260 Publication, distribution, etc. (imprint) (NR)

First indicator--Sequence of publishing statements
# Not applicable/Earliest available publisher
2 Intervening publisher [Not yet implemented]
3 Current/latest publisher [Not yet implemented]
Second indicator
# Undefined
Subfields
a Place of publication, distribution, etc. (R)
b Name of publisher, distributor, etc. (R)
c Date of publication, distribution, etc. (R)
e Place of manufacture (R)
f Manufacturer (R)
g Date of manufacture (R)
3 Materials specified [Not yet implemented]
6 Linkage (NR)
Description/Instructions
Field 260 contains the place of publication, publisher and/or distributor, date of publication, as well as the place, name, and date of manufacture when necessary.
Editing instructions
1. Input a terminal period only when the field includes an ending date and no other terminal punctuation, such as a closing bracket, is present.
260 ## New York, N.Y. : $b E. Steiger, $c 1878-1879.
260 ## London : $b Howard League for Penal Reform, $c [c1965-c1983]
2. Use closed brackets around supplied information whether or not the 260 field is complete:
260 ## Moose Jaw : $b [s.n.]
260 ## Chur [Switzerland : $b s.n.]
260 ## Berkeley : $b Auditor's Office, $c -[1997]
If a date is not being recorded, do not input a comma after the publisher name.
260 ## [New York] : $b American Statistical Association
Stylistic conventions for brackets and the comma in the publication area were changed with the 2002 revision of AACR2. Many records in the CONSER database therefore follow earlier conventions of open brackets around supplied information if the field was not complete or a comma after a publisher date if a date is not supplied. Generally do not modify a record input according to the earlier conventions only for the purpose of deleting a comma or closing a bracket. However, if a record is being modified for other reasons, these changes can be made.
3. The 2002 revision also included the deletion of former rule 1.4D4, which allowed for shortening of the publisher name if it appeared in a recognizable form in the title and statement of responsibility area. Note that in certain examples below, where the publisher previous to 2002 was given as "$b The Society," "$b The Board," "$b The Committee," etc., the name has been changed to show the form in an un-shortened form in the 260: "$b Society for Utopian Studies," etc.
Indicators
The first indicator contains a value that chronologically sequences multiple publishing statements for a resource. Repeatability of the 260 field, indicator value "2" (intervening publisher), and indicator value "3" (current/latest publisher), have not yet been implemented by OCLC. Until repeatability is implemented, the first indicator should be coded #.
The second indicator is undefined and contains a blank (#).
Subfields
Input subfields in the following order: $a, $b, $c, $e, $f, $g, $6.
Apply the following conventions for the subfielding of data in field 260:
1. Enter each place name or publisher in a separate subfield.
2. Enter multiple occurrences of other elements, such as dates, in separate subfields only when a different type of element intervenes.
3. When adding true publication information to a fictitious publisher's statement (AACR2 1.4B6), input the true data in brackets preceded by "i.e.". Give separate subfields only when a different type of element intervenes. The following monograph examples from AACR2 are given to illustrate the subfielding.
260 ## Belfast [i.e. Dublin : $b s.n.], $c 1982.
260 ## Paris : $b Impr. Vincent, $c 1798 [i.e. $a Bruxelles : $b Moens, $c 1883]
$a Place of publication, distribution, etc.
Input the place of publication and any additions to place names in subfield $a.
260 ## New York, N.Y. :
260 ## [Reston, Va.?] :
260 ## Rio [de Janeiro] :
260 ## Cambridge [England] :
260 ## [New York] :
260 ## [United States] :
When two places are given, input each in a separate subfield $a. When repeated, the subsequent subfield $a is preceded by a space-semicolon-space ( ; ).
260 ## Basel ; $a New York :
260 ## [Reston, Va.?] : $b U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey ; $a Washington, D.C. : $b Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. [distributor]
When the place is unknown and the abbreviation "s.l." is given, capitalize the "S" only if it is the first subfield $a in the field.
260 ## [S.l. : $b s.n.]
260 ## Philadelphia : $b United States Pharmacopeial Convention ; $a [s.l.] : $b Distributed by Mack Pub. Co., $c 1980-
$b Name of publisher, distributor, etc.
Input in subfield $b the name of the publisher or distributor and any qualifying words. If both a publisher and a distributor are given, input each in a separate subfield $b. Subfield $b is always preceded by a space-colon- space ( : ).
260 ## [New York] : $b American Statistical Association
260 ## Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] : $b Published for Medico-Legal Society by W. Heffer & Sons, $c 1947-
260 ## Washington, D.C. : $b U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service : $b For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.
260 ## Victoria, B.C. : $b [s.n.], $c 1898-1945.
260 ## Berkeley : $b City Auditor, $c 1947-
$c Date of publication, distribution, etc.
Serials: The date of publication is given only when the first and/or last issues are in hand. Angle brackets cannot be used in this field. When cataloging from issues that do not include the first or last, leave this area blank.
Integrating resources: LC/PCC practice is to supply the beginning and/or ending publication date in the publication, distribution, etc., on a case-by-case basis when the bibliographic resource includes an explicit statement according to AACR2 1.4F8 and LCRI 1.4F8.
All continuing resources (and finite integrating resources): Do not input a comma after the publisher name, if leaving the date area empty. When inputting only an ending date, leave one space before the hyphen preceding a closing date. If a serial or integrating resource begins and ceases publication in the same year, whether in one issue or several, input the year once.
260 ## Milano : $b Associazione italiana editori
260 ## London : $b Howard League for Penal Reform, $c c1965-c1983.
260 ## Berkeley : $b City Auditor, $c -1936.
260 ## Chicago : $b Society for Utopian Studies, $c 1992-
260 ## London : $b [s.n.]
260 ## Washington : $b Board of Commissioners, $c -[1982]
260 ## New York : $b City Finance Committee, $c 1986.
260 ## [Sugar Land, Tex.] : $b Internet Scientific Publications, $c [200-?]
$e, $f, $g Place, name, and date of manufacture.
When this information is given, enclose it in parentheses. Do not input additional punctuation between the preceding subfield and subfield $e. Subfield $f is preceded by a space-colon-space ( : ). Subfield $g is preceded by a comma. If subfield $g is not given in the record, do not input the comma.
260 ## [Pennsylvania : $b s.n.], $c 1878-[1927?] $e (Gettysburg : $f J.E. Wible, Printer)
Maintenance
CONSER catalogers may wish to change punctuation (e.g., omitting the comma) when updating records for other purposes but this is not required. CONSER catalogers are encouraged to provide an un-shortened transcription of the publisher's name to enhance keyword search access, however, when a shortened form has been used under the former rule 1.4D4.
Related fields, etc.
008/7-10, 008/11-14, 008/15-17, 008/28, 500, 550