AskQC office hour URLs

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• 025.431: The Dewey blog
• 00X Control Fields (Library of Congress MARC 21 Format)
• 027 Standard Technical Report Number (BFAS)
• 040 Cataloging Source (BFAS)
• 041 Language Code (BFAS)
• 264 Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice (BFAS)
• 387 Representative Expression Characteristics (BFAS)
• 521 Target Audience Note (BFAS)
• 2024 WorldCat Validation release notes

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• About WebDewey
• ALA Continuing Education Courses
• ALA Differences Between, Changes Within: Guidelines on When to Create a New Record 
• All things authorities (VAOH, May 2021)
• AskQC
• assignFAST API
• Authorities: Format and indexes
• Authorities: Format and indexes: Available authority files
• Authorities: Format and indexes: Indexes and indexed fields

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• BabelStone: Unicode: What Unicode character is this?
• Bibframe.org editor
• Bibliographic Formats and Standards Field 758
• Bibliographic Formats and Standards, 2.6 Language of Cataloging
• Bibliographic Formats and Standards, 3.2.4 Part of a Multipart Monograph or Serial
• Bibliographic Formats and Standards, 4.2 0xx Control Numbers and Code Fields
• Bibliographic Formats and Standards (BFAS) 5, Quality Assurance
• Bibliographic Formats and Standards, 5.2.2  Editing capabilities for non-PCC records
• Browse WebDewey
• Building a National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN)

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• CAS Source Index
• Cataloging Correctly for Kids / edited by Michele Zwierski, Joanna F. Fountain, and Marilyn McCroskey. Sixth edition. Chicago : ALA editions, 2021
• Cataloging Defensively series
• Cataloging Defensively with Edition Statements: February 2018 Virtual AskQC office hours
• Children's and Young Adults' Cataloging Program (CYAC)
• Collection-level settings in knowledge base collections: Use Proxy
• Connexion client help
• Create a knowledge base collection: Create a collection
• Create a WorldCat Entity from a bibliographic field
• Current AskQC office hours

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• Data sync processing (oc.lc/data-sync-processing)
• DCM = Descriptive Cataloging Manual Z1
• DCRM RDA Edition (DCRMR)
• DCRM(M): Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Music)
• DCRM(MSS): Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Manuscripts)
• Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) for archival materials, individual and collections (replaced Archives, Personal Papers, and Manuscripts (APPM) in 2005)
• Descriptive Cataloging Guidelines for Pre-Maiji Japanese Books (DCGPM) for Japanese print books, manuscripts, scrolls, single-sheet publications (excluding maps and music), and Chinese books produced in Japan before the machine printing era
• Descriptive Cataloging of Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Modern Manuscripts (AMREMM) for early manuscripts
• Dewey Cutter Program
• Dewey Services
• Dewey training courses
• Download files in My Files
• DtSt: Type of Date/Publication Status (BFAS)

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• ELvl: Encoding Level (BFAS)
• ERIC Thesaurus (click the Thesaurus tab or Browse Thesaurus)
• Entertainment Software Rating Board

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• FAST Converter Tool
• FAST Data Set Download
• FAST Overview
• FAST Quick Start Guide
• FAST SACO Funnel
• Fixed Field (BFAS)

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• GPub: Government Publication (BFAS)

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• How the NACO Nodes work - contribution/distribution cycle

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• ILO Thesaurus (see 13.11 for occupation terms)
• Information about the thesaurus (ERIC)
• Insert a WorldCat Entity identifier in a bibliographic record
• International CODEN Service
• Introduction to RDA slides
• Introduction to RDA training - Email authfile@oclc.org to request a name authority record be created or updated if you are not a NACO member.
• ISBN Search
• ISBN Users' Manual
• ISMN
• ISMN Users' Manual
• ISSN Portal

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• Joel Hahn's Macros for the Connexion Client: CvtDiacritics

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• Labeling Systems: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights (ALA)
• Labeling and Rating Systems Q&A (ALA)
• Labeling tool
• Leader (Library of Congress MARC 21 Format)
• Lexile Framework for Reading
• LC Classification approved monthly lists
• LCC training
• LCDGT free PDF files - Manual and July 2023 version of terms is available
• LCMPT (Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus) - 1 | 2
• LCSH approved monthly lists
• LCSH training online
• LC Classification and Shelflisting Manual
• LC Genre Terms for Makerspace Materials from UNT Digital Library 
• LC Guidelines Supplement to the MARC 21 Format for Authority Data 
• LC Linked Data Service
• LC Subject Headings Manual Instruction sheets - H1917.5 (Music Form/Genre Headings: Medium of Performance)
• LC Subject Headings Manual Instruction sheets - H 1918 (Musical Instruments)
• LC Technical Notice (May 25, 2018): Additions to Source Codes for Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes 
• Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication (CIP) Program
• Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication (CIP) Program - Comments, questions, and suggestions web form
• Library of Congress Demographic Group Categories Term and Code List
• Library of Congress Surplus Books Program

