[Evergreen-catalogers] Language filters and original language of a translation

[Janet Schrader]

Hi Elaine,

I am not changing anything in the MARC record, all the 041 subfields needed
to code the language information will still be there. I was curious as to
how networks were using the 041 field in language limiters. At one time the
language limiter looked only at the fixed field language code. Adding the
041 opened up more possibilities.  Adding or subtracting codes from the 041
record attribute allow for tweaking what the filter will retrieve.


OT: Are your libraries closing too? We have been getting multiple closings
due to the governor's and now the president's announcement of a state of
emergency.



Janet


Janet Schrader

Bibliographic Services Supervisor | CW MARS

67 Millbrook Street, Suite 201, Worcester, MA 01606

P: 508-755-3323 x 325 | F: 508-757-7801

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On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 3:16 PM Elaine Hardy <ehardy at georgialibraries.org>
wrote:

> A core principle in creating Evergreen was that an ILS should never force
> you to change policies, including cataloging policies. Rather, the ILS
> should adapt for those policies. So I am never happy when I hear that
> correct cataloging has to be changed in order to conform to something
> Evergreen does. Especially something like this -- when supplying more
> information to help user discovery is actually hindering discover.
>
> My gut reaction is to not remove anything that is correct and useful in a
> record. But I say this without knowing how difficult making changes to the
> filter for language is and whether it is possible to make timely changes to
> the filter.
>
> J. Elaine Hardy, PINES and Collaborative Projects Manager
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> On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 2:39 PM Janet Schrader <jschrader at cwmars.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> After Jennifer comments at this weeks EG Catalogers webinar I would be
>> remiss if I didn't have a Friday email this week.
>>
>> A few weeks ago CWMARS added some new languages to our list of language
>> limiters. When doing that, we also added more 041 subfields to this record
>> attribute. I wanted to include $j for video recording subtitles. We
>> included $h, language code of original work. Patrons and staff are fine
>> with the subtitles but we ran into complaints about the original language.
>> Now searches for works in French or Persian are retrieving English
>> translations of these works, frustrating patrons.
>>
>> This weeks question is, should we remove 041 $h so the language limiter
>> picks up only works in the searched language?  I thought I had an email
>> somewhere about the best codes to keep in 041 for the language filter as
>> some were "too aggressive" such as including the codes for language of
>> intermediate translations ($k) or language of table of contents ($f).
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Janet
>>
>>
>> Janet Schrader
>>
>> Bibliographic Services Supervisor | CW MARS
>>
>> 67 Millbrook Street, Suite 201, Worcester, MA 01606
>>
>> P: 508-755-3323 x 325 | F: 508-757-7801
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