[Heb-NACO] 264 bracketed dates: = or that is?

[Kuperman, Aaron]

The only time the LC Law Section practice would result in a bracketed date $c [774 = 2014] in the 264-1 roman script field is if the work did NOT give a date of publication, and the alternative date used in lieu of the publication date (such as the copyright date, or the date of printing) was given only in Hebrew characters, which is very rare. In fact, I never recall doing it on my records (which class in "K").

If there is a publication date,  our practice is to give a copyright date in the 264 -4 field if and only if the copyright date  is different than the publication date, but in that case the $c 774 = 2014  would  be in the 264-4, and wouldn't be bracketed.  Even if hareidi sefarim, if a copyright date is present it usually includes the "2014", perhaps with the Hebrew date, but  that results in a $c [2014] with no mention of the Hebrew date since the $c is being cataloger supplied  based on a "guess" and the parallel dates aren't needed.  In secular law books it is common for there to be no publication date and a copyright date given in both forms,  תשע"ו=2016 which leads to a 264-1 $c [2016] in both the 264 and the 880, and no 264-4.

Aaron Kuperman, LC Law Cataloging Section.
This is not an official communication from my employer



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Subject: [Heb-NACO] 264 bracketed dates: = or that is?

Folks:

I've been seeing an awful lot of bracketed dates utilizing the equals
(=) sign, to wit:

where only a copyright of 774 and a copyright of 2014 are present on the t.p. verso

$c [774 = 2014]

As I read the HCM (2.8.6, pp. 47-48), it appears that the equals sign is only used in instances where there are two firm dates that are unbracketed.  Again, as I understand it, inside brackets, the phrase "that is" is used.

where only a copyright of 774 and a copyright of 2014 are present on the publication

$c [774, that is, 2014]

Am I wrong? Have things changed?

Thanks

Bob
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Bob Talbott

Principal cataloger/Hebraica cataloger

UC Berkeley

250 Moffitt

Berkeley, CA 94720

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