[Heb-NACO] Imprint dates in new Israeli books

[Joseph Galron-Goldschlaeger]

Colleagues,
I noticed recently that more and more publishers in Israel are adding the
month of publication in their new books.
I guess the reason is the new Israeli "Books and Authors Law" that forbids
to sell new published books in discount prices (up to 18 months of
publication). See:

http://publishingperspectives.com/2014/02/new-law-in-israel-curtails-bookstore-discounts/

http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Books-and-Authors-Bill-becomes-law-321636

http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/.premium-1.537803

As it comes to cataloging, I guess we can code the DtSt sub-field in OCLC's
fixed fields on top, as "e" ("Detailed date") and add the month of the year
at the second sub-field of Dates  (for example:  2013,  03  )

I had a book that did not have a civil date, only 774  תשע"ד
but on the back cover it says: אדר ב' - תשע"ד (that is March 2014)

Happy Season
(today is the Seventh Candle)


Yossi


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