2025 AskQC office hours
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August 2025: From title source to AI-generated metadata: Why data provenance matters
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Data provenance became a hot topic in cataloging when it was included in official RDA. But, data provenance is simply the familiar cataloging concept of saying, "this is where the data came from." The use of artificial intelligence (AI) to generate metadata in bibliographic records is a new, important use for data provenance, raising questions about when and how to provide data provenance. Join Kate James for an overview of data provenance uses cases and techniques available in MARC 21, including field 588, field 883, and data provenance subfields, e.g., $7 (dpes/dpsfa)Latn.
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May 2025: Recording series information in bibliographic records
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Does the thought of recording series information in bibliographic records keep you up at night? How do you know when a series access point is not needed and the series should not be traced? Whatever happened to field 440? Morris Levy will discuss the do's and don'ts of identifying series elements in a bibliographic resource, recording them in a series statement or series note, and constructing a series authorized access point.
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April 2025: Accessibility metadata in bibliographic records
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Accessibility metadata helps patrons find resources that meet their specific accessibility needs and informs them of accessibility hazards such as motion simulations. Because there are many RDA elements and MARC fields where this information may be recorded, a keyword search for "accessibility" in BFAS or RDA may not provide the answer for which data element is needed. Kate James and Morris Levy will discuss MARC fields obvious (341 and 532) and not so obvious (041, 340, 546) used for this metadata along with corresponding RDA instructions.
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March 2025: The mysteries of bibliographic encoding levels
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People often ask these questions about encoding levels: what makes up a minimal, less than minimal, or full record?; what does encoding level M mean?; what encoding level is used for vendor records? These questions and more will be answered as Cynthia Whitacre and Laura Ramsey share information on bibliographic encoding levels for WorldCat records.
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February 2025: Introduction to fields used in continuing resource records
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Have you ever looked at a serial or integrating resource record and wondered about the different fields that are used? Join Robin Six and Charlene Morrison as they provide an introduction to the various fields used to catalog continuing resources. The presentation will include examples to give the attendees a basic understanding of these fields in a bibliographic record.