LibWorm.com provides a librarian RSS filtering service. Over 1500 RSS librarian sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest headlines from journals and sites in the FRBR interest group. http://www.libworm.com/rss/librarianqueries.php Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:54:51 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Hangingtogetherorg/~3/QQYp9vyryio/ As 2010 winds down, we’d like to call attention to some of the things we’ve worked on or created this year. You can see a rundown of highlights here. I hate those end of year “10 best” lists. For me, each list represents a number of [books, cds, movies, apps, restaurants] that I once again failed to get to in the current year and probably won’t in the next. I also hate being told what I should [read, listen to, watch, play with, eat]. But I love WorldCat Genres, which is a great way to browse and discover fiction (or movies) based on my own tastes and preferences. For example, I love autobiographical fiction, because it’s usually bittersweet and sometimes dishy. Browsing in WorldCat Genres, I can see some newer books that are in this genre that look tempting, as well as some old favorites, and related movies. I like this way of constructing my own lists, based on similarities in the WorldCat data. And then there’s Classify. Classify is an experimental web service that reveals the classification (Dewey Decimal Classification, Library of Congress Classification, or National Library of Medicine Classification) that has been assigned across a FRBR work set. A good example is a book I’m reading now, Christopher McDougall’s Born to Run. You’ll see, at least for DCC, the classifications mostly adhere to one class number, but also tend to be assigned to two other class numbers. Additionally, Classify reveals the FAST subject headings for the FRBR work set. So what? So this is a person-friendly prototype for what is actually a web service. Imagine farming a portion of your cataloging workflow off to a webservice. If there’s overwhelming agreement on classification (90% of those items that have a class number are all the same), then the class number is assigned automagically. If there’s variance, a human intervenes and makes a decision. ... Sat, 25 Dec 2010 00:41:10 +0100 895035 http://www.lipsticklibrarian.com/blog/archives/000267.html There is one aspiration in my library career I've yet to achieve: a blurb in American Libraries' "Currents" column. Despite job changes, geographic moves and an embarrassing incident during a FRBR Interest Group meeting, I have yet to see my... (Source: The Days & Nights of the Lipstick Librarian!) Tue, 21 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895168 http://litablog.org/2010/12/call-for-bloggers-midwinter-2011-schedule/ Do you plan to attend ALA Midwinter in San Diego? Take this opportunity to become a LITA Blogger. The LITA Blog (http://litablog.org) will again be on hand to report what is happening and share the terrific Midwinter experience with those who cannot attend this year. If you like to write and are looking for new ways to get involved (or have blogged in the past and would like to blog again), please email me at thebrewinlibrarian@gmail.com and let me know what sessions you would like to cover. The blog schedule for Midwinter is below and will be updated as we receive volunteers. Names of bloggers appear in bold next to session. If there is no name after a session title, please feel free to sign up for it! We will be taking volunteers up to and during the conference. Thank you very much in advance! Matt Hamilton, LITA Web Coordinating Committee FRIDAY, JANUARY 7 Creating Library Web Services: Mashups and APIs 9:00 am- 4:30 pm SDCC-Room 24 A del.icio.us subject guides, Flickr library displays, YouTube library orientation; with mashups and APIs, it’s easier to bring pieces of the web together with library data. Learn what an API is and what it does, the components of web services, how to build a mashup, how to work with PHP, and how to create web services for your library. Participants should be comfortable with HTML markup and have an interest in learning about web scripting and programming and are encouraged to bring a laptop for hands-on participation. Open Source CMS Playroom 9:00 am- 4:30 pm SDCC-Room 24 B Open source content management systems present an opportunity for libraries to distribute content creation and maintenance and add Web 2.0 features to library websites. This workshop will provide an overview of several content management systems, compare and contrast system functionality and features, and demonstrate how open source CMSs can be used to enhance library websites. ... Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:15:50 +0100 893198 http://www.frbr.org/2010/12/10/last-week-in-frbr-38 Next-L Three or four FRBR-related talks were proposed for Code4Lib 2011, which is great. This one especially caught my eye: Next-L Enju, NDL Search and library geeks in Japan Next-L Enju is an open source integrated library system developed by Project Next-L, the library geek community in Japan launched on November 2006. It is built on open-source software (Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL/MySQL and Solr) and supports modern ILS features (e.g. FRBR structure and RESTful WebAPI). Enju has been inplemented by some libraries, which include National Diet Library (NDL), the largest library in Japan. NDL has chosen Enju to provide a new search engine, called “NDL Search” and added some extra features (e.g. automatic FRBRization and providing bibliographic data in a Linked Data format) . The development version is available at http://iss.ndl.go.jp/. I’m one of the authors of Next-L Enju. I’d like to talk about the overview and structure of Next-L Enju, NDL Search and the activities of our project. Presenter(s): Kosuke Tanabe, Keio University, tanabe at mwr dot mediacom dot keio dot ac dot jp Perhaps someone who reads Japanese could comment about the FRBRization? Seeking a Web-based FRBR Catalog Mike McReynolds asked on RDA-L for examples of FRBR catalogues. He got some replies: Australian Music Centre (about it) Scherzo (Variations/FRBR test catalogue) OCLC FictionFinder xISBN and thingISBN to supplement existing catalogues, as in Athens County Public Library’s entry for Hamlet (notice Editions tab). Swedish National Library’s LIBRIS VTLS has integrated FRBR into its products. Hamlet at the OpenLibrary zoeken.bibliotheek.be uses AquaBrowser, which was some FRBRy features. Some good examples are http://zoeken.bibliotheek.be/?q=jane austen and http://zoeken.bibliotheek.be/?q=bach cello suites. German National Library training materials FRBR training materials from Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. This is to support the move to RDA. ... Fri, 10 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 891960 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=8772 State: Indiana INDIANA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES-BLOOMINGTON Head, Cataloging Division, Technical Services Department (Assistant Librarian, Associate Librarian, or Librarian) The Indiana University Libraries-Bloomington seek an innovative, experienced, and user-oriented professional to fill the position of Head, Cataloging Division in the Technical Services Department of the Herman B Wells Library. This redefined senior management position has an opportunity to play a strategic role in transforming the work of the Cataloging Division to include the development and management of non-MARC metadata creation. The successful candidate needs to be able to think broadly about how the work of technical services can aid learners and assist in the research endeavors of the university in today’s rapidly changing information environment. Founded in 1820, Indiana University-Bloomington has grown from a small state seminary into the flagship campus of a great public university with over 42,000 students and almost 3,000 faculty. With a world-renowned research reputation, IUB is also known for its innovative academic programs and attentiveness to