260 - Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint) (R)

Indicators 1st -  Sequence of publishing statements
# - Not applicable/No information provided/Earliest available publisher
2 - Intervening publisher
3 - Current/latest publisher
  2nd -  Undefined
Subfields _a  Place of publication, distribution, etc. (R)
_b  Name of publisher, distributor, etc. (R)
_c  Date of publication, distribution, etc. (R)
_e  Place of manufacture (R)
_f Manufacturer (R)
  _g Date of manufacture (R)
  _3 Materials specified (NR)
  _6 Linkage (NR)
  _8 Field link and sequence number (R)
Guidelines
  • Within subfield _a (place of publication) a semicolon precedes a second place name.
  • At the end of subfield _a (place of publication), a colon precedes subfield _b (publisher).
  • At the end of subfield _b (publisher), a comma precedes subfield _c (date).
  • At the end of subfield _c (date), a period should be entered unless another mark of punctuation (e.g., a bracket) is present.
Examples
260 ## _aBoston :
_bJoy Street :
_bLittle Brown,
_c1989, c1985
260 ## _aLondon :
_bDent ;
_aNew York :
_bDutton,
_c[1936?]
260 ## _aNew York :
_bScholastic,
_cc1994.