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Date:         28 Sep 1995 15:09:15 EST
From:         Jean L Hirons <HIRONS@MAIL.LOC.GOV>
Subject:      DATE used as a Uniform Title Qualifier

wei zhang <wei5@NWU.EDU> wrote:

> The following question is about how to use a date as a uniform title
> qualifier in MARC field 130.

>         I have a serial entitled "Estadistica de la ensenanza superior en
> Espana",  1991-92 issue is the first one published in 1995 after a title
> change (the previous title is: Estadistica de la ensenanza universitaria en
> Espana). The title has undergone numerous title changes (including mergers,
> etc.). When it first started in 1956/1957, the title was, sure enough,
> Estadistica de la ensenanza superior en Espana, published in the same place
> by the same publisher (OCLC record number: 2098998). According to LCRI 25.5B
> 5) b), I would use the "date of publication alone"; would I qualify the
> title as:

>        130 0  Estadistica de la ensenanza superior en Espana (1995)
>        or
>        130 0 Estadistica de la ensenanza superior en Espana (1991/1992)
>        or
>        130 0 Estadistica de la ensenanza superior en Espana (1992).

>       My question, therefore, how would you interpret the date mentioned
> in 25.5B 2) d), is it referring to the date of AREA 3 (Numeric and/or
> alphabetic, chronological, or other designation area),  the date of
> publication, or any date (including any form of date) that will make a
> distinction in individual cases. I would very much appreciate your opinions
> or comments on the situation. Or how would you handle it in your
> institution. Thanks.

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THIS IS A REPLY TO THE ABOVE MESSAGE
SUBJECT OF THE REPLY: DATE USED AS A UNIFORM T-REPLY
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          Wei

          The date is intended to  be that of publication --  260, subfield
          c.   We serialists have never been particularly happy about this;
          nevertheless, it  is  the publishing date, not  the chronological
          designation that is  to  be used.  So, in your example, you would
          use 1995.  I could see this being a problem if  the title changed
          again between 1992 and 1995.  The qualifer on  the earlier record
          wouldbe  later  than  the beginning  date  of publication on  the
          succeding record.

          Jean Hirons
          Acting CONSER Coordinator, LC
                                    jhir@loc.gov

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Date:         Thu, 28 Sep 1995 14:37:42 EDT
From:         Irena Kavalek <IKAVALEK@IGSRGLIB01.ER.USGS.GOV>
Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Subject:      Re: DATE used as a Uniform Title Qualifier

According to the Conser Cataloging Manual, the date should be the
publishing date (260 #c), not the chronological date.  If you do not
have the first issue of the new title, use the publication date or
assumed publication date of the issue you are cataloging from.

Irena Kavalek
Cataloger, USGS Library
Reston, VA
ikavalek@usgs.gov

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Date:         Thu, 28 Sep 1995 14:43:50 -0400
From:         Jean Martin <sercat@VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: DATE used as a Uniform Title Qualifier

According to the Conser cataloging manual, Module 5, page 12, you would use:

130 0  Estadistica de la ensenanza superior en Espana (1995)

"Note that the date given is the publishing data (field 260 #c), not the
chronological designation."

The Conser cataloging manual is a wonderful cataloging tool.

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