undergraduates. The campus covers over 1,800 wooded acres and is distinctive for both its park-like beauty and an architectural heritage inspired by local craftsmanship in limestone. The IUB Libraries (http://www.libraries.iub.edu/) are one of the leading academic research library systems in North America, having recently been named the top university library by the Association of College and Research Libraries. The Libraries provide strong collections, quality service and instructional programs, and leadership in the application of information technologies. The IU Libraries system consists of eighteen libraries or units on the Bloomington campus, five libraries in Indianapolis, and a library at each of the six campuses across the state. The IUB collections include more than 6. ... Tue, 07 Dec 2010 08:30:02 +0100 890891 http://dltj.org/article/thursday-threads-2010w48/ Receive DLTJ Thursday Threads:• by E-mail• by RSS Delivered by FeedBurner The highlights of the past week are around publishing — first with a model proposed by Eric Hellman in which consumers can pool enough money to pay publishers to “set a book free” under a Creative Commons license, then with an announcement by the University of Pittsburgh offering free hosting of open access e-journals. Since we have to be able to describe and find this content, their bibliographic descriptions are important; John Wilkin proposes a model for open access to elements of bibliographic descriptions. Rounding out this week’s topics are a report of a master’s degree program in business using Facebook, and tips for planning an unconference meeting.Paying Publishers to Set their Content Free[Eric] Hellman’s new model is something he calls GlueJar. He proposes to “unglue” e-books from their publishers so that they can be available to the world, DRM-free and under Creative Commons license. Here’s the model: publishers sign on with works that they want to “unglue.” They determine what they are willing to be paid for ungluing each work. Users contribute money towards the ungluing. When the threshold amount is reached for a given title, that title is unglued: it appears in all contributors’ e-book reader libraries and in repositories used for online public library access. The publisher is paid, and GlueJar takes a commission.In other words, publishers just need to determine a price for content being taken off their hands, and if the public is willing to pay that price, it happens. (Users aren’t charged until works they want to unglue are unglued.) No more transaction costs; anyone can distribute the content to anyone else. Publishers could possibly retain subsidiary rights to the content, such as print on demand or derivative work rights. ... Fri, 03 Dec 2010 02:17:31 +0100 891124 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/17157 When: Friday, February 4, 2011 What time: 9:00 - 4:00 central standard time Where: Online - The comfort of your office Website: http://rda.amigos.org RDA < at > Your Library will provide both basic and advanced information on Resource Description and Access (RDA), covering a variety of topics including an RDA background/overview (FRBR and FRAD concepts), RDA training, RDA as Data (including a background on the concept of changes needed to library metadata), and why RDA might not be the right choice for libraries. Additionally, various Integrated Library Systems vendors will present on their intentions towards RDA. ALA Publishing will present on AACR2 to RDA from the co-publishers perspective. An OCLC representative will discuss the OCLC plans regarding RDA. Resource Description and Access (RDA) was released June 23, 2010. It was designed to replace the existing Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2nd Edition (AACR2). Prior to implementation, the USA National Libraries (Library of Congress, National Library of M (Source: gmane.education.web4lib) Mon, 29 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 889203 http://www.frbr.org/2010/11/26/last-week-in-frbr-37 Massey, Linking Petterson – Visualising FRBR data with Protovis Linking Petterson – Visualising FRBR data with Protovis by David Murray takes a fresh angle on FRBR that I don’t recall seeing before. (Protovis is a tool for doing graphical visualizations in your browser.) This short article describes a potential use of a bibliographic data set that has been created using the principles of FRBR 1 (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records). The FRBR entities and relationships are visualised using the Protovis toolkit2 developed by Stanford University. The result of experiment can be viewed at this address: http://bibin.hio.no/~davm/php/sparqling/pode/petterson.html The visualization page really slowed down my computer, so be careful, but it’s cool. Mailing list thread: Changes to FRBR? Karen Coyle started an interesting discussion on the FRBR mailing list, with the subject “Changes to FRBR?” I’ll quote her post here, because the mailing list archive is a huge RTF file and you’ll have to scroll down to the bottom and look for this thread. Interesting FRBR development… I sent the following three suggestions relating to FRBR to some individuals having a related discussion about changes needed to FRBR: 1) we need a generalized WEMI that allows one to create a bibliographic record where properties are not bound to a particular group 1 entity. This is needed so that FRBR-ized data can interact with non-FRBR-ized data. 2) the entities of group 3 need to be freed from group 3 and make usable anywhere. Group 3 should disappear and be replaced by a “has subject” property that can take any URI or string as its value. 3) as many as possible of the frbr entities and properties need to be associated with other defined classes and properties that exist outside of frbr. ... Fri, 26 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 888736 http://www.frbr.org/2010/11/19/last-week-in-frbr-36 ol-tech thread on FRBR in RDF at Open Library Karen Coyle’s New treatment of frbr:manifestation in work RDF kicked off a long thread on the ol-tech mailing list (where technical stuff about the workings of Open Library is discussed). She linked to http://openlibrary.org/works/OL262758W.rdf, which is The Hobbit described in FRBR terms and represented in RDF. Much discussion ensued, and if you’re interested in FRBR and RDF you’ll want to look at it. ALCTS FRBR Interest Group at ALA Midwinter The Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) has a FRBR Interest Group, which is having a meeting on 7 January 2011 at the ALA Midwinter conference. Manuel Urrizola will talk about “Coping with RDA/FRBR Anxiety” and Yin Zhang and Athena Salaba will talk about “FRBRizing Existing MARC Records at Expression and Manifestation Levels.” Also: “There will be an election of next Chair of FRBR IG at the end of the program. The winner will serve as Vice-Chair after 2011 Annual Conference and then as Chair in 2012/2013.” Go for it! Maxwell, FRBR as a Foundation for RDA Robert Maxwell, author of FRBR: A Guide for the Perplexed, which I recommend, is doing an ALA webinar in December: FRBR as a Foundation for RDA. “This webinar will cover the basics of FRBR, including its development and contents. Participants will leave the webinar with an understanding of the entity-relationship model on which FRBR is based, the FRBR entities and relationships, and the FRBR user tasks. The webinar will then address, through an exploration of RDA itself, how FRBR lies at the foundation of RDA’s structure, and what implications that might have on future database structures for our catalog descriptions.” I dislike the word “webinar,” but what can you do? Copac Copac is a union catalogue of a lot of major libraries in the UK and Ireland. ... Fri, 19 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 887291 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechsourceBlog/~3/99czpvGvjBk/continuing-the-conversation-rda-vocabularies-in-the-semantic-web.html Earlier today, we held the second session of our three-part workshop, Using RDA: Moving into the Metadata Future. The session, RDA Vocabularies in the Semantic Web with Diane Hillmann, completed the successful series. The following are resources and questions for discussion or explanation. Diane Hillmann will be chiming in via comments--please join her. The following resources or examples were referenced during the presentation. Property and value vocabularies are registered in the Open Metadata Registry (formerly the NSDL Registry) For an example of  element in the Open Metadata Registry, see  RDA Group 1 Elements: Book Format (Manifestation) http://RDVocab.info/Elements/bookFormatManifestation D-Lib Magazine. January/February 2010 RDA Vocabularies: Process, Outcome, UseDCMI/RDA Task Group Wiki Below are a few question that Diane will address in comments. You said we would be free of the tyranny of records.  