2024 AskQC office hours
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November 2024: Bridging the gap between records and linked data
Description
Not every library is on the same trajectory of adopting linked data. Some are already there, some are looking to make the leap, while others are still assessing how linked data maps to their current and future workflows. OCLC is committed to supporting libraries wherever they are in the journey to linked data. Our recent work to add WorldCat Entities to WorldCat records is one example of how libraries, not quite ready for linked data, can start to leverage the benefits of linked data while remaining in a MARC-centric workflow. OCLC has also integrated much of the WorldCat Entities and Meridian editing functionality into current MARC cataloging tools like Record Manager to allow catalogers to start to work with and integrate linked data into their current cataloging workflows. Jeff Mixter and Charlene Morrison will discuss how this work can impact libraries today as well as how they fit into the strategy for eventual migration to linked data-based bibliographic management.
October 2024: Using MARC for new RDA elements
Description
Have you been wondering when you would use field 881? Does where to record an extension plan term for a website keep you up at night? Are you confused about which MARC field to use for the language of representative expression? Kate James will answer these questions and more when she presents MARC bibliographic format updates designed for new RDA elements. The session will include MARC examples with relevant RDA instructions, helping catalogers to better understand use cases for some of the new elements.
Note: This webinar focuses on the official RDA (which your library may not have implemented yet), not the original RDA.
September 2024: Cataloging audiobooks
Description
On November 21, 1877, Thomas Edison recorded the world’s first audiobook when he recited “Mary Had a Little Lamb” into his phonograph machine, preserving the recitation on a tinfoil-wrapped cylinder. Since then, audiobooks have been released on phonograph records, audiocassettes, compact discs, Playaways, MP3s, and as streaming audio. Morris Levy will lead this session on cataloging audiobooks, focusing on the relevant instructions in MARC and RDA to describe the current audiobook formats.
August 2024: Name that Identifier! : Standard Numbers, National Bibliography Numbers, & Others
Description
Cynthia Whitacre and Kate James will provide an overview of various identifiers and relevant MARC fields used in bibliographic records. Examples will include popular identifiers such as LCCN and ISBN as well as more specialized notations including fingerprint identifier and CODEN designation.
June 2024: Customizing MARC record delivery with Collection Manager
Description
Does your library want to learn more about customizing MARC records delivered via Collection Manager? Would you like to learn more about customizing which MARC record changes generate WorldCat Update records? The Collection Manager Team will review these settings and answer questions regarding these features.
May 2024: Who's Your Audience?: Ways to Record Audience in Bibliographic Records
Description
Kate James will discuss ways to record the intended audience of a resource in bibliographic records. She will cover MARC fields such as 521 and 385, fixed field values, and the benefits of recording this information. There will be examples from commonly used thesauri for demographic group terms including LCDGT, ERIC, and ILO. This session is provided in response to user feedback from previous VAOH sessions.
April 2024: PCC and OCLC: Overview and what's new
Description
Representatives from the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) and OCLC will engage the OCLC cataloging/metadata community in a discussion about working with BIBCO records. They will also give an overview of ways to participate in PCC programs, how to find documentation, and exciting changes in the works that are of interest to the broader community.
March 2024: Music Score Cataloging for the Uninitiated
Description
Do you have minimal experience cataloging music scores yet are expected to catalog a growing backlog of them? Are you intimidated by the thought of cataloging a score when you never learned to read music? Morris Levy, OCLC’s liaison to the Music Library Association and the Music OCLC Users Group, will lead this session, which will include an overview of music cataloging resources, a review of relevant MARC fields, and examples from classical and popular music.
February 2024: The Lifecycle of a CIP Record
Description
Join staff of the Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication (CIP) Program to learn about the lifecycle of a CIP bibliographic record. CIP Program staff will describe the steps that catalogers take to create accurate prepublication catalog records as well as the ongoing updates that maintain record accuracy. They will also touch on publisher change requests and CIP e-book records. OCLC staff will discuss authorization levels as well as roles and permissions for editing CIP in the various OCLC cataloging interfaces.
January 2024: Reading LC Authority Records
Description
Kate James will explain how various MARC fields are used in LC authority records and what they mean for your cataloging. Topics covered include 3XX fields, see also references, subject usage notes, and LC classification numbers. Information will be provided on various cataloging documents from LC, PCC, and OCLC. Note: this webinar is designed for non-NACO catalogers who use LC name and subject authority files, but everyone is welcome.