Since we are no longer recording this information on card, perhaps it is cost efficient to merely “cut and paste” rather than take the time to edit. Has anyone ever discussed the issue since by now almost all data coming into a 670 is coming from an online source. Aaron Kuperman This is not an official communication from my employer From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Adam L Schiff Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2020 3:21 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [PCCLIST] Found a 670 interesting and want to know more Ivan, This is, I think, a cataloger gone somewhat amok. This could have been made so much simpler: 670 Wikidata, January 10, 2020 ǂb (Sergio Elias Ortiz; Sergio Jaime Ortis; Sergio Ortis; country of citizenship: Colombia; birth: 1894-05-08, San Juan de Pasto; death: 1978-02-11, Bogotá; regional historian, author, university teacher, writer, politician; languages spoken or published: Spanish; member of Academia Colombiana de Historia; member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia; male) ǂu http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5657312 There’s no need to cite identifiers, time of birth, descriptions in other languages, etc. It was overkill and not a good example. I’ve cited Wikidata a few times, but keep it short and sweet! Adam L. Schiff Principal Cataloger University of Washington Libraries Box 352900 Seattle, WA 98195-2900 aschiff @ uw.edu ________________________________ From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> on behalf of Ivan E Calimano <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2020 10:47 PM To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Found a 670 interesting and want to know more Hi all I found on a search, the following 670 on several NARs. I would like to know the why is like this. If we use Wikidata to support information in the NAR, had no idea it is format like this. I normally use the info but in a more legible format to justify the 3XX. Any light on this, will be appreciated. Ivan 670 Wikidata via Wikipedia, January 10, 2020 ǂb (alias: Sergio Elias Ortiz, Sergio Jaime ortis, Sergio ortis; instance of: human; date of birth: +1894-05-08T00:00:00Z; date of death: +1978-02-11T00:00:00Z; VIAF identifier: 64014221; occupation: regional historian, author, university teacher, writer, politician; country of citizenship: Colombia; given name: Sergio; LCAuth identifier: n85203717; GND identifier: 1056724412; languages spoken or published: Spanish; place of birth: San Juan de Pasto; ISNI (P213): 0000000080453704; NTA identifier (Netherlands): 08687747X; CANTIC: a10868719; BAV (Vatican Library) identifier: ADV11033429; PTBNP identifier: 113966; member of: Academia Colombiana de Historia; position held: member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia; sex or gender: male; BnF identifier: 11987822q; SUDOC authorities: 027944115; place of death: Bogotá; PUSC author ID (P5739): 25210; description/label: Colombiaans regionaal historicus , kolumbianischer Historiker und konservativer Politiker, México) ǂu http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5657312 --- ============================== Iván E Calimano, PhD Head of Bibliographic Services Digitalia Inc [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 787 510 5010 ==============================