LC practice/PCC practice: If an electronic serial is reformatted so that all evidence of the earlier title is removed, record the earlier titles proper in a MARC field 247 with indicators 11. Also give the earlier title proper if an aggregator presents a range of issues and does not retain earlier titles.

LC practice/PCC practice: When a government printer or government printing office is named on the resource and there is no evidence that its function is not that of a publisher, record it as the publisher. If, however, another body also appears on the resource and the government printing office is named only in a less prominent position and the name is not accompanied by a statement of manufacture/printing or distribution, the likelihood is greater that it functions only as manufacturer/printer or distributor and that the other body is the publisher.

LC practice/PCC practice: Treat privately printed resources as published resources even if they have been made available only to a very limited group (e.g., a keepsake for dinner guests or a Christmas greeting for friends). Treat the person or body issuing the resource, whether a commercial publisher, a private press, or a person or group for whom it may have been printed, as the publisher. If it is stated in the resource that it has been privately printed, this fact may be expressed in a note (RDA 2.17.7). Note: Private presses should be considered publishers of the items they print if there is no evidence to the contrary in the resource or in reference sources consulted.

LC practice: Use the information supplied by the publisher on the eCIP Traffic Manager's data view as the source of information for the sub elements in the Publication statement, Distribution statement, and Manufacture statement when cataloging CIPs at the galley stage. A cataloger may make any adjustment to the supplied information judged appropriate to reflect more nearly the data provided in the galley.

At the CIP verification stage, adjust these statements, if necessary, according to normal sources of information instructions used for non-CIP and post-CIP cataloging.

LC practice: Use the information supplied by the publisher on the eCIP Traffic Manager's data view as the source of information for the sub elements in the Publication statement, Distribution statement, and Manufacture statement when cataloging CIPs at the galley stage. A cataloger may make any adjustment to the supplied information judged appropriate to reflect more nearly the data provided in the galley.

At the CIP verification stage, adjust these statements, if necessary, according to normal sources of information instructions used for non-CIP and post-CIP cataloging.

LC practice: Use the information supplied by the publisher on the eCIP Traffic Manager's data view as the source of information for the sub elements in the Publication statement, Distribution statement, and Manufacture statement when cataloging CIPs at the galley stage. Take the date of publication from the year given in the "projected publication date."

A cataloger may make any adjustment to the publisher-supplied information judged appropriate to reflect more nearly the data provided in the galley.

At the CIP verification stage, adjust these statements, if necessary, according to normal sources of information instructions used for non-CIP and post-CIP cataloging.

LC practice/PCC practice: Supply a date of publication if possible, using the guidelines below, rather than give “[date of publication not identified].” Follow the instructions in 1.9.2 for supplied dates, including the use of the question mark with probable dates.

A. If an item lacking a publication date contains only a copyright date, apply the following in the order listed:

B. If an item lacking a publication date contains a copyright date and a date of manufacture and the year is the same for both, supply a date of publication that corresponds to that date, in square brackets, if it seems reasonable to assume that date is a likely publication date.

C. If an item lacking a publication date contains a copyright date and a date of manufacture and the years differ, supply a date of publication that corresponds to the copyright date, in square brackets, if it seems reasonable to assume that date is a likely publication date. A manufacture date may also be recorded as part of a manufacture statement, or recorded as part of a Note on issue, part, or iteration used as the basis for identification of a manifestation (See 2.17.13), if determined useful by the cataloger.

D. If an item lacking a publication date contains only a date of distribution, apply the following in the order listed:

E. If an item lacking a publication date contains only a date of manufacture, apply the following in the order listed:

LC practice/PCC practice: When a government printer or government printing office is named on the resource and there is no evidence that its function is not that of a publisher, record it as the publisher. If, however, another body also appears on the resource and the government printing office is named only in a less prominent position and the name is not accompanied by a statement of manufacture/printing or distribution, the likelihood is greater that it functions only as manufacturer/printer or distributor and that the other body is the publisher.

LC practice: For resources from the United States Government Publishing Office (GPO), retain the distribution statement indicating that the item is for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, because only a portion of GPO's resources is distributed in that manner.

