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RBMS Policy Statements for date of distribution

Prerecording

Option

Do not apply the option. See DCRMR 5.28.3 .

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 5.28.3.1 , 5.28.31.6 .

Condition Option

Apply the option. 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 5.28.3.1 , 5.28.31.6 .

Condition Option

Do not apply the option. See DCRMR 5.28.3.1 .

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 distribution. See DCRMR 5.28.3 .

Condition Option

Cataloger's judgment. If applying the option, supply the date in square brackets. See DCRMR 5.28.33.1 .

Condition Option

Apply the option. Connect the dates with a hyphen. See DCRMR 5.28.35.1 .

Condition Option

Apply the option if the distribution date is the same for all issues, parts, etc. Record the date as a single date. See DCRMR 5.28.35.1 .

Recording an unstructured description

Option

Apply the option if following the alternative DCRMR instruction to retain original capitalization and punctuation. See DCRMR 0.4.05.1, 5.28.3.1 .

Option

Do not apply the option. See DCRMR 0.4.05.1 , 5.28.3.1 .

Option

Apply DCRMR transcription guidelines. See DCRMR 0.4.05.1 , 5.28.3.1 .

Condition Option

Apply the option. Supply the date(s) in square brackets. See DCRMR 5.28.31.6 .

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 5.28.34.1 .

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 5.28.34.1 .

Condition Option

Do not apply the option. See DCRMR 5.28.34.1 .

Condition Option

Do not apply the option. See DCRMR 5.28.34.1 .

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 5.28.31.2 , 5.28.31.25 .

Condition Option

Cataloger's judgment. See DCRMR 5.28.31.2 , 5.285.36.1 .

Condition Option

Cataloger's judgment. If applying the option, supply the date in square brackets. See DCRMR 5.28.31.2 , 5.28.33.1 .

Condition Option

Cataloger's judgment. If applying the option, enclose the supplied date span in square brackets. See DCRMR 5.28.34.1 .

Condition Option

Do not apply the option. See DCRMR 5.28.34.1 .

Condition Option

Cataloger's judgment. If applying the option, enclose the supplied date and question mark in square brackets. See DCRMR 5.28.34.1 .

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 5.28.34.1 .

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 5.28.34.1 .

Condition Option

Cataloger's judgment. If applying the option, enclose the supplied date, preceded by "not before," all in square brackets. See DCRMR 5.28.34.1 .

Condition Option

Cataloger's judgment. If applying the option, enclose the supplied date, preceded by "not after," all in square brackets. See DCRMR 5.28.34.1 .

Date of distribution not identified

Condition Option

Do not apply the option. See DCRMR 5.28.34 .

Recording a structured description

Recording an identifier

Recording an IRI

Document Date: 2025/09/23
Document: https://stage.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-259fe5a3-ac7f-3aab-b9db-eca6dfd9d7bf

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