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OBERLIN LCRI CUMULATED 1-68
rev. 12-10
1.4F8:CSB103
Dates for serials, integrating resources, and multipart items
Option Decision
LC/PCC practice for serials: Do not apply the option; if information is
known, give it in a note (362 1).
LC/PCC practice for integrating resources and multipart items: Apply the
option on a case-by-case basis when the bibliographic resource includes an explicit
statement (e.g., “Created on March 10, 2001;” “Began publication in 1998”); give that
specific date in the 260 subfield $c. Generally, do not investigate beyond the resource
to find such a date. When the option can be applied, give any available estimated date
information (e.g., a questioned date, more than one possible date, a span of dates) in a
362 1 field.
Qualifying Multiple Dates
362 1 $a Began in 2000?
362 1 $a Began in 2001 or 2002.
362 1 $a Began between 1997 and 1999.
not 362 1 $a Began in 2002.
If multiple dates need to be qualified (e.g., because they appear in non-
Gregorian years or the item shows copyright dates that differ from the publication
dates), record the qualifying dates after the inclusive dates for the earliest and latest
volumes.
1386-1388 [1979-1981]
not 1386 [1979]-1388 [1981]
not
1979-1981 [c1978-c1980]
1979 [c1978]-1982 [c1980]
Multipart Items and Serials: Date of Publication
If the date of publication of the first issue or part is later than the
publication date of a subsequent issue or part, give information about the publication
date of the first issue or part in a note.
260 ## $a Chicago : $b American Library Association, $c 1967-
362 0# $a Vol. 1-
500 ## $a Vol. 1 published in 1969.
Incomplete Multipart Items: Temporary Dates
Data.
LC practice: See LCRI 1.0C, LC/CONSER Practice for Temporary/Uncertain