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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I’ve only recently become aware, as a result of conversations
with Glenn Patton of OCLC and Deborah Leslie of the Folger, of the availability
of the 046 field for the recording (and in OCLC at least, indexing) of
incorrect dates of publication (e.g. the date on the piece is printed as 1599,
but the work was actually published in 1610) and B.C.E. dates (as well as other
dates of perhaps less interest to this community).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Although the field has clearly been around for some time, I and others
I have been in touch with have been either unaware of it, or only dimly aware,
and in any case not using it. Deborah has suggested that a note about it
might be of general interest.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>OCLC’s implementation is set out in Bibliographic Formats and
Standards:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a href="http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/0xx/046.shtm">http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/0xx/046.shtm</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The full MARC 21 description can be seen here: <a
href="http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd046.html">http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd046.html</a>
or, if you prefer the concise form, here: <a
href="http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/concise/bd046.html">http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/concise/bd046.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The original MARBI approval goes back more than 10 years: <a
href="http://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/1998/98-07.html">http://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/1998/98-07.html</a>
The most recent discussions of expansion were in 2002, with links
backward:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a href="http://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/2002/2002-03.html">http://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/2002/2002-03.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I’d be curious to know whether the field is indexed in local
systems, and if it’s in general use. I know I’ll be using it
from now on.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>--<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>John Lancaster (<a href="mailto:jlancaster@amherst.edu">jlancaster@amherst.edu</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>P.O. Box 775<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Williamsburg, MA 01096-0775<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>413-268-7679</span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
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