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    Year in record's brief view after quick cataloging

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    When creating a record using quick cataloging, e.g. >Resources >Create Inventory >Add Physical Item and you don't add a publication date to the form, a year will populate in the 008 anyway.  Where does this year come from?

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    The year is copied from the Metadata Editor default template, field 008 (for MARC21):

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    • Article last edited: 19-Oct-2018