LC practice: Use the information supplied by the publisher on the eCIP Traffic Manager's data view as the source of information for the sub elements in the Publication statement, Distribution statement, and Manufacture statement when cataloging CIPs at the galley stage. A cataloger may make any adjustment to the supplied information judged appropriate to reflect more nearly the data provided in the galley.

At the CIP verification stage, adjust these statements, if necessary, according to normal sources of information instructions used for non-CIP and post-CIP cataloging.

LC practice: Use the information supplied by the publisher on the eCIP Traffic Manager's data view as the source of information for the sub elements in the Publication statement, Distribution statement, and Manufacture statement when cataloging CIPs at the galley stage. A cataloger may make any adjustment to the supplied information judged appropriate to reflect more nearly the data provided in the galley.

At the CIP verification stage, adjust these statements, if necessary, according to normal sources of information instructions used for non-CIP and post-CIP cataloging.

LC practice: Use the information supplied by the publisher on the eCIP Traffic Manager's data view as the source of information for the sub elements in the Publication statement, Distribution statement, and Manufacture statement when cataloging CIPs at the galley stage. A cataloger may make any adjustment to the supplied information judged appropriate to reflect more nearly the data provided in the galley.

At the CIP verification stage, adjust these statements, if necessary, according to normal sources of information instructions used for non-CIP and post-CIP cataloging.

LC practice: Use the information supplied by the publisher on the eCIP Traffic Manager's data view as the source of information for the sub elements in the Publication statement, Distribution statement, and Manufacture statement when cataloging CIPs at the galley stage. A cataloger may make any adjustment to the supplied information judged appropriate to reflect more nearly the data provided in the galley.

At the CIP verification stage, adjust these statements, if necessary, according to normal sources of information instructions used for non-CIP and post-CIP cataloging.

LC practice: Use the information supplied by the publisher on the eCIP Traffic Manager's data view as the source of information for the sub elements in the Publication statement, Distribution statement, and Manufacture statement when cataloging CIPs at the galley stage. A cataloger may make any adjustment to the supplied information judged appropriate to reflect more nearly the data provided in the galley.

At the CIP verification stage, adjust these statements, if necessary, according to normal sources of information instructions used for non-CIP and post-CIP cataloging.

PCC practice: For rare materials, transcribe date(s) of manufacture found in the resource if appropriate (see DCRM(B,C,G,M,S) 4G). If a date of manufacture is known to be fictitious or incorrect, supply the correct year in square brackets. If no date of manufacture appears in the resource, supplying the date of manufacture or recording "[date of manufacture not identified]" is not required.

LC practice:

A. If an item lacking a publication date contains a copyright date and a date of manufacture and the year is the same for both, supply a date of publication that corresponds to that date, in square brackets, if it seems reasonable to assume that date is a likely publication date. A manufacture date may also be recorded as part of a manufacture statement, or recorded as part of a Note on issue, part or iteration used as the basis for identification of a manifestation (See 2.17.13), if determined useful by the cataloger.

B. If an item lacking a publication date contains a copyright date and a date of manufacture and the years differ, supply a date of publication that corresponds to the copyright date, in square brackets, if it seems reasonable to assume that date is a likely publication date. A manufacture date may also be recorded as part of a manufacture statement, or recorded as part of a Note on issue, part, or iteration used as the basis for identification of a manifestation (See 2.17.13), if determined useful by the cataloger.

C. If an item lacking a publication date contains only a date of manufacture, apply the following in the order listed:

LC practice: Use the information supplied by the publisher on the eCIP Traffic Manager's data view as the source of information for the sub elements in the Publication statement, Distribution statement, and Manufacture statement when cataloging CIPs at the galley stage. A cataloger may make any adjustment to the supplied information judged appropriate to reflect more nearly the data provided in the galley.

At the CIP verification stage, adjust these statements, if necessary, according to normal sources of information instructions used for non-CIP and post-CIP cataloging.

LC practice: Dates of manufacture are normally indicated by explicit statements; apply cataloger's judgment whether to record dates of manufacture. In the case of GPO imprints, dates of printing are indicated implicitly by location: