Penn State University Libraries - 260 - Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint)

The imprint can be taken from anywhere on the chief source of information (i.e., title page). The normal imprint position is at the foot of the title page. Substitute sources include, in this order:

verso of title page
pages preceding title page
cover
colophon

• Record all elements of the place name that appear on the source including state, province, county, country, etc.

  Source: Tulsa, Okla., USA

  260   Tulsa, Okla., USA

   

• Transcribe abbreviations of states, countries, etc. as they appear on the source.

  Source: Sacramento, CA

  260   Sacramento, CA
  
  

  Source: Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

  260   Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
  
  

  Source: Dordrecht, The Netherlands

  260   Dordrecht, The Netherlands

   

• If the name of a state, province, or territory of the U.S., Australia, or Canada is not abbreviated on the source, abbreviate according to the standard AACR2 abbreviations listed in 260 Table 1. If the name is not on the list, do not abbreviate.

  Source: New York, New York

  260   New York, N.Y.

Record the first place of publication given on the source. If that place is not in the U.S., record also the first U.S. place of publication if there is one.

Source:
Quorum Books
New York -- Westport, Connecticut -- London

260   New York :|bQuorum Books

Source:
Academic Press
London    New York

260   London ;|aNew York :|bAcademic Press

Record a place of publication for each publisher/distributor when the place differs from that of place(s) already named.

Source:
Charles Scribner's Sons
New York
Collier Macmillan Canada
Toronto

260   New York :|bCharles Scribner's Sons ;|aToronto :|bCollier Macmillan Canada

 

Source:
Macmillan       New York
and
American Statistical Association
New York

260   New York :|bMacmillan :|bAmerican Statistical Association

Probable place of publication:

When the place is unknown, and a good guess as to where the piece was published can be made, enclose the assumed location in square brackets with a question mark. A probable city or state, province, etc. is preferable to a probable country.

U.S. Government Publications: assume Washington, D.C.

Source: U.S. Department of Energy

260   [Washington, D.C.?] :|bU.S. Dept. of Energy

University Publications: assume the location of the university.

Source: College of Business Administration, University of Tulsa

260   [Tulsa, Okla.?] :|bCollege of Business Administration, University of Tulsa

No probable place of publication ( [S.l.] ):

When no place or probable place can be given, use "[S.l.]" (standing for "sine loco," without place). Capitalize the "S" only if occurs in the first subfield |a in the field.

260   [S.l.] :|bBlackwing Press,|c1991.

260   Philadelphia :|bPharmacopeial Convention ;|a[s.l.] :|bMack Pub. Co.,|c1980.

260    ...    :|bAmerican Academy of Political and Social Science

Treat imprint information appearing on a stamp or label containing publication details relating to a reproduction, reissue, etc., as if it were printed. Give the publication details of the later publication from the stamp or label in 260. Give the source of information in a 500 note as illustrated in the example below. Include the original publication details in a 500 note if they can be read.

500   Imprint from label on t.p.

500   Imprint under label reads: HM + M Publishers.

When the information on the stamp or label concerns only a distributor see "Distributor," Section IIIC part 4, for transcription instructions.

If more than one form of name appear on the source, prefer the fuller form.

Source:
AMA
American Management Association

260   ... :|bAmerican Management Association

Do not rearrange a hierarchy to put the larger body first.

Source:
Manpower Planning Division
National Economic Development Board
Government of Thailand
Bangkok

260   Bangkok :|bManpower Planning Division, National Economic Development Board, Government of Thailand

Abbreviate English language publishing terms which appear on the list below. In all other cases, transcribe as found on source. Abbreviations for publishing terms in other languages may be found in the current AACR2 Appendix B. See also Abbreviations online at Princeton University.

Common publishing terms from AACR2 Appendix B.

Common abbreviations:

Term	Abbreviation
Company	Co.
Corporation	Corp.
Department	Dept.
Government Printing Office	G.P.O.
Her (His) Majesty's Stationery Office	H.M.S.O.
Incorporated	Inc.
Limited	Ltd.
Publishing	Pub.
Superintendent of Documents	Supt. of Docs.

Source: W.W. Norton and Company

260   ... :|bW.W. Norton and Co.

Source: Springer Verlag

260   ... :|bSpringer Verlag

Omit initial articles which occur as the first word of the publisher statement.

Source: The British Library

260   ... :|bBritish Library

Omit the phrases "Published by", "., Publisher(s)" or their equivalents in other languages when only a single firm name is involved. When two or more firms are linked in a phrase see "Two or more firms linked in a phrase ...," Section IIIC part 3i-j.

Source: Published by Allen & Unwin

260   ... :|bAllen & Unwin

Omit a personal name which appears in a statement of publishing because of legal requirements of the country (e.g., India).

Source: Printed and Published by S.D. Puranik for the National Institute of Bank Management

260   ... :|bNational Institute of Bank Management

Record the names of all publishers appearing on the chief source or its substitute in the order they appear, except in the case of simultaneous publications. See "Simultaneous publications," Section IIIC part 3d.

Source:
Howell Book House
New York

Collier Macmillan Canada
Toronto

Maxwell Macmillan International
New York   Oxford   Singapore   Sidney

Example:

Tag	Contents
260	New York :|bHowell Book House ;|aToronto :|bCollier Macmillan Canada ;|aNew York :|bMaxwell Macmillan International

Record also the name of a U.S. publisher appearing anywhere on the item when a non-U.S. publisher appears on the chief source, except in the case of simultaneous publishers. See "Simultaneous publications," Section IIIC part 3d.

Title page:
Clarendon Press     Oxford

T.p. verso:
Published in the United States by Oxford University Press,
Walton Street, Oxford OX2 6 DP
Oxford, New York, Toronto

260   Oxford :|bClarendon Press ;|aNew York :|bOxford University Press

Do not record any publisher concerned with a previous edition even if it appears on the title page.

Title page:
Greenwood Publishing Corp.
      New York

T.p. verso:
Originally published in 1906
by Archibald Constable and Co., Ltd., London

260   New York :|bGreenwood Pub. Corp.

Simultaneous publications are those which are published simultaneously by two different publishers in different countries. These can be identified by a phrase such as; "Published simultaneously in the United States by ...", or "Simultaneously published by ..., London" Such statements are usually found on the verso of the title page.

If the publisher is clearly identified as a simultaneous publisher, do not transcribe it.

Title page:
E.P. Dutton     New York

T.p. verso:
Published in the United States by E. P. Dutton, a division of Penguin Books
USA Inc.

Published simultaneously in Canada by Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited,
Toronto

260   New York :|bE.P. Dutton

Do not record in the 260 any body not directly related to the publication of the item when it is not linked in a phrase with the publisher. The phrase "Published for" or "Published in cooperation with" indicates a sponsor rather than a publisher. (At full level these are generally listed in a quoted note instead.)

Foot of title page: George Godwin, London and New York

Head of t.p.: Published in association with the Plastics and Rubber Institute

260   London ;|aNew York :|bGeorge Godwin

(500 "Published in association with the Plastics and Rubber Institute.")

If the source (e.g. title page) has a general name which applies to a group of companies and a list of the individual companies is given elsewhere (e.g. verso of title page), assume that the general imprint on the title page represents the publisher of the item. If the place of publication is not in the U.S. and a U.S. place is coupled with one of the other firm names, add this place to the "general" imprint but do not record the associated company.

Title page:
Pitman Publishing
      London

T.p. verso:
Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd.
      Pitman House, Parker Street,
      Kingsway, London WC2B 5PB
      P.O. Box 46038, Banda Street,
      Nairobi, Kenya

Pitman Publishing Pty. Ltd.
      Pitman House, 138 Bouveire Street,
      Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia

Pitman Publishing Corporation
      6 East 43rd Street
      New York, NY 10017 USA

260   London ;|aNew York, NY, USA :|bPitman Pub.

When a specific firm name appears on the chief source (i.e., title page) and a statement about associated companies or a parent organization appears elsewhere in the item (i.e., verso), do not include these associated companies or their places in the imprint even if one is located in the U.S.

Title page:
Newnes Technical Books
      London

T.p. verso:
The Butterworth Group

United Kingdom Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Ltd.
      London: 88 Kingsway, WC2b 6AB

USA     Butterworth (Publishers) Inc.
           Boston: 19 Cummings Park, Woburn, MA 01801

First published 1978 by Newnes Technical Books
           A Butterworth Imprint

260   London :|bNewnes Technical Books

If both the parent company and the subsidiary appear together on the source, transcribe only the name of the subsidiary. If it is not clear which to transcribe, transcribe the entire hierarchy as it appears on the source.

Source:
Basic Books
A Division of HarperCollins Publishers

260   ... :|bBasic Books

Source:
Macmillan Publishing Company <--subsidiary
A division of Macmillan, Inc. <--parent company
New York

Collier Macmillan Publishers <--second imprint
London

260   New York :|bMacmillan Pub. Co. ;|aLondon :|bCollier Macmillan Publishers

Determine whether all of the firms linked in the phrase are involved in the actual publication of the item.

• All firms involved in publication

  Transcribe each firm after its corresponding place in a separate place-publisher statement.

  Source:
  Garland Publishing, Inc., New York
  and
  Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris

  260   New York :|bGarland Pub., Inc. ;|aParis :|bFondation Le Corbusier

   

• One or more agencies are sponsoring bodies rather than publishers.

  Transcribe the firms in a single statement. Retain the place(s) associated with firms not involved in the actual publication in the phrase. (Hint: these firms will be linked in a phrase with words such as "in cooperation with," "by ... for," "for", etc.)

