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Use OCLC Classify to help you assign subject keywords to books. Use the FAST Subject Headings.
For example, the FAST Subject Headings for The Reluctant Communist are: Manners and customs, Korea (North), "Jenkins, Charles Robert, 1940-", Military deserters, United States, Americans, Defectors, "Korean War (1950-1953)"
For assigning missing audience, literary format, and other metadata to NNELS records, we recommend using the following resources to help you out:
Q: Another metadata question! I've come across two works so far that I cannot determine what they are about or provide any metadata for because they are in "Chinese" (not sure if it's Mandarin or Cantonese). It might be a long shot, but do we have a Chinese staff member with NNELS or the BC Coop who might be able to help out? Alternatively, I can have a friend look at them, but would have to share the audio files with them and I know I can't do that without permission. Any suggestions? SysCtrl #'s: S00004 and S00077 - Jenn
A: I searched Amazon using title and author, and it looks like S00004 is this title: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fortune-misfortune-blessing-new-version/dp/9861859748
As for S00077, I think this is the sequel to "Blue blood man": https://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&u=https://www.amazon.cn/%25E5%259B%259E%25E5%25BD%2592%25E6%2582%25B2%25E5%2589%25A7-%25E5%258D%25AB%25E6%2596%25AF%25E7%2590%2586/dp/B001FWY90Y&prev=search
If you dig deeper you may be able to find further helpful metadata elsewhere, otherwise we can just work with what we can!
Q: I've noticed that most authors are listed like so in the NNELS catalogue: LastName, FirstName. However, there are some that are listed "FirstName LastName" - is there a preference? Also, there were a few titles that have a period or a slash at the end of the title (or were missing "The" or "A" at the beginning of the title) that I edited to reflect the correct title as written by the author. Is this okay? - JL
A: In terms of Author names, the preference is "lastname, firstname". Ideally our records would follow the LOC Name Authorities which are in this format. In terms of Titles, you can remove any punctuation at the end of the title and add "The" or "A" to the beginning, as you're doing.
Q: I am working on metadata, and I came across a case where I wasn't sure how to classify a version of The Holy Bible (in terms of fiction, non-fiction, etc…). My inclination was to write "Fiction" but I thought this might offend some more… devout… NNELS users, so I went with "Unknown"? Was this correct or should I change it? -Jenn
A: Interesting question! I agree with your classification choice. :)