It seems that the Semantic Web is pulling info from any number of sources--how does it decide which sources to use and reduce the sources to a manageable level? How do you envision URIs being assigned to entities? And do you see them being assigned to works or manifestations, for example? There is a lot of anxiety around whether frontline catalogers need to understand these abstract concepts. Knowing that the ultimate goal is that we’ll be working in some kind of cataloging tool, what are the most important concepts for catalogers to understand to participate in the process now? For example, what do we need to know when we’re talking with vendors? Does anyone know of any vendors actually working right now to build any applications using RDA as expressed in RDF? Are these vocabularies describing fields, like "tag" names, which can be used to carry content and related to each other as well as to to specific items being described?  Please give a little more context for the vocabularies and their use. ... Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:52:20 +0100 887701 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=15995 Head, Cataloging and Metadata Services (FA 391z) (George Mason University, Virginia) George Mason University Libraries is seeking a creative and experienced librarian for the position of Head, Cataloging and Metadata Services. This department head position provides leadership and vision for the access and description of all library research materials, including digital resources and proprietary University data. Coordinates central and system-wide bibliographic and intellectual access to information resources. The position will be able to create and determine best practices for cataloging and descriptive workflows, and implement the latest library technologies and innovations. ... Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:50:02 +0100 884885 http://www.frbr.org/2010/11/05/last-week-in-frbr-35 Matthys, FRBR een praktijkvoorbeeld Rosa Matthys posted FRBR een praktijkvoorbeeld, which I cannot read. Manzanos, ¿Qué es un obra? What is a work? Norberto Manzanos has posted his paper ¿Quién debe responder a la pregunta “qué es un obra”? Who should answer the question “what is a work?” (Revista Documentación, vol. 63-72, n. 20 (2010)). The original Spanish article is there with a full English translation. Abstract: This article covers some of the answers that has received the question: What is a work?, from the Information Science, and from other disciplines. While it is an issue that has always been present in all these areas, it is since the arrival of IFLA FRBR model that the need for a clear answer has been pressing both to resolve practical problems -the cataloging of works- as theoretical also, i.e., the definition of work. We start with the definitions given by IFLA and other authors who have analyzed the FRBR model to demonstrate certain theoretical limitations in light of some texts produced from other knowledges such as sociology of art, semiotics, aesthetics of receptions and culture history. The article concludes that it is necessary to address a multidisciplinary study of the problem, in order to avoid errors in both theory and practice resulting from the application of the new model. Coyle, Oliver, Hillman webinar on RDA I watched the first session in Using RDA: Moving Into the Metadata Future, which was Karen Coyle on “New Models of Metadata.” It’s on her presentations page. Next week Chris Oliver speaks on “RDA: Designed for Current and Future Environments” and then the week after it’s Diane Hillmann on “RDA Vocabularies in the Semantic Web. ... Fri, 05 Nov 2010 04:00:00 +0100 884168 http://dltj.org/article/marc-as-dead-end/ This week I sat in on the first of the three “Using RDA: Moving into the Metadata Future” webinars being hosted by ALA. This one was hosted by Karen Coyle with the title New Models of Metadata where she talked about library-specific efforts such asRDA and FRBR as well as the linked data effort in the wider world of information. There was a great deal of concern expressed in the chat window by participants about the future of cataloging, of cataloguers, and of MARC. The latter brought up memories of Roy Tennant‘s “MARC Must Die” declaration. My take away, though, isn’t that MARC is dead as much as MARC is a dead end.Cover art from 'Library of the Dead' audio bookMARC, not dead yet?We know that MARC isn’t dead; the communications format, along with its AACR2 companion rules for describing bibliographic resources, are deeply and daily ingrained in our systems and processes. For the same reasons, I think it is fair to say that MARC isn’t dying. (The fate of AACR2 with respect to RDA may be a little closer to the edge.) What I propose, though, is that MARC is a dead end. Karen makes a comment — On the brokenness of MARC — that starts to enumerate some of the basic issues with the MARC format. (Karen’s writings from 10 years ago lists even more details.) Also, as Karen pointed out in her presentation (and many others have done before her), MARC is a format that is only used in the library community. As a communications format, it is cumbersome — requiring those outside the library community to use custom code toolkits to read and write the format. That is a pretty high barrier for the wider world to want to use library bibliographic data encoded in MARC. ... Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:29:02 +0100 883387 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/o6dzsBRxWU8/4299 Up next our own Ian Walls to talk about his awesome visions for where we can go with Koha 4.0! Ian warned us that the following could all be ideological and naive and we have to remember that they are all just his ideas and nothing concrete. First (and Ian rants about this alot) we need to rebuild some of the modules like holds, notices, accounts (a big problem for us) and borrowers. In addition we want some features that we have been talking about forever like hourly loans, electronic resources management, biblio relationships (aka analytics), enhanced circulation preferences. It would also be nice if we have tools for ILL and a way to connect to OCLC connexion so that you can catalog there and push a button to send to Koha. So let’s go into more detail. Holds Right now the holds table is missing a primary key (Paul chimed in to say that BibLibre has fixed this!). One known bug we should fix is the ability to place multiple holds on a title. Also for holds (and I love this idea), Ian suggests a Netflix-style queue (for the non-US attendees this was somewhat confusing, but for those of us who use Netflix, it means patrons can place unlimited holds, but can only have X out at once). Notices Notices need to be rebuilt (a loud WOO HOO from Liz Rea on this one). Ian wants to bring printed slips under notices so that they can be customized like notices. It would also be nice if we had a priority order for notification method, so email is priority if no email send it via print. In addition it would be nice to have on-demand messages – meaning the librarian could click and generate a notice or a copy of a notice. Right now patrons can opt-out of advanced notices – Ian thinks we should allow the librarians to control these as well if they want to and say which ones they can