Hi, Caroline, thank you for asking! There may be other sources of documentation, but the first one I could find is found in Bib Formats and Standards (BFAS), under DtSt, Type of Date/Publication Status<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/fixedfield/dtst.html__;!!KGKeukY!yYMgC85P8m718YpM-qQCTPdNepzpgFz8t7XQINrStgURkQQDuO8hSDjJUfziLgfuosaBlxYrY7M2ti_JfWmDZPCdmqc$ >. There, included as the last of the examples for the code s, is the example DtSt
s Dates 1983,[blank character][blank character][blank character][blank character] 264 _ 1 Yerushalayim : ǂb E. Fisher, ǂc 744 [1983 or 1984] [Non-Gregorian dates with no single Gregorian equivalent] Thus, records with DtSt code q and the two years in Date 1 and Date 2 are incorrectly coded. I’ll let you know if I find other documentation for this practice. In the meantime, hope this helps. Kol tuv, Jasmin From: Heb-naco <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Miller, Caroline via Heb-naco Sent: Monday, November 14, 2022 4:49 PM To: HEB-NACO List Posting ([email protected]) <[email protected]> Subject: [Heb-NACO] Date Status (DtSt) and Dates in the fixed field All, This may sound like a newbie question but I have never seen an official policy on coding the date status for materials that only have a Hebrew date. It’s clear in RDA and the PS’s how to transcribe the date in the 264. Example All, This may sound like a newbie question but I have never seen an official policy on coding the date status for materials that only have a Hebrew date. It’s clear in RDA and the PS’s how to transcribe the date in the 264. Example from the book I’m cataloging: 673 [1912 or 1913] I have seen this coded in the fixed field as: DtSt: s Dates 1912 , DtSt: q Dates 1912 , 1913 Is there an official policy on MARC coding for these fixed fields? I’ve done a little hunting on Heb-NACO and couldn’t find any official guidance. Thanks. Caroline Caroline R. Miller Team Leader, Discovery Team UCLA Library Resource Acquisitions and Metadata Services 2400 Life Sciences Building 621 Charles E Young Drive South Box 957230 Los Angeles, CA 90095-7230
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