[Heb-NACO] Date Status (DtSt) and Dates in the fixed field

[Cliff Miller]

Dear Colleagues,
I'm working remotely so I cannot check any references at my Seminary Library desk.
As I recall the single date "s" is to be used when the date is certain or probable.
5783 might be any of 9 months of 2023 or any of 3 months of 2022.
When the odds are 3 to 1 of the later date, I think we are justified in using the later date and not both years as questionable.
Is not 9 months out of 12 a high probability?
Thank you.
Clifford Miller, speaking for myself and not for
Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary

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Hi Caroline, Haim here. What I do is use the first date as THE date with the DtSt: s. Granted we don't know fully if the date is 2012 or 2013, but this is the practice we do. The questionable date is when there is no date whatsoever in
Hi Caroline,

Haim here.

What I do is use the first date as THE date with the DtSt: s. Granted we don't know fully if the date is 2012 or 2013, but this is the practice we do. The questionable date is when there is no date whatsoever in the book and we have to surmise when it was published. I do use a detailed date (DtSt: e) when I have the month available, such as erev Rosh Hodesh Nisan, plus year.

I hope that this helps

Haim
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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

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