change and which they can’t. ... Fri, 29 Oct 2010 02:33:54 +0100 882872 http://www.figoblog.org/node/1995 Me voici donc à Pittsburgh pour la conférence «Dublin Core 2010», où le DC fête ses 15 ans, et la conférence ses 10 ans. Un petit mot sur cette communauté : on compte ici environ 150 personnes, ce qui fait peu, je trouve, si on considère que c’est une des conférences majeures sur les métadonnées (à croire que les experts en métadonnées ne sont pas légion ;-) Bien qu’il y ait beaucoup de «nouveaux», de gens qui comme moi assistent à leur première conférence DC, ma première impression a été celle d’une communauté arrivée à un moment critique de son existence, en quête d’un difficile équilibre entre l’expérience sur laquelle elle est assise, associée à un certain effet d’inertie, et son image de communauté innovante ancrée dans l’écosystème du Web. Ainsi, quand la communauté se retourne pour regarder les 15 années passées derrière elle, ce n’est pas sans une certaine amertume... Impression qui ressortait particulièrement de la «Keynote» de Stu Weibel, un des fondateurs du DC, qui est revenu sur les succès et les échecs de 15 années de normalisation. Un bilan quand même assez désabusé, face à la complexification croissante de ce qui se voulait un standard simple, et les difficultés pour se conformer véritablement au mode de fonctionnement et au développement du Web. Mais à part cela, le Linked Data est partout, et l’initiative du LLD XG a été citée de façon répétée, apparaissant comme une porte de sortie, ou plutôt un espoir de transition vers quelque chose de nouveau, un nouveau souffle pour la communauté. Il faut dire qu’avec 42 use cases collectés, le LLD XG semble réunir le matériau nécessaire pour démontrer à la fois l’importance et l’utilité du Web de données, et la voie pour y arriver. J’ai assisté à une grande partie de la session «spéciale» sur le Linked Data organisée par Karen Coyle et Corey Harper. ... Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:54:33 +0100 881988 http://figoblog.org/node/1995 Me voici donc à Pittsburgh pour la conférence «Dublin Core 2010», où le DC fête ses 15 ans, et la conférence ses 10 ans. Un petit mot sur cette communauté : on compte ici environ 150 personnes, ce qui fait peu, je trouve, si on considère que c’est une des conférences majeures sur les métadonnées (à croire que les experts en métadonnées ne sont pas légion ;-) Bien qu’il y ait beaucoup de «nouveaux», de gens qui comme moi assistent à leur première conférence DC, ma première impression a été celle d’une communauté arrivée à un moment critique de son existence, en quête d’un difficile équilibre entre l’expérience sur laquelle elle est assise, associée à un certain effet d’inertie, et son image de communauté innovante ancrée dans l’écosystème du Web. Ainsi, quand la communauté se retourne pour regarder les 15 années passées derrière elle, ce n’est pas sans une certaine amertume... Impression qui ressortait particulièrement de la «Keynote» de Stu Weibel, un des fondateurs du DC, qui est revenu sur les succès et les échecs de 15 années de normalisation. Un bilan quand même assez désabusé, face à la complexification croissante de ce qui se voulait un standard simple, et les difficultés pour se conformer véritablement au mode de fonctionnement et au développement du Web. Mais à part cela, le Linked Data est partout, et l’initiative du LLD XG a été citée de façon répétée, apparaissant comme une porte de sortie, ou plutôt un espoir de transition vers quelque chose de nouveau, un nouveau souffle pour la communauté. Il faut dire qu’avec 42 use cases collectés, le LLD XG semble réunir le matériau nécessaire pour démontrer à la fois l’importance et l’utilité du Web de données, et la voie pour y arriver. J’ai assisté à une grande partie de la session «spéciale» sur le Linked Data organisée par Karen Coyle et Corey Harper. ... Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:54:33 +0100 881393 http://www.frbr.org/2010/10/22/last-week-in-frbr-34 FRBR work-centric, faceted UI demo developer sought There’s a short-term contract available for someone to hack on a FRBR interface for the Online Audiovisual Catalogers (OLAC), but the deadline is today. Get your name in if you’re interested. (I was away at a conference last week and didn’t do the weekly update. Sorry for the short notice, but you probably already saw this on a mailing list anyway.) OLAC (Online Audiovisual Catalogers) has been investigating the potential of the FRBR model and a work-centric approach to improve access to moving images for some time. We are looking for someone to make a basic but functional demonstration end-user interface for moving images that is focused on FRBR works and that offers faceted navigation using sample data for 143 moving image works, 210 manifestations, and 297 items. Ideally, this will be developed with open source tools such as MySQL, Solr and Lucene. I have some ideas about what the interface might look like (see link below) and am looking for someone to put up something quick and dirty, but functional and interactive so people can get a better idea of how this might work. This may not turn out to be anything like what would work for a final user interface, but I am hoping that it will make the potential for a FRBR-based, faceted approach clear and make it easier for people to understand the kinds of searching options we want to provide. OLAC has agreed to fund $1500 to be awarded to the individual(s) who successfully completes this project. More information on and the sample data for this project are available at http://www.olacinc.org/drupal/?q=node/437 If you are interested in taking this project on, please contact me at kelleym@uoregon.edu via email by Friday, October 22 with a list of your qualifications, a suggested timeline, and any other information you think it might be helpful for us to know. ... Fri, 22 Oct 2010 04:00:00 +0100 880921 http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/2010/10/dc-2010-pittsburgh-proceedings.html The DCMI conference proceedings are open access and are now published. Almost 200 pages of interesting reading. Some papers are:Building blocks of metadata: What can we learn from Lego™? / Emma Tonkin, Andrew HewsonVisualizing Metadata for Environmental Datasets / Sherry KoshmanFRBR: A Generalized Approach to Dublin Core Application Profiles / Maja Zumer, Marcia Lei Zeng, Athena SalabaEnhancing Interoperability of FRBR-Based Metadata / Jenn RileyMoving Library Metadata Toward Linked Data: Opportunities Provided by the eXtensible Catalog / Jennifer B. BowenCelebrating 10 Years of Government of Canada Metadata Standards / Margaret Devey, Marie-Claude Côté, Leigh Bain, Lynne McAvoyExtending RSS to Meet Central Bank Needs / Paul Asman, San Cannon, Christine SommoGood quote from Twitter @anarchivist (Mark Matienzo) "Data that cannot speak for itself will be more vulnerable to becoming irrelevant" - Tom Baker. (Source: Catalogablog) Thu, 21 Oct 2010 04:00:00 +0100 880661 http://www.frbr.org/2010/10/08/last-week-in-frbr-33 Pisanski and Žumer, Mental Models of the Bibliographic Universe Jan Pisanski and Maja Žumer have written a pair of articles about user testing the FRBR model. They appear in Journal of Documentation (66: 5) but preprints are available online: Mental Models of the Bibliographic Universe, Part 1: Mental Models of Descriptions (PDF, preprint) (DOI: 10.1108/00220411011066781) Mental Models of the Bibliographic Universe, Part 2: Comparison Task and Conclusions (PDF, preprint) (DOI: 10.1108/00220411011066772) Abstract: Purpose – The paper aims to present the results of the first two tasks of a user study looking into mental models of the bibliographic universe and especially their comparison to the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) conceptual model, which has not yet been user tested. