Printings within an Edition
Beinecke cataloging practice is to usually record any printing statement appearing in an item; this can be done in a general note for works that have separate bibliographic records for each printing within an edition, or in a local note for works that have either a separate bibliographic record for every year of printing within an edition or a single bibliographic record for all printings within an edition. Whichever option is chosen, the note should include printing number and date (e.g., “6th printing, Feb. 1954”) but not necessarily the printer’s name. It is only necessary to include information relating to the printing of the copy in hand, but sometimes it will be desirable to include information relating to the first printing as well if that information is useful and not recorded elsewhere in the record (e.g., “1st printing, March 1972 … 8th printing, July 1978”). If the item is a translation, it is not necessary to include information relating to the printing of the work in its original language. Indeed, be careful not to confuse the two.
Below are the guidelines for when to create separate records for different printings of the same edition. Occasionally a curator will request exceptions to these guidelines.
Separate records for each printing | Separate records for each year | Single record for all printings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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AACR2: Printing date recorded in 260
RDA: Printing date recorded in 264_3 (month of printing may be recorded, see documentation for specific collections) 500 for printing information |
AACR2: Printing date recored in 260 ‡g
RDA: Printing date recorded in 264_3 (month of printing not recorded) 590 for printing information |
Printing date not recorded in 260 or 264
590 for printing information |
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1970 Third printing, June 1970 |
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Third printing is added to the record for the first printing since they are both from 1970. |
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1970 Second printing, June 1971 |
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New record is created for 1971 –not added to the record for 1970. |
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1927 First printing, October, 1927 … Fifth printing, June 1931 |
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Fifth printing is added to record of fourth printing since they are both from 1931. |
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