  Source:
  Published by Mechanical Engineering Publications Ltd.
  London
  For
  The Institute of Tribology
  Leeds University
  And The Institut national des sciences appliquées, Lyon

  Example:

  Tag	Contents
  260	London :|bPublished by Mechanical Engineering Publications Ltd. for the Institute of Tribology, Leeds University, and the Institut national des sciences appliquées, Lyon

  Source:
  Published for the Glenbow-Alberta Institute, Calgary, Alberta by University of Toronto Press    Toronto -- Buffalo

  Example:

  Tag	Contents
  260	Toronto ;|aBuffalo :|bPublished for the Glenbow-Alberta Institute, Calgary, Alta., by University of Toronto Press

Transcribe the entire phrase in a single statement following the place to which it relates.

Source:
Foremost Americans Pub. Corp. for Bowker
New York

260   New York :|bForemost Americans Pub. Corp. for Bowker

When the publisher's name looks like a series title, LCAF, copy or a referral should clarify the situation. At MLP, when there is no LCAF entry, use your best judgement to transcribe the publisher.

Source:
Perennial Library
Harper & Row, Publishers
New York, Cambridge, Philadelphia

LCAF:
Perennial Library
Transcribe the name as publisher. Ignore the hierarchical name Harper & Row.

260   New York :|bPerennial Library

When in addition to the publisher(s), a distributor is also listed in the item, transcribe the distributor in 260 following the publisher(s).

• Do not record distributor statement for distributors located outside the U.S. except when there is no publisher statement and no U.S. distributor. See "No publisher," Section IIIC part 5

   

• Do not record distributor if the distributor carries the same name as the publisher exactly.

   

• Ignore a distributor which is only a secondhand dealer.

   

• When in doubt as to the significance of the distributor statement, record it.

   

• When the distributor statement includes a statement of function (e.g., "Distributed by ." or, "., distributor"), include it. If a statement of function is not included in the distributor statement, add "[distributor]" to the end of the name when you are sure of the function

Record the place of distribution in an additional |a subfield following the publisher statement if it is different from the place of publication.

Title page:
Faber & Faber, London

T.p. verso:
Distributed in the U.S. by Transatlantic Arts, Inc.
Levittown, New York

260   London :|bFaber & Faber ;|aLevittown, N.Y. :|bDistributed in the U.S. by Transatlantic Arts, Inc.

Title page:
Alfred A. Knopf, New York

T.p. verso:
Distributed by Random House, New York

260   New York :|bAlfred A. Knopf :|bDistributed by Random House

Record the distributor if it differs in form of name from the publisher even if both belong to the same entity.

Title page:
Elsevier--Amsterdam--Oxford--New York--Tokyo

T.p. verso:
Distributors for the United States and Canada:
Elsevier Science Publishing Company Inc.
655 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10010, U.S.A.

Example:

Tag	Contents
260	Amsterdam ;|aNew York :|bElsevier ;|aNew York, NY, U.S.A. :|bDistributors for the United States and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co. Inc.

When no publisher is available on the item use instead, in this order:

• A corporate body named at the head of title

   

• The copyright holder, if it is a corporate body. Do not transcribe personal names

   

• The corporate body responsible for creating the document

   

• Distributor (even if located outside the U.S.)

   

• Printer (include the phrase that accompanies the printer's name (e.g. Printed by ...")

   

• [s.n.] (sine nomine = without name).

Record the date in Arabic numerals.

Source: MCMLV

260   ...,|c1955.

Transcribe copyright dates preceded by a lowercase "c".

Source: ©1991

260   ...,|cc1991.

When the date given is of a non-Western calendar, record it, followed by an estimated date of publication in square brackets.

Source: 4308

260   ...,|c4308 [1975]

If the item gives a non-Western and a Western date, record only the western date.

Source: 4308 - 1975

260   ...,|c1975.

The stated publication date is the date when the publisher releases a specific edition. Record it as it appears.

Source: Published in 1989

260   ...,|c1989.

Source: 3rd corrected edition -- 1991

260   ...,|c1991.

Note that the phrase "First published" may refer to an edition earlier than the one in hand. Match the publication date to the edition in hand.

T.p. verso:
First published, London, 1901
Reissued 1972 by Benjamin Blom
Reprint edition 1980 by Arno Press, New York

260   New York :|bArno Press,|c1980.

Accept the date given in the imprint position on the title page as the publication date when it is the only date given on the item or when it matches the copyright date of the item.

Title page date: 1988

T.p. verso:
Translated into English and first published in 1935 by
Centenary Press, London
This revised edition ©1988

260   ...,|c1988.

Record only the stated publication date or title page date.

t.p. verso:
  Published in 1989
   Copyright ©1987

260   ...,|c1989.