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employes a combination of techniques for eliciting mental models and consisted of three tasks, two of which, card sorting and concept mapping, are presented herein. Its participants were 30 individuals residing in the general area of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Findings – Cumulative results of concept mapping show a strong resemblance to FRBR. Card sorts did not produce conclusive results. In both tasks, participants paid special attention to the original expression, indicating that a special place for it should be considered. Research limitations/implications – The study was performed using a relatively small sample of participants living in a geographically limited space using relatively straight-forward examples. Practical implications – Some solid evidence is provided for adoption of FRBR as the conceptual basis for cataloguing. Originality/value – This is the first widely published user study of FRBR, applying novel methodological approaches in the field of Library and Information Science. ... Fri, 08 Oct 2010 04:00:00 +0100 877556 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=7871 State: Kentucky Technical Services Librarian / Assistant Professor University Libraries, Murray State University. This is full-time salaried position to begin in January 2011. Qualifications: ALA – accredited master’s degree required by January 2011. Two years professional experience (and/or equivalent course work pertaining to Cataloging and Acquisitions), including book, media, serials, and electronic holdings cataloging. Possess a demonstrated ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with diverse constituents. Must have effective oral, written and interpersonal communication skills. Ability to plan and implement routines and processes that ensure the efficient and effective completion of acquisition and other technical services projects; Experience with cataloging digital resources; Experience with outsourcing cataloging; Working knowledge of metadata standards; Familiarity with Ex Libris Voyager; Familiarity with RDA and FRBR sufficient to guide staff in transitioning to these new standards; Familiarity with current and emerging metadata standards and schema including MARCXML, Dublin Core, MODS, and METS; Experience in collection development and assessment all preferred. Responsibilities: Serves as a project manager for monographic acquisitions; cataloging materials in all subjects, formats and languages; explores and integrates appropriate emerging technologies into cataloging practices; managing authority control; taking part in the planning, implementation and configuration of the ILS as it pertains to cataloging functions and public display; takes part in projects to assess and maintain University Libraries’ Collections. Participates in state-wide, regional and university level professional groups. Any other special duties assigned by the Director of Technical Services. Application Deadline: October 15, 2010 To Apply: Please Visit murraystatejobs.com Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. ... Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:20:01 +0100 874593 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=7879 State: Oregon The Digital Initiatives/Metadata Librarian provides expertise and work in the creation and maintenance of digital content and metadata for the Library’s systems, including its online catalog and repository. This innovative, energetic individual will work collaboratively to develop, refine, and implement policies, procedures, workflows, metadata standards and crosswalks for digital collections; manage assigned digitization projects; and participate in the overall management of digital collections and production work. This position reports to the Associate University Librarian, and is a full-time, 12-month, tenure-track position with the rank of Assistant Professor in the Resource Services and Technology (RST) unit. The incumbent will be expected to work collaboratively to build partnerships within the Library and the campus; engage in scholarly activities; and provide service to the university, the community, and the profession. Specific Responsibilities • Lead and/or participate in the planning and implementation of projects and initiatives related to digital collections, including the digitization of materials in a variety of formats. Provide plans for digital projects, monitor the timely progress of ongoing projects, and create documentation for project-related activities. • Lead and/or participate in digital content creation, and in the evaluation and application of appropriate metadata schemas to provide description and access to various digital objects. This includes keeping up to date with national metadata standards and schemas, and being responsible for interpreting and adapting those for local purposes. • Propose, plan, and lead the Library’s digital preservation program in collaboration with stakeholders, establishing policies and best practices for the long-term protection of and access to digital objects. ... Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:20:01 +0100 874589 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=15742 Digital Initiatives/Metadata Librarian (Portland State University, Oregon) Portland State University Library Position Announcement Digital Initiatives/Metadata Librarian The Digital Initiatives/Metadata Librarian provides expertise and work in the creation and maintenance of digital content and metadata for the Library’s systems, including its online catalog and repository. This innovative, energetic individual will work collaboratively to develop, refine, and implement policies, procedures, workflows, metadata standards and crosswalks for digital collections; manage assigned digitization projects; and participate in the overall management of digital collections and production work. ... Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:20:02 +0100 873891 http://www.frbr.org/2010/09/24/last-week-in-frbr-32 Singer, ruby-frbr Ross Singer announced ruby-frbr, “a simple FRBR model representation to mixin to your Ruby objects.” The README says, “This library is not intended to provide the actual bibliographic attributes of the entities, just establish model and the relationships.” story = Story.new story.title = "The Old Man and the Sea" story.extend(FRBR::Work) # these modules could also be included directly in the class person = Person.new person.name = "Ernest Hemingway" person.extend(FRBR::Person) story.add_creator(person) # or person.add_creation(story) Vassallo, FRAD – ISAAR(CPF) – EAC-CPF – Topic Maps Mapping FRAD – ISAAR(CPF) – EAC-CPF – Topic Maps Mapping is work by Salvatore Vassallo that maps elements of Functional Requirements of Authority Data, International Standard Archival Authority Record For Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families, and Encoded Archival Context – Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families. Something similiar was done before, but he says: It’s from the point of view of FRAD (instead of ISAAR) It uses the new EAC-CPF It provides some ideas to how express FRAD and ISAAR elements in Topic Maps The mappings are available in PDF, Excel, and OpenOffice formats, which is very convenient. Ockerbloom, The Concept of a Work in the Catalog Web The concept of a work in the catalog web follows on his previous “What do you read, my lord?” “Works, works, works”. In developing similar work-oriented features on the Online Books Page, I’ve been implementing a similar information model.  It’s simpler and more general than the FRBR WEMI stack, but it can encompass the data model of all of the catalogs from my previous post, as well as the “classic” FRBR model. In this post, I’ll describe the basics of the model, and discuss why it’s a promising basis for future catalogs. ... Fri, 24 Sep 2010 04:00:00 +0100 873910 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechsourceBlog/~3/y-zkf2HeqVA/ala-techsource-workshop-using-rda-moving-into-the-metadata-future.html With the launch of the RDA Toolkit, the new content standard, RDA: Resource Description and Access, is hitting libraries. A couple dozen libraries are formally testing, many more are experimenting and exploring. Generally speaking, catalogers have followed RDA’s development more closely than the broader metadata community and library technologists. Wait and see has been a rational stance. Now the question is what  can you do with RDA, because it’s about more than creating a MARC record. ALA TechSource is pleased to announce the three-part workshop Using RDA: Moving into the Metadata Future. Presenters Karen Coyle, Chris Oliver, and Diane Hillmann will offer a perspective on RDA from the context of metadata models and with an eye toward sharing library data. Session 1: New Models of Metadata, led by Karen Coyle. October 27, 2010. 