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===Other workflows===
 
===Other workflows===
Some categories of publications will not be catalogued by Description Division staff and will be processed by Acquisitions Division and then sent directly to storage.  
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Some categories of publications will not be catalogued by Description Division staff and will be processed by Acquisitions Division and then sent directly to storage.<br>
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=====Direct-to-shelf=====
 
=====Direct-to-shelf=====
To decelerate the growth of the backlog and to focus Description Division staff’s efforts on higher priority work, some categories of analogue publications will be sent directly to storage by Acquisitions Division. Factors considered when making this determination include the expected amount of Canadian content, the metadata requirements for identification and access, and how easily items belonging to the category can be identified.
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To decelerate the growth of the backlog and to focus Description Division staff’s efforts on higher priority work, some categories of analogue publications will be sent directly to storage by Acquisitions Division. Factors considered when making this determination include the expected amount of Canadian content, the metadata requirements for identification and access, and how easily items belonging to the category can be identified.<br>
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=====Metadata ingest=====
 
=====Metadata ingest=====
Digital publications acquired through the Digital Assets Management System (DAMS) will have publisher-supplied metadata attached to them. These metadata elements are then manipulated and validated according to procedures before being loaded into WorldCat. These metadata are deemed sufficient for identification and access and therefore will not be further enhanced by Description Division staff. The ingested metadata are encoded at the abbreviated level.<br>  
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Digital publications acquired through the Digital Assets Management System (DAMS) will have publisher-supplied metadata attached to them. These metadata elements are then manipulated and validated according to procedures before being loaded into WorldCat. These metadata are deemed sufficient for identification and access and therefore will not be further enhanced by Description Division staff. The ingested metadata are encoded at the abbreviated level.<br>
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Exceptions: Federal publications selected from DSP Weekly Acquisitions Lists and publications for which Canadian CIP data was provided.<br>
 
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Exceptions: Federal publications selected from DSP Weekly Acquisitions Lists and publications for which Canadian CIP data was provided.
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===Backlog cataloguing===
 
===Backlog cataloguing===
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