# David Fiora: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day

In the U.S. Copyright Office, Junior Fellow David Fiora collaborated with Junior Fellows Madison Price and Rosalia Garcia to review and update the metadata of digitized, pre-1977 copyright registration records. With over 40 million cards from 1870-1977, a vendor used optical character recognition and other tools to extract the metadata needed to make the cards searchable online. Junior Fellows assisted in this process by providing quality assurance on the extracted card metadata, by editing and reviewing each image in assigned catalog drawers. This work involved correcting mistakes and conducting research in the Catalog of Copyright Entries on specific metadata points for cards. Junior Fellows also assisted in the creation and enhancement of training guides and learning materials to be used by staff for the Copyright Card Catalog Metadata Capture Project. This work has helped to improve the searchability and overall quality of the copyright records in the Copyright Public Records System, the catalog of copyright public records the U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) is in the process of developing. By providing efficient online access to copyright records that previously had to be obtained in person, individuals can easily engage with the USCO and reflect on a more fully represented American cultural heritage while working to weave a more inclusive American story for the future. This project provided Junior Fellows great insight into the world of copyright law, contracts, database…

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2023
- By: Library Of Congress
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2025661497/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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