2:30 p.m. EDT Learn the about sharing metadata on the Web and early experiments in library data and RDA. Topics include: Semantic Web concepts FRBR - the library world’s model Application profiles Transforming library data Session 2: RDA: Designed for Current and Future Environments, led by Chris Oliver. November 10, 2010. 2:30 p.m. EST Learn about RDA’s place on a continuum  from legacy data to greater interoperability. Topics include: RDA as AACR2 deconstructed Alignment with the conceptual models, FRBR and FRAD RDA as a flexible and extensible framework Recording data that is human readable and machine actionable Distinguishing  between recording data and encoding or presenting data Implementing RDA in libraries:  the point of transition Session 3: RDA Vocabularies in the Semantic Web, led by Diane Hillmann. November 17, 2010 2:30 p.m. EST Learn about the RDA Vocabularies and the Open Metadata Registry project. ... Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:01:36 +0100 873871 http://librarywriting.blogspot.com/2010/09/cfp-rda-your-library-amigos-online.html CFP: RDA @ Your Library: An Amigos Online EventWhen: 9:00am- 4:00pm, Friday, February 4, 2011Where: Amigos Online Classroom Website: http://rda.amigos.org/Do you have something to say about RDA? Amigos Library Services presents RDA @ Your Library, an online conference scheduled for February 4, 2011.  We are accepting proposals for speakers,  http://rda.amigos.org/node/4. Proposals are due no later than 5:00 PM central standard time onSeptember 30, 2010.RDA @ Your Library Resource Description and Access (RDA) was released June 23, 2010. It was designed to replace the existing Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2nd Edition (AACR2). Prior to implantation, the USA National Libraries (Library of Congress, National Library of Medicine, and the National Agriculture Library) are testing RDA to assure the operational, technical, and economic feasibility of RDA. See more on the testingprocess and partnerships on the Library of Congress website http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/RDAtest/rdatest.html. The Amigos Library Services online RDA @ Your Library conference will cover a variety of topics to ensure a balanced conference. Topics include RDA background/overview (FRBR and FRAD concepts), AACR2 to RDA, RDA as Data (including a background on the concept of changes needed to library metadata) as well as why RDA might not be the right choice for libraries. Confirmed speakers include Barbara Tillett, Michael Gorman, Diane Hillmann, Karen Coyle, John Attig, Robert Maxwell, J. McRee Elrod, James Weinheimer.Additionally, various Integrated Library Systems vendors will present on their intentions towards RDA (representatives from III, VTLS and Equinox are confirmed). Troy Linker with ALA Publishing will present on AACR2 to RDA from the co-publishers perspective. Linda Gabel with OCLC will discuss OCLC Contract Cataloging Department's experiences as one of the test sites and how OCLC itself is dealing with RDA. ... Wed, 22 Sep 2010 04:00:00 +0100 874069 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=15684 Technical Services Librarian/Assistant Professor (Murray State University, Kentucky) Technical Services Librarian / Assistant Professor, University Libraries, Murray State University. This is full-time salaried position to begin in January 2011. Qualifications: ALA – accredited master’s degree required by January 2011. Two years professional experience (and/or equivalent course work pertaining to Cataloging and Acquisitions), including book, media, serials, and electronic holdings cataloging. Possess a demonstrated ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with diverse constituents. Must have effective oral, written and interpersonal communication skills. ... Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:20:02 +0100 872868 http://orweblog.oclc.org/archives/002138.html Not having a copy of The Idea of a university to hand, I was looking in Google Book Search and Amazon earlier. Newman is in the news (here is the Wall Street Journal), and I was curious to have a quick look. Sad to say, I even did a search for library to see what he had to say on that topic. Here is what I saw in Amazon when I did the search ... I was interested to see that they think the difference between editions is important enough to highlight. See the 'Just so you know' banner at the top of the page. It tells me that the text I am about to search is an instance of a different edition than the one I was originally looking at and clicked on. Managing this type of similarity (bringing together different versions of The Idea of a university) and difference (discriminating between those different versions) is something that is becoming of more interest in our systems and services. And of course it is these types of relationship that underly a central part of the FRBR model. I have become more aware that FRBR is sometimes presented as if it is some great mystery whereas what it is about is defining some useful relationships between the things that are of interest to us, so that we can usefully manage and present them. Incidentally, it is interesting to see how Universities and Higher Education figure strongly in the FAST cloud on Newman's Worldcat Identities page .... (Source: Lorcan Dempsey) Mon, 20 Sep 2010 03:43:45 +0100 873595 http://www.frbr.org/2010/09/17/last-week-in-frbr-31 Scherzo in beta Jenn Riley announced: FRBRized music search system available: Indiana University is pleased to announce the public (very Beta) release of Scherzo, a music discovery system designed as a testbed of the FRBR conceptual model. The system may be accessed at <http://vfrbr.info/search>. A product of the IMLS-funded Variations/FRBR project, Scherzo is an early proof of concept for what a library catalog built according to FRBR principles might look like. The current released system is most certainly not a finished product; rather it represents an attempt to share in-progress development work with interested individuals. It is (and will continue to be) far from perfect, and the Variations/FRBR project team hopes these very imperfections help to promote community discussion on the utility of the FRBR model and how feasible mechanisms to automatically FRBRize MARC bibliographic and authority records are likely to be. We welcome and intend to participate in public discussion on this system and the issues it raises. In addition, specific feedback may be sent to vfrbr@dlib@indiana.edu Scherzo currently contains records representing approximately 80,000 sound recordings from the holdings of Indiana University’s renowed William and Gayle Cook Music Library in the Jacobs School of Music. Work on Scherzo to date has focused most heavily on FRBR Work identification from MARC and basic results display in a FRBRized environment. While we have paid some attention to user interface design, it is not our project’s primary concern. The search system currently resides on a test server; while we expect the service to be generally available, please excuse any temporary down time or unexpected restarts. ... Fri, 17 Sep 2010 04:00:00 +0100 872171 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/Xtprt5rEqoM/scherzo-music-discovery-system.html "Indiana University has announced the public (very Beta) release of Scherzo, a music discovery system designed as a testbed of the FRBR conceptual model. A product of the IMLS-funded Variations/FRBR project, Scherzo is an early proof of concept