COMARC/B Format for Bibliographic Data

PDFCOMARC/BDecember2014

207 Continuing resources numbering

This field contains the numbering and/or dates of coverage of the first and last issues of a serial or the first and/or last iteration of an integrating resource when the numbers and dates are known. It corresponds to the ISBD(CR) Numbering Area.

Subfields & repeatability

FIELD/SUBFIELDREPEATABILITY
207Continuing resources numberingnr
aDates and volume designationr

Indicators

INDICATORVALUEMEANING
1Not defined
2Formatted numbering indicator
0Formatted
1Not formatted

SUBFIELDS

207a Dates and volume designation

The numbering (year designation, volume designation) and/or dates of coverage (year, month, day). Repeatable when a new sequence of numbering is started (see examples 4, 11).

NOTES ON FIELD CONTENTS

Dates of coverage given in this field do not necessarily coincide with the dates of publication in the record. Year of publication of the first volume in field 207 must correspond to the year entered in subfield 100c – Publication date 1, but it can be different from the year entered in subfield 210d – Date of publication, distribution, etc. One such example are calendars (see example 12), that are published in current year containing information for the next year (see also examples and explanations at subfields 100c and 210d).

In the case of continuing resources no longer being published the final year of publication in field 207 must correspond to the year entered in subfield 100d – Publication date 2 (see examples 9, 13).

Recommendations for data sequence and its formatting are contained in ISBD(CR).

RELATED FIELDS

100cdGENERAL PROCESSING DATA, Publication date 1, Publication date 2
In subfields 100c and 100d the date of publication is entered regarding the code in subfield 100b (see examples 7, 9, 12, 13, 14).
210PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Subfield 210d contains the date of publication of the item which is entered in the prescribed form, whether or not it coincides with any date in field 207 (see examples 7, 9, 12, 13, 14).
225SERIES
When an item is a member of a series and bears a series number within that series (e.g. vol. 7 of a monographic series), the number within the series should be entered in field 225.

EXAMPLES

  1. 207⊔0aVol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1940)-
    (A serial which is still being published is numbered from volume 1, number 1 onwards. The issues are dated from January 1940.)
  2. 207⊔0aVol. 1, no. 1 (1 Apr. 1946)-vol. 26, no. 195 (10 Oct. 1972) = no. 1-no. 6943
    (A daily newspaper was published from April 1, 1946 to October 10, 1972 starting with volume 1, number 1 and ending with volume 26, number 195. In addition, each issue was numbered consecutively from 1 to 6943.)
  3. 207⊔0aApr. 1978-July 1983
    (A serial is published monthly from April 1978 to July 1983 and has no volume or issue numbering.)
  4. 207⊔0aVol. 1, pt. 1 (June 1845)-vol. 72, pt. 12 (Dec. 1916) an.s. vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1917)-
    (A serial started with volume 1, part 1, in June 1845 and in 1917 after volume 72, part 12 when it changed its format it started renumbering from New series, volume 1, number 1. Each sequence is entered in a new subfield a.)
  5. 207⊔0a1951/1-
    (A serial starting in 1951 is numbered 1951/1 onwards. When a numeral is a part of a chronological designation the year is entered first and the numeral after that.)
  6. 207⊔1aBegan in 1963
    (If the information is not taken from the publication, it is entered unstructured in field 207. Value of the indicator must be "1".)
  7. *

    100⊔⊔ba c1951 d9999
    207⊔0aLetn. 1 (1951)-
    210⊔⊔d1951-
    (A serial still being published. It is issued annual with numbered volumes only. First volume is issued in 1951. The data are unstructured which is indicated by the value "0" of the indicator.)
  8. *

    207⊔0aŠt. 1 (sept. 1999)-
    (A serial still being published with numbered parts only.)
  9. *

    100⊔⊔bb c1994 d1996
    207⊔0aLetn. 1, št. 1 (1994/1995)-letn. 2, št. 26/27 (1995/1996)
    210⊔⊔d1994-1996
    (A serial no longer being published. Every volume was issued within two calendar years which is stated in field 207 In fields 100 and 210 the publication date of the first and last part is entered.)
  10. *

    207⊔0aLetn. 9, št. 12 (maj 2003)-
    (A serial continues the other serial and it preserved numbering of the preceding serial.)
  11. *

    207⊔0aLetn. 1, št. 1 (14. nov. 1992)-letn. 6, št. 36 (7. feb. 1997) an.s., letn. 1, št. 1 (16. feb. 1997)-letn. 1, št. 4 (9. mar. 1997)
    (A serial starting in 1992, and 1997 it changed frequency of issue starting with a new numbering (new series). Every new sequence of numbering is entered in a new subfield a.)
  12. *

    100⊔⊔ba c1992 d9999
    207⊔0a1992-
    210⊔⊔d1991-
    (A calendar starting in 1991 and the data are referring to 1992. The year entered both in subfield 100c and field 207 is referring to the cover period, and the year entered in subfield 210d is referring to the publication date.)
  13. * COBISS.net

    100⊔⊔bb c1994 d1994
    207⊔0aGod. 1, br. 1 (1994)
    210⊔⊔d1994
    (In 1994 there is only one part of a serial issued.)
  14. * COBISS.net

    100⊔⊔bc c1976 d????
    207⊔0aGod. 1, br. 1 (1976)-
    210⊔⊔d1976-
    (A serial starting in 1976. It is not known whether it is still being published.)