When the item contains a date of the first printing which is later than the stated publication date, use this to infer the true publication date. (An item cannot be published until after it is manufactured.)

To indicate the inferred publication date, follow the stated publication date by the probable date in square brackets preceded by "i.e.".

The date in the call number should correspond to the inferred publication date for most items.

title page:   1986
t.p. verso:   First printed, 1987

260   ... |c1986 [i.e. 1987]

Call #:   R131.D79 1987

Consider the title page date to be a printing date.

title page:   1989
t.p. verso:   This edition published in 1980

260   ...,|c1980.

Record the stated publication date or title page date in 260 |c.

t.p. verso:  First published in 1978 // Sixth printing 1980

260   ...,|c1978.

Record the latest copyright date preceded by "c". If a copyright date is not explicitly identified as being renewed, assume it is a later copyright date.

Title page: [no date]

T.p. verso:
Copyright I. Jones
©1986, 1987, 1988

260   ..., |cc1988.

Title page: [no date]

T.p. verso:
©1966
Epilogue ©1977

260   ...,|cc1966.

Ignore copyright dates which are identified on the item as renewed copyright dates. If a copyright date is not explicitly identified as being renewed, assume it is a later copyright date.

Title page: no date

T.p. verso:
Copyright 1954, 1965
Copyright renewed 1982

260   ...,|cc1965.

When the copyright date and date of first printing or unidentified printing are the same, give the copyright date.

t.p. verso: Copyright 1980 // 1980 printing

260   ...,|cc1980.

When the copyright date and date of first printing differ, give the printing date in square brackets.

t.p. verso:
  ©1986
   1st printing, 1985

260   ..., |c[1985]

t.p. verso:
  ©1990
   1st printing 1991

260   ...,|c[1991]

When the copyright date and date of the second or later printing differ, give the copyright date in the 260.

t.p. verso: Copyright 1978 // Sixth printing 1980

260   ...,|cc1978.

When the printing date is the date of the first printing, which may also be listed as "first release", give the printing date in square brackets.

t.p. verso: First printing 1980

260   ...,|c[1980]

When you cannot assume that the printing date is actually the date of first publication, give the printing date followed by "printing".

t.p. verso: 15th Impression 1989

260   ...,|c1989 printing.

Dates found in numerical identifiers in U.S. Congressional documents (e.g., 70-7780-81-2, meaning printing in 1981) should be treated as dates of first printing.

title page:  1980
signature no.:  70-7780-81-2

260   ...,|c1980 [i.e. 1981]

Dates found in Government Printing Office colophons should be treated as dates of first printing.

title page:  1986
colophon:  1987

260   ...,|c1986 [i.e. 1987]

Dates of release or transmittal are not publication dates. These dates appear most often on the title page and in the following formats:

May 1979

May 1, 1979

Issued May 1979

Do not transcribe these dates in 260 |c when there is a true publication date in the item. When no other date is available, infer the publication date from the date of release or transmittal and give it in 260 |c in square brackets.

title page:  June 1993

260   ...,|c[1993]

If the item has only a date of distribution, or a date of distribution and a printing date other than the first printing, use the date of distribution in 260.

source:
  Published by Educational Records, London
   Distributed by Edcorp in 1973

260   ...,|c1973.

If evidence in the item such as a dated preface, date of conference, etc. suggests a possible date of publication, supply it according to the instructions below.

Probable date:
The most common estimated date is a probable date derived from a date in the preface or introduction of the item, or one derived from the date of a conference or exhibition.

e.g., date of a preface or introduction

source: [Preface dated 1980]

260   ...,|c[1980?]

e.g., date of a conference or exhibition

source:
  Online Library Systems Conference
   September 13, 1984 -- Atlanta, Georgia

260   ...,|c[1984?]

Other estimated dates:
In special cases such as with old and rare books, estimated dates may be created according to the following examples:

[1971 or 1972] - one year or the other

[ca. 1960]   - approximate date

[197-]   - decade certain

[197-?] - probable decade

[18--]   - century certain

[18--?]  - probable century

The rules for choice of date in multipart works are identical to those described previously for single works.

The 260|c of multipart works published over a period of time contains the range of the earliest and latest publication dates. Because not all works are issued beginning with volume 1, the date in the publication area is the earliest followed by the last publication date, whether or not the earliest date is the date of volume 1, etc.

Note: The earliest date may require adjustment as volumes of the set are received to ensure that it continuously reflects the earliest date of publication.

If a work appearing in more than one volume does not appear to be bibliographically complete, give the earliest date of whatever volume the library has, followed by a hyphen.

260   ...,|c1990-

When there is evidence that the work is complete or that no more volumes will be published, the latest date is added, thus closing the entry.

260   ...,|c1979-1988.

When a date requires qualifying information, qualify that date following the date to which it applies.

260   ...,|c1982 [i.e. 1983]-1990.