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Doe is a deer, a female deer, as Julie Andrews tells us. However, doe is also an ISO 639-3 code for the Doe language, one of the hundreds of Bantu languages assigned the collective code bnt in the MARC Code List for Languages.
ISO 639-3 is one of several sources for language codes available for use, and in this month's AskQC Office hours, Charlene Morrison will provide an overview of language source codes used in WorldCat records, explaining why catalogers might go beyond the MARC language codes to describe resources. The presentation will include guidelines and examples for using non-MARC language codes, but no singing in any language.
Session times:
Tuesday, 14 April at 10:00 am Eastern Daylight Time [UTC -4]
or
Thursday, 23 April at 4:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time [UTC -4]
The same content is provided at both sessions, and there will be time for questions at the end.
Register here. When you register, you will receive an email reminder before your chosen session along with a link to the Webex event. All Virtual AskQC Office Hours are available from OCLC at no charge.
Kate
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Kate James (she/her/hers)
OCLC · Program Coordinator- Metadata Engagement, Global Product Management
6565 Kilgour Place, Dublin, Ohio, 43017 United States
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