Two messages.-----------------------------Johnnie -------------------------------------------------- Wed, 15 Dec 1993 13:47:42 -0800 (PST) Phil Hoehn <[log in to unmask]> Re: OCLC fixed fields Put publication date(s) in fixed fields. If date of situation/compilation is different put that date into the 045 field -- Phil Hoehn, Univ. of California, Berkeley [log in to unmask] > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > Hi Folks, > This query concerns the use of OCLC fixed fields and type of date (Dat tp). At > the Bodleian Library we have set up a working party into the possibility of > automating our map catalogue, and what I wanted to find out from librarians > already using OCLC fixed fields is how they deal with the case of differing > dates, when the map's date of compilation differs from its publication date. I s > code "r" used, or have any libraries found a more appropriate means of > answering this dilemma? > Thanks in advance for your replies. > > Nick Millea > Map Curator, Bodleian Library, Oxford > tel: +44 865 277013; fax: +44 865 277182; email: [log in to unmask] --------------------------------------------------- Wed, 15 Dec 93 13:39:22 -0800 [log in to unmask] DatTp is date of PUBLICATION; it mirrors what you put in 260 $c. Date of data appears in first 500 note, and if you like (although I've seen this seldom in map-format records ) 045. "r" is used when a map appears in a new edition (that is, when there is a previous date of publication). Mary Larsgaard, UCSB Map & Imagery Lab