OOH! I just realized there is no field for nationality or cultural identity in a NA record. Catalogers have been fitting into 368 (other designation) or other places. Its come up as a primary way to identify in some of the communities whose work I cataloged over the years.
Anyone had issues with consistency of birth info quoted from IMDB?
Just dealt w/my 2nd case of IMDB listing significantly different birth years for same person, & the info complicated the #NameAuthority record editing
@elliot_dw Check out explanation of changes from #AACR2toRDA in a presentation originally put out by RDA's RSC. They have a slide discussing the use of Jr. in AACR2 https://t.co/jCiYTOndyR
@YesIAmMackenzie If you haven't, also check #ALCTS#webinars site. Gives you a sense of how librarians are using the tools AND webinar recordings are free after six months. https://t.co/djb2BYZsLN
Places to start...Possibilities for 2 #metadatawork programs: for #OpenRefine, check out https://t.co/RlBPRDybyv for MarcEdit https://t.co/9as8FN88yK the free resources are considerable. Thru MarcEdit site, and regional library associations have made webinars over the years.