MARC 046 Special Coded Dates (Bibliographic)
MARC 21 field 046 in the Bibliographic format contains date of item information that cannot be recorded in 008/06-14 (Type of date/Publication status, Date 1, Date 2). For our purposes, it will be used primarily when a transcribed date on an item is incorrect and has been corrected in the 260/264ǂc, whether because of unintentional errors, deliberate attempts to mislead, or the date is of an original resource when you are cataloging a reproduction. Note: MARC field 046 Special Coded Dates also exists in the authority format, but is defined differently.
Commonly-used tags
Indicators
1st Indicator - Type of entity
# - No information provided
2nd Indicator
Undefined
Subfields
ǂa Type of date code = x for incorrect date ǂc Date 1 (C.E. date) ǂe Date 2 (C.E. date)
Policy and formulation
- When field 046 is used for incorrect dates, field 008/06 is coded for the type of corrected data and field 008/07-10 and 008/11-14 contain correct dates.
- Hamnet indexes the 008 and the 046 dates in the staff modules and the opac. See http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=180721
- OCLC Connexion does not index the 008 dates when an 046 exists. See #22479058
Examples
Single part/multi-part items complete in single year with an incorrect date, complete the fixed fields for the corrected date, and add the incorrect date from the resource in field 046.
- A work dated 1730 was actually printed in 1703
260 ǂc 1730 [i.e. 1703] DtSt s Dates 1703,#### 046##x ǂc 1730
- A painted portrait of Shakespeare inscribed 1611 is actually a fake
260 ǂc 1611 [i.e. 19th century] DtSt s Dates 18uu,#### 046##x ǂc 1611
- Multi-volume work published 1616-1619, but the first volume was misdated '1617'
260 ǂc 1617-1619 [i.e. 1616-1619] DtSt m Dates 1616,1619 046##x ǂc 1617
- Multi-volume work published 1616-1619, but the last volume was misdated '1618'
260 ǂc 1616-1618 [i.e. 1616-1619] DtSt m Dates 1616,1619 046####x ǂe 1618
- Facsimile reproduction published 1825-1828 of a multi-volume work carries only dates of the original, published 1616-1619
260 ǂc 1616-1618 [i.e. 1825-1828] DtSt m Dates 1825,1828 046##x ǂc 1616 ǂe 1619