diff --git a/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_book/app/models/writing_book.rb b/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_book/app/models/writing_book.rb
index e6359f9d..1e99ac61 100644
--- a/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_book/app/models/writing_book.rb
+++ b/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_book/app/models/writing_book.rb
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ class WritingBook
     if !self.publish_date.nil?
       pd = self.publish_date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d").split('-')
       title << pd[0]+"/"+pd[1]
+    elsif !self.year.blank?
+      title << self.year
     end
 
     # title << "(#{self.journal_level_types.collect{|x| x.title}.join(', ')})"
diff --git a/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_conference/app/models/writing_conference.rb b/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_conference/app/models/writing_conference.rb
index 8b5ab9e9..a31f9906 100644
--- a/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_conference/app/models/writing_conference.rb
+++ b/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_conference/app/models/writing_conference.rb
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ class WritingConference
     if !self.publication_date.nil?
       pd = self.publication_date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d").split('-')
       title << pd[0]
+    elsif !self.year.blank?
+      title << self.year
     end
 
     title << self.paper_title if self.paper_title.present?
diff --git a/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_journal/app/models/writing_journal.rb b/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_journal/app/models/writing_journal.rb
index 415198b9..15cfde77 100644
--- a/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_journal/app/models/writing_journal.rb
+++ b/vendor/built_in_modules/personal_journal/app/models/writing_journal.rb
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ class WritingJournal
     if !self.publication_date.nil?
       pd = self.publication_date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d").split('-')
       title << pd[0]
+    elsif !self.year.blank?
+      title << self.year
     end
     title << self.paper_title if self.paper_title.present?
     title << self.journal_title if self.journal_title.present?