Contributor Information - Webform to CataList

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On CataList, contributor names are displayed under the title on a book's Title Detail page. Author bio is listed next to the book’s description tab. If no author biography is provided, the Author Bio tab will not appear on the Title Detail page.

Click on the corresponding contributor category to learn how to populate each specific field in Webform:

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Assign appropriate role to your contributor(s)

Contributor information is a required field and must be provided in your ONIX metadata. Your book can have a single contributor or multiple and it’s important to communicate as much of the Contributor information as you have available to booksellers.

To add Contributor(s) to your ONIX record on Webform:

Step 1

Go to the Title Detail page of the record/book you want to work with.

Step 2

Click on the Contributors tab to enter the information.

Step 3

Click on +Add button to start adding contributors. You can add as many contributors as you want. Make sure to assign an appropriate Contributor Role, this is a required field. You can click on the Contributor Role field to expose the dropdown list with Contributor Roles.

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To indicate Canadian authors, you need to access the Advanced form:

Step 1

Switch to the Advanced Form, by navigating to the top-left corner of the Title Page. Select the Simplified Form drop-down menu, then choose Advanced Form from the list. The page will refresh, allowing you to work in the Advanced Form.

Step 2

Go to the Descriptive Detail tab, and then click on the Contributors tab.

For each contributor, there are optionsl details you can add on the right-hand side of the screen. Select the Place tab to enter relationship details for that contributor.

Step 3

To indicate a Canadian contributor, click Add to create a new place relationship. In the relator field, select 08 - Citizen of. Only this relationship code will identify a Canadian author as defined by the Bibliographic Standard.

Then enter CA, or use the autocomplete lookup to select Canada from the drop-down list for the Country code field.

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Adding biographical note for single contributor in Simplified Form.

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Use the arrows to navigate between different contributors.

To add bibliographic information for one contributor:

Step 1

Go to Text tab on your Webform’s Title Detail page.

Step 2

Enter the bibliographic information about your contributor using the Biographical note field. This is a free-text field and you may use HTML formatting here. Make sure to keep it simple as ONIX only allows a subset of HTML tags.

To add bibliographic information for multiple contributors:

Step 1

Switch to Advanced Form. You will find the option on the top left of your Title Detail page, above the cover.

Step 2

Once you have selected Advanced Form go back to your Contributor tab. This time you will see additional fields, and the an arrow that will allow you to select different contributors. You will now be able to add Biographical Note to every contributor.