? :$bCataloging Co.,$c2010] 260 $a[S.l.] :$bLast Chance Press,$cc1995.

19. Examples RDA 264 _1 $aLondon ;$aChicago ;$aNew York ;$aParis :$bBooks R Us, An imprint of Catalogers Press,$c2014. 264 _4 $c©2012 264 _2 $a[Decatur, Illinois?] :$b[Cataloging Company?],$c[2010] 264 _1 $a[Place of publication not identified] :$bLast Chance Press,$c[1995] 264 _4 $c©1995

20. For more information-- n MARC Coding u OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards F Through Connexion or, F On OCLC website: www.oclc.org/bibformats/en.html u MARC21 format for bibliographic data F On Library of Congress website: www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographicwww.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic n Cataloging rules u Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2 nd ed. (AACR2) – print only u Resource Description and Access (RDA) F Print F Online: www.rdatoolkit.org (subscription required)www.rdatoolkit.org