genre/form subdivision should map to $v

[regineheberlein]

User Story -- briefly describe the problem:

Catalogers observe that genre/form subdivisions are inappropriately mapped to $x.

Background: This is due to EAD heading strings being split on -- by aspace2alma in post-export processing, following the logic "if it's a date, put it in $y, else, put it in $x".

Example record(s) where you observed this problem

• MMSID:
• Record (cut&paste): 650 _0 African American abolitionists ǂy 19th century ǂx Correspondence. 650 _0 Indians of North America ǂx Arizona ǂx Photographs

What should that Record look like instead?

• Record: 650 _0 African American abolitionists ǂy 19th century ǂv Correspondence. 650 _0 Indians of North America ǂx Arizona ǂv Photographs
• Explanation (if applicable):

Impact

• How many records are affected by this issue?:
• OCLC error level:
  • [ ] Minor
  • [ ] Critical
  • [ ] Severe

Anything else we may need to know to tackle this issue:

This issue was submitted by the Authorities DQ group in a meeting on 11/30 (also see https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-mcVnq9UCgBluq8ZqYgFmVcn2Z44EP9a/edit).

[regineheberlein]

@cathyprinceton will provide a list of terms.

[regineheberlein]

Ideally, we'll tackle this at the source by moving strings to the appropriate subfields.

[regineheberlein]

@cathyprinceton Just checking in--could you provide a list of terms to support this work?

[regineheberlein]

Pending a fuller list, I'm proceeding with the frequently used subdivisions

• [x] Correspondence
• [x] Photographs
• [x] Manuscripts

[cathyprinceton]

Apologies! Yang is compiling a list of commonly used terms for archival materials. I'll send it to you by next Thursday (8/1).

[regineheberlein]

Run on staging for the three values above; waiting for stakeholder feedback.

[cathyprinceton]

Can we see some sample records from staging? (I don't have access to staging to view.).

[regineheberlein]

@cathyprinceton I'm afraid staging doesn't export to Alma. The archivists will review the records in ArchivesSpace before we run this in production.

[regineheberlein]

From Yang, via email from Cathy: Archives Bibliography Biography Caricatures and cartoons Catalogs Correspondence Designs and plans Dictionaries Drama Drawings Early works to 1800 Facsimiles Fiction Folklore In art Manuscripts Facsimiles Maps Miscellanea Newspapers Pamphlets Periodicals Photographs Pictorial works Posters Prayers and devotions Records and correspondence Slides Songs and music Sources Specimens Statistics Textbooks Texts Translations