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Hyku Cookbook: Contributor Role

Recipes for metadata entry for UofL Digital Collections

Contributor role

This field is optional.

sample of elements that show on each field page
Repeatable

Yes. Enter each contributor role in the same field, separated by a semicolon and a space, and in the same order as the contributors to which each refers.

Hyku term contributor_role
Mapping http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/Contribution
Search Yes
Hide No
Vocabulary Yes
Definition The function of the contributor.
Usage

Do not use "Unknown"—just leave the field blank.

Use lowercase for terms.

Examples

printer

photographer

architect

sponsor

boatbuilder¹

publisher

¹This comes from Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus, not MARC, but has been used in order to be able to eliminate a separate “Boatbuilder” field for the Howard Steamboat Museum collection