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• Macros for the Connexion Client, Joel Hahn 
• Macros for the OCLC Connexion client, Walt Nickeson
• MARC Advisory Committee Terms of Reference 
• MARC 21 Bibliographic Appendix D - Multiscript Records OCLC uses Model A
• MARC 21 Format for Authority Data
• MARC 21 Format for Holdings Data and OCLC local holdings records (Fundamentals)
• MARC Code Lists for Organizations
• MARC Development 
• MARC Discussion Papers - Historical links from 1995 to the present 
• MARC Format Updates - Historical links to all from 2000 to the present 
• MARC Proposals - Historical links from 1995 to the present 
• MARC Standards: Musical Instrumentation and Voice Code Source Codes
• Matching to records in WorldCat
• MinHash (Wikipedia)
• MLA (Music Library Association) Best Practices
• MLA Best Practices for Using LCMPT: A Manual for use with MARC Field 382
• MLA Cataloging Metadata Committee
• MLA Types of Composition for Use in Authorized Access Points for Music: a manual for use with RDA
• MRec: Modified Record (BFAS)
• Music Cataloging at Yale

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• The NACO FTP Process: Authority Distribution
• NACO Contacts and Directories
• NACO Normalization
• NACO series training
• New Controlling section in OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards
• New Zealand's page AMRC record changes due to RDA Implementation

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• oc.lc/autoload - Providers and contacts for automatic collection loading
• oc.lc/cataloged-collections - OCLC cataloged collections
• oc.lc/cm-query - Query collections
• oc.lc/cm-record-settings - Configure institution MARC Records settings for knowledge base collections
• oc.lc/cm-updates - WorldCat updates
• oc.lc/get-cm - Request WorldShare® Collection Manager
• oc.lc/kbcollections - Collections available in the WorldCat knowledge base
• oc.lc/indexes - Searching WorldCat Indexes
• OCLC Authorities: Format and Indexes 
• OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards 
• OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards, 0xx fields
• OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards, Field 048
• OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards, Field 382
• OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards, 4 When to Input a New Record
• OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards, 5 Quality Assurance 
• OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards 5.2.3 - Editing capabilities for PCC records
  • For more details on ELvl 8 records, see Upgrading records.
• OCLC Catalogers Network
• OCLC Cataloging Defensively
• OCLC Data Labeling
• OCLC Expert Community 
• OCLC Faceted Application of Subject Terminology (FAST) 
• OCLC Fixed Field Audn Target Audience (BFAS)
• OCLC Hanging Together blog post about our WorldCat ontology DEI review
• OCLC Librarians’ Toolbox 
• OCLC Linked Data User Research form
• OCLC-MARC Local Holdings Format and Standards 
• OCLC Meridian
• OCLC Meridian self-paced training
• OCLC Searching WorldCat Indexes 
• OCLC Supplemental Training Resources 
• OCLC Support site 
• OCLC WorldCat Validation Release Notes and Known Issues 
• OLAC Best Practices for Cataloging DVD-Video and Blu-ray Discs, Objects, Streaming Media, and Video Games Using the Original RDA Toolkit and MARC 21
• Oliver, Chris. Introducing RDA: A Guide to the Basics after 3R. Chicago: ALA Editions, 2021.
• Overview of WebDewey interface

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• PCC Catalogers Learning Workshop (CLW) 
• PCC Governance Document
• PCC Provider-Neutral E-Resource MARC Record Guidelines 
• PCC Task Group for URIs in MARC Implementation and Support
• Phase 1: PCC Introductory RDA Training (link to PPT slides)
• Phase 1: PCC Introductory RDA Training Webinars (link to webinar recordings)

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• Original RDA
• Official RDA
• RDA ToolKit: RDA Guidelines on basic transcription
• RDA value vocabularies: RDA Format of Notated Music
• Rating Systems: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights (ALA)
• Reimagine Descriptive Workflows: A Community-informed Agenda for Reparative and Inclusive Descriptive Practice
• Reporting issues with clusters or incorrect information
• Reporting website issues or general issues not related to clusters 
• Research findings from the Building a National Finding Aid Network project

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• SACO training resources
• searchFAST
• Search WebDewey
• Searching WorldCat Indexes (oc.lc/indexes), specifically the section on Material Type Names and Codes
• Sears List of Subject Headings
• Special cataloging guidelines (BFAS, chapter 3)
• Standard Citations Forms for Rare Materials Cataloging
• Subject and Genre/Form Headings
• Subject Headings Manual H1690

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• UPC Search

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• VIAF website 
• VIAF dataset download 
• VIAF General overview of managing ambiguity in VIAF from D-Lib Magazine 
• VIAF General overview of the VIAF program from OCLC

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• WebDewey logon screen
• When to Input a New Record (BFAS, chapter 4)
• Work with Connexion client macros
• WorldCat Discovery remapping configuration file
• WorldCat Entities
• WorldCat ontology
• WorldShare Collection Manager training videos 
• WorldShare Record Manager product roadmap (Requires access to the OCLC Community Center. See Sign in to the OCLC Community Center for more information.)
• WorldShare Record Manager Search
• Writing Summaries