[DCRM-L] almanac dating and fixed fields

[Robert Maxwell]

Don't forget that we're looking for a publication date for the date of publication element. An almanac can perfectly well be printed in 1759 and published in 1760. Unless you have evidence that the book was in fact issued in 1759. Which I guess we assume it probably was, but I'd go with the assumption that it was published in 1760. We do that all the time with modern books that arrive on our desk late in the year with a publication or copyright date of the following year-we still take it at face value.

Bob

Robert L. Maxwell
Ancient Languages and Special Collections Librarian
6728 Harold B. Lee Library
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602
(801)422-5568

"We should set an example for all the world, rather than confine ourselves to the course which has been heretofore pursued"--Eliza R. Snow, 1842.

From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Nipps, Karen
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2015 8:14 AM
To: DCRM Users' Group
Subject: [DCRM-L] almanac dating and fixed fields

Hi, All - I know this subject has come up before, so I apologize for the resurrection should my question be redundant ....

It is quite common in almanac printing that the date of printing precedes the year for which a given almanac was issued by one year. So, for instance, if the imprint date of an almanac is 1760, this might be expressed in the MARC record's imprint field as "... 1760 [i.e. 1759?]". My question is, what do people do about the fixed fields to represent both dates? My cloudy memory recalls that the community was considering putting in a request to the powers-that-be for a new publication status (008/06) - did this ever get any traction? Thanks. - Karen

Karen Nipps
Head, Rare Book Team
Houghton Library
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-496-9190
FAX: 617-495-1376

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