WikiProject:Underserved Countries Catalog Entries

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Underserved Countries FS Catalog Entries

Project Leader

Danielle

Purpose

To add books and collections from the FamilySearch Catalog to corresponding Underserved Countries Topic pages. This is the first of two projects.

Video Instructions

[ Video Instructions]

Task List

• [ Task List]

Dataverse Instructions

• Instructions

Part A - Review Spreadsheet and Add Missing Books

Step One - Sign Up

• A spreadsheet of online books and collections has already been compiled. Books not online were not extracted from the FS catalog. You will be double checking the catalog for any additional books or collections and adding them to the spreadsheet using a Google sheet.
  
  

• Go to the spreadsheet and choose a country to work on by signing your name in Column A. [ Spreadsheet].
  
  

Step Two - Go to the FamilySearch Catalog

• Go to the FamilySearch Catalog by clicking on this link: FS Catalog
  
  

• Sign in to FamilySearch using your FamilySearch username and password.
  
  

• Using the FS Catalog search screen, type in the country you signed up for and press the button, Search.
  
  

• A list of topics will appear for the country.
  
  

• Click on each topic and review the entry to see if it is already on the spreadsheet under that topic.

• If the catalog entry is already on the spreadsheet, go to the next entry or topic.
• If the catalog entry is not on the spreadsheet, go to Part B below.

Note: There are some topics that have been already been extracted or we will not need to list on the Wiki. You only need to do the topics listed on the spreadsheet.

Step Three - Identifying if the entry is on the Spreadsheet

• Sometimes it is difficult to determine if a book or collection is already on the spreadsheet. Click on the link to view the actual entry to help identify more about the book or collection. If you are not sure, add the entry on the spreadsheet and it will be checked when added to the Wiki.

Part B - Adding the Catalog Entry

Step One - Adding Catalog Entries

• Because the entry in the catalog was not on the spreadsheet, we are going to add it now.

• Open the entry by clicking on the link.
  
  

• Copy and paste each piece of information onto the spreadsheet in the correct columns. Add every entry even if it is in another language.

• Title: After pasting the title on the page, capitalize the title IF IT IS IN ENGLISH. If it is not, skip this step.
• Author: Rearrange the author's name so that the first name is first followed by the middle and last name.
• Publisher: Add the publisher's information.
• Place of publication: Add the place of publication.
• Data of publication: Add the date of the publication.
• Call number: If this entry is for a book, add the complete book call number.
• Microfilm/fiche number: If there is a microfilm or fiche number associated with this entry, add the first film/fiche listed in the catalog entry to this column.
• Title number: Go to the URL for the catalog entry and copy and paste the title number to the spreadsheet. You can double click the number and it will automatically highlight, then copy the title number.
• Digital Library link: If this is a book and it is online in the FamilySearch Digital Library, there will be a link stating so. Click on this link first. Then copy the Digital Library book number in the URL and paste it on the spreadsheet. You can double click the number and it will automatically highlight, then copy the title number.
• WorldCat number: For published entries, there is a link to WorldCat for the publication. Click on the link and copy the WorldCat number and paste it on the spreadsheet. You can double click the number and it will automatically highlight, then copy the title number.

Step Two - Adding Entries Under other Locality Subjects

• Sometimes a collection covers more than one country or subject as stated in the entry. To save time, look for this entry under each country topic that is listed on the entry.

• If the entry is not already on the spreadsheet for that country and topic, copy all the columns you put in in Step One and add it to the new tab. Check each Locality Subject listed in the FS Catalog.
• If the entry is already on the spreadsheet for that country and topic, go to the next Locality Subject entry. If you have checked each Locality Subject for the entry, finish the entries or topic for the country in the catalog by going back to Part A, Step Two.

Exceptions:

• Do not add serial publications to the spreadsheet. You will know it is a serial publication if no book call number or microfilm/fice number is listed. Skip these entries.

Step Three

• After checking each entry for a topic in the country you signed up for against the spreadsheet, put the date beside your name on the tab. Sign up for another Country.

FamilySearch Catalog (FS Catalog); formerly called, Family History Library Catalog (FHLC)