RBMS Policy Statements for date of manufacture
Recording
Condition Option
Do not apply the option. Record all dates as they appear. If no date appears in the Julian or Gregorian calendar, record all dates as they appear and supply the Julian or Gregorian year(s) in square brackets. See DCRMR 5.33.3.1 , 5.33.351.1 , 5.33.352.6 .
Condition Option
Do not apply the option. Record all dates as they appear. If no date appears in the Julian or Gregorian calendar, record all dates as they appear and supply the Julian or Gregorian year(s) in square brackets. See DCRMR 5.33.3.1 , 5.33.351.1 , 5.33.352.6 .
Condition Option
Do not apply the option. See DCRMR 5.33.3.1 , 5.33.351.1 .
Condition Option
Apply the option. If the date is grammatically inseparable from information transcribed as part of another element, transcribe it within that element and supply the date in square brackets as a value of Manifestation: date of manufacture. See DCRMR 5.33.3.1 , 5.33.351.1 , 5.33.351.3 .
Condition Option
Cataloger's judgment. If applying the option, supply the date in square brackets. See DCRMR 5.33.354.1 .
Condition Option
Apply the option. Connect the dates with a hyphen. See DCRMR 5.33.355.1 .
Condition Option
Apply the option if the manufacture date is the same for all issues, parts, etc. Record the date as a single date. See DCRMR 5.33.355.1 .
Recording an unstructured description
Condition Option
Apply the option. Supply the date(s) in square brackets. See DCRMR 5.33.352.6 .
Condition Option
Apply the option. Transcribe the fictitious or false date as it appears and supply the actual date, preceded by "that is," all enclosed within square brackets. See DCRMR 5.33.352.4 .
Condition Option
Apply the option. Transcribe the fictitious or false date as it appears and supply the actual date, preceded by "that is," all enclosed within square brackets. See DCRMR 5.33.352.4 .
Condition Option
Do not apply the option. See DCRMR 5.33.352.4 .
Condition Option
Do not apply the option. See DCRMR 5.33.352.4 .
Condition Option
Apply the option. Supply the date in Arabic numerals in square brackets instead of, or in addition to, transcribing the chronogram. See DCRMR 5.33.352.2 , 5.33.352.25 .
Condition Option
Cataloger's judgment. See DCRMR 5.33.352.2 , 5.34.36.1 .
Condition Option
Cataloger's judgment. If applying the option, supply the date in square brackets. See DCRMR 5.33.353.1 , 5.33.354.1 .
Condition Option
Cataloger's judgment. If applying the option, enclose the supplied date span in square brackets. See DCRMR 5.33.3545.1 .
Condition Option
Do not apply the option. See DCRMR 5.33.3545.1 .
Condition Option
Cataloger's judgment. If applying the option, enclose the supplied date and question mark in square brackets. See DCRMR 5.33.3545.1 .
Condition Option
Cataloger's judgment. If applying the option, do so if the date range is certain and enclose the supplied date range in square brackets. See DCRMR 5.33.3545.1 .
Condition Option
Cataloger's judgment. If applying the option, do so if the date range is probable but not certain and enclose the supplied date range and question mark in square brackets. See DCRMR 5.33.3545.1 .
Condition Option
Cataloger's judgment. If applying the option, enclose the supplied date, preceded by "not before," all in square brackets. See DCRMR 5.33.3545.1 ..
Condition Option
Cataloger's judgment. If applying the option, enclose the supplied date, preceded by "not after," all in square brackets. See DCRMR 5.33.3545.1 .
Date of manufacture not identified
Condition Option
Do not apply the option. See DCRMR 5.33.3545 .
Recording a structured description
Recording an identifier
Recording an IRI
Document Date: 2025/09/23
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