for what a library catalog built according to FRBR principles might look like. The current released system is most certainly not a finished product; rather it represents an attempt to share in-progress development work with interested individuals. It is (and will continue to be) far from perfect, and the Variations/FRBR project team hopes these very imperfections help to promote community discussion on the utility of the FRBR model and how feasible mechanisms to automatically FRBRize MARC bibliographic and authority records are likely to be. We welcome and intend to participate in public discussion on this system and the issues it raises" (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Sun, 12 Sep 2010 09:38:33 +0100 871036 http://www.frbr.org/2010/09/10/last-week-in-frbr-30 This is actually the Last Six Weeks in FRBR, Briefly. I was on vacation and then things got busy at work, so some things slipped by, but here are some interesting recent events. legislation.gov.uk legislation.gov.uk uses FRBR as part of a huge, fascinating, online publishing project that’s based on linked data. For some background, check Pete Johnston’s short blog post, the official blog post about their API, and then read the full explanation from John Sheridan: legislation.gov.uk. He says: At the moment, the RDF from legislation.gov.uk is limited to largely bibliographic information. We have made use of the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) and the MetaLex vocabularies, primarily to relate the different types of resource we are making available. FRBR has the notion of a work, expressions of that work, manifestations of those expressions, and items. Similarly, MetaLex has the concepts of a BibliographicWork and BibliographicExpression. In the context of legislation.gov.uk, the identifier URIs relate to the work. Different versions of the legislation (current, original, different points in time, or prospective) relate to different expressions. The different formats (HTML, HTML Snippets, XML, and PDF) relate to the different manifestations. We have also made extensive use of Dublin Core Terms, for example to reflect that different versions apply to geographic extents. This is important as, for example, the same section of a statute may have been amended in one way as it applies in Scotland and in another way for England and Wales. We think FRBR, MetaLex, and Dublin Core Terms have all worked well, individually and in combination, for relating the different types of resource that we are making available. For example, The British North America Act of 1867, which created Canada. Checking the URI documentation leads us to http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/30-31/3/data. ... Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:00:00 +0100 870468 http://www.lisnews.org/coming_age_frbrized_library_catalogs The coming age of FRBR-ized library catalogs : There’s been a lot of talk lately in the library world about the coming age of FRBR-ized library catalogs (prompted in part by development of RDA, a cataloging standard that uses FRBR). Exactly what such catalogs will look like, and whether they will actually help readers use the library more effectively, are matters of ongoing debate. One of the key differences between FRBR and older catalog models is that books and other resources that share common properties can be grouped together at various levels of abstraction. (Source: LISNews - Librarian And Information Science News) Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:25:55 +0100 870348 http://lisnews.org/coming_age_frbrized_library_catalogs The coming age of FRBR-ized library catalogs : There’s been a lot of talk lately in the library world about the coming age of FRBR-ized library catalogs (prompted in part by development of RDA, a cataloging standard that uses FRBR). Exactly what such catalogs will look like, and whether they will actually help readers use the library more effectively, are matters of ongoing debate. One of the key differences between FRBR and older catalog models is that books and other resources that share common properties can be grouped together at various levels of abstraction. (Source: LISNews.org) Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:25:55 +0100 870194 http://www.figoblog.org/node/1993 Pour ceux qui n'auraient pas encore eu l'occasion de jeter un oeil au RDA Toolkit, voici un petit guide de ce que l'on peut y trouver (NB : j'avais pris ces quelques notes à l'époque où il était encore en accès libre...) Si on le déroule dans l'ordre (ce qui n'a peut-être pas de sens, vu qu'il y a des liens dans tous les sens, c'est un hypertexte ;-) mais bon il faut bien commencer quelque part), on rencontre d'abord une introduction qui présente les objectifs de RDA, le lien avec les FRBR et autres standards, et une liste des "core elements". Viennent ensuite les sections 1 à 4, consacrées à l'enregistrement des attributs des - manifestations et items, - œuvres et expressions, - personnes, familles et organisations, - et concepts, lieux et événements (cette section n'est pas encore développée sauf pour les lieux). Dans RDA, les attributs jouent un rôle essentiel puisque ce sont les éléments qui constituent la description elle-même, et donc qui permettent d'identifier les entités. Chaque entité est ainsi décrite avec des "core elements", qui sont plus ou moins obligatoires, et des éléments additionnels qui ne doivent être utilisés que s'ils sont nécessaires pour identifier l'entité. Pour tout ce qui peut servir de point d'accès, au sens bibliographique du terme (ce par quoi l'utilisateur cherche), donc les œuvres, expressions, personnes etc., on construit également un "point d'accès autorisé" avec un titre ou nom préféré, et des variantes. Viennent ensuite les sections consacrées aux relations entre entités. La section 5 est consacrée à l'enregistrement des "relations primaires" c'est-à-dire les relations structurelles entre entités du groupe 1 : Œuvre, Expression, Manifestation et Item. Elles sont supposées être exprimées dans cet ordre, sauf qu'on peut sauter l'Expression si on veut. ... Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:20:54 +0100 876831 http://figoblog.org/node/1993 Pour ceux qui n'auraient pas encore eu l'occasion de jeter un oeil au RDA Toolkit, voici un petit guide de ce que l'on peut y trouver (NB : j'avais pris ces quelques notes à l'époque où il était encore en accès libre...) Si on le déroule dans l'ordre (ce qui n'a peut-être pas de sens, vu qu'il y a des liens dans tous les sens, c'est un hypertexte ;-) mais bon il faut bien commencer quelque part), on rencontre d'abord une introduction qui présente les objectifs de RDA, le lien avec les FRBR et autres standards, et une liste des "core elements". Viennent ensuite les sections 1 à 4, consacrées à l'enregistrement des attributs des - manifestations et items, - œuvres et expressions, - personnes, familles et organisations, - et concepts, lieux et événements (cette section n'est pas encore développée sauf pour les lieux). Dans RDA, les attributs jouent un rôle essentiel puisque ce sont les éléments qui constituent la description elle-même, et donc qui permettent d'identifier les entités. Chaque entité est ainsi décrite avec des "core elements", qui sont plus ou moins obligatoires, et des éléments additionnels qui ne doivent être utilisés que s'ils sont nécessaires pour identifier l'entité. Pour tout ce qui peut servir de point d'accès, au sens bibliographique du terme (ce par quoi l'utilisateur cherche), donc les œuvres, expressions, personnes etc., on construit également un "point d'accès autorisé" avec un titre ou nom préféré, et des variantes. Viennent ensuite les sections consacrées aux relations entre entités. La section 5 est consacrée à l'enregistrement des "relations primaires" c'est-à-dire les relations structurelles entre entités du groupe 1 : Œuvre, Expression, Manifestation et Item. Elles sont supposées être exprimées dans cet ordre, sauf qu'on peut sauter l'Expression si on veut. ... Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:20:54 +0100 876207 http://www.figoblog.org/node/1992 Comme je parcourais le RDA Toolkit, profitant de sa temporaire gratuité (jusqu'au 31 août, je le rappelle), je me suis sentie dériver librement au fil de pensées inattendues. S'appuyant sur les FRBR et sur les principes internationaux de catalogage, les RDA rappellent une chose qu'on parfois trop tendance à négliger quand on parle de catalogage : le but du catalogage, c'est de répondre aux besoins des utilisateurs, tout en rationalisant les moyens qu'on déploie pour y arriver : The data should meet functional requirements for the support of user tasks in a cost-efficient manner. Non, le catalogage n'a pas été inventé par les bibliothécaires pour se faire plaisir (ou pas uniquement). Les lecteurs de ce blog, quand on leur parle FRBR, se souviendront peut-être des fameux 3 groupes d'entités et de l'articulation entre Œuvre, Expression, Manifestation et Item. Je suis à peu près sûre que parmi les gens qui ont des notions quelconques de FRBR, peu d'entre eux se souviennent que les FRBR, c'est aussi une description détaillée des opérations effectuées par les utilisateurs, réparties en 4 grands groupes : trouver, sélectionner, identifier et obtenir. S'y ajoute le niveau de pertinence des différentes métadonnées pour accomplir ces tâches. Les RDA reprennent ces tâches pour rappeler à quoi sert chaque partie de la description, ce qui n'est pas du luxe. Cela leur permet de définir les "core elements", dont on a toujours besoin quoi qu'il arrive, et les autres qui ne sont à renseigner qu'en tant qu'ils sont indispensables pour accomplir les tâches utilisateurs. En cela, ma compréhension de RDA (je n'ai pas fini de les lire, c'est donc plutôt une impression globale) c'est qu'une grande liberté est laissée au catalogueur (ou à l'agence pour qui il travaille) pour décider plus précisément des éléments nécessaires à la description de telle ou telle ressource. Derrière cette liberté se cache l'économie du catalogage. ... Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:19:08 +0100 867973 http://figoblog.org/node/1992 Comme je parcourais le RDA Toolkit, profitant de sa temporaire gratuité (jusqu'au 31 août, je le rappelle), je me suis sentie dériver librement au fil de pensées inattendues. S'appuyant sur les FRBR et sur les principes internationaux de catalogage, les RDA rappellent une chose qu'on parfois trop tendance à négliger quand on parle de catalogage : le but du catalogage, c'est de répondre aux besoins des utilisateurs, tout en rationalisant les moyens qu'on déploie pour y arriver : The data should meet functional requirements for the support of user tasks in a cost-efficient manner. Non, le catalogage n'a pas été inventé par les bibliothécaires pour se faire plaisir (ou pas uniquement). Les lecteurs de ce blog, quand on leur parle FRBR, se souviendront peut-être des fameux 3 groupes d'entités et de l'articulation entre Œuvre, Expression, Manifestation et Item. Je suis à peu près sûre que parmi les gens qui ont des notions quelconques de FRBR, peu d'entre eux se souviennent que les FRBR, c'est aussi une description détaillée des opérations effectuées par les utilisateurs, réparties en 4 grands groupes : trouver, sélectionner, identifier et obtenir. S'y ajoute le niveau de pertinence des différentes métadonnées pour accomplir ces tâches. Les RDA reprennent ces tâches pour rappeler à quoi sert chaque partie de la description, ce qui n'est pas du luxe. Cela leur permet de définir les "core elements", dont on a toujours besoin quoi qu'il arrive, et les autres qui ne sont à renseigner qu'en tant qu'ils sont indispensables pour accomplir les tâches utilisateurs. En cela, ma compréhension de RDA (je n'ai pas fini de les lire, c'est donc plutôt une impression globale) c'est qu'une grande liberté est laissée au catalogueur (ou à l'agence pour qui il travaille) pour décider plus précisément des éléments nécessaires à la description de telle ou telle ressource. Derrière cette liberté se cache l'économie du catalogage. ... Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:19:08 +0100 867119 http://www.figoblog.org/node/1991 Après avoir entendu parler (ou reparler ?) à plusieurs reprises des "profils d'application" (application profiles ou AP) du Dublin Core, que ce soit dans le LLDXG ou à l'IFLA, j'ai éprouvé le besoin de me replonger dans tout cela. Force est de constater que je ne m'y étais pas intéressée de près depuis plusieurs années, alors que le développement de RDF et du Web de données a conduit le DCMI à revoir complètement son modèle abstrait (le DCAM, Dublin Core Abstract Model) et cette notion d'Application Profile, vers 2007. Il n'est pas dans mon propos d'entrer dans les détails du DCAM aujourd'hui. Ce modèle est surtout utile en tant que référent pour le vocabulaire un peu particulier utilisé dans le monde Dublin Core. Plus intéressant, à mon avis, est le Singapore framework for Application Profiles, un autre document du DCMI qui a le statut de "recommended resource" (autrement dit, ce n'est pas un standard, mais il est important quand même). Ce document, le cadre de Singapour, a été proposé à la conférence DC en 2007 (décidément une année cruciale). Il définit les différents éléments constitutifs d'un Application Profile. Quand on applique un standard de métadonnées, il existe différents niveaux qui doivent être pris en compte pour favoriser l'interopérabilité : bien sûr il faut respecter la syntaxe, le nom des éléments, la façon adéquate de les utiliser selon qu'ils sont obligatoires ou pas, répétables ou pas, etc. Mais pour aller plus loin, il faut aussi définir précisément les valeurs de ce qu'on met dans ces éléments, et éventuellement la façon de construire ces valeurs. Je vais faire une comparaison pas du tout triviale avec le monde des bibliothèques. Nous avons des standards qui sont des formats de métadonnées (MARC par exemple, et ses "différents parfums" comme dirait l'autre). ... Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:36:34 +0100 867975 http://figoblog.org/node/1991 Après avoir entendu parler (ou reparler ?) à plusieurs reprises des "profils d'application" (application profiles ou AP) du Dublin Core, que ce soit dans le LLDXG ou à l'IFLA, j'ai éprouvé le besoin de me replonger dans tout cela. Force est de constater que je ne m'y étais pas intéressée de près depuis plusieurs années, alors que le développement de RDF et du Web de données a conduit le DCMI à revoir complètement son modèle abstrait (le DCAM, Dublin Core Abstract Model) et cette notion d'Application Profile, vers 2007. Il n'est pas dans mon propos d'entrer dans les détails du DCAM aujourd'hui. Ce modèle est surtout utile en tant que référent pour le vocabulaire un peu particulier utilisé dans le monde Dublin Core. Plus intéressant, à mon avis, est le Singapore framework for Application Profiles, un autre document du DCMI qui a le statut de "recommended resource" (autrement dit, ce n'est pas un standard, mais il est important quand même). Ce document, le cadre de Singapour, a été proposé à la conférence DC en 2007 (décidément une année cruciale). Il définit les différents éléments constitutifs d'un Application Profile. Quand on applique un standard de métadonnées, il existe différents niveaux qui doivent être pris en compte pour favoriser l'interopérabilité : bien sûr il faut respecter la syntaxe, le nom des éléments, la façon adéquate de les utiliser selon qu'ils sont obligatoires ou pas, répétables ou pas, etc. Mais pour aller plus loin, il faut aussi définir précisément les valeurs de ce qu'on met dans ces éléments, et éventuellement la façon de construire ces valeurs. Je vais faire une comparaison pas du tout triviale avec le monde des bibliothèques. Nous avons des standards qui sont des formats de métadonnées (MARC par exemple, et ses "différents parfums" comme dirait l'autre). ... Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:36:34 +0100 867120 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/talis/panlibus/~3/Nn5oo4PjFXw/what-interests-250-librarians-at-830-on-a-sunday-morning.php Linked Data, that’s what!  I must admit I was a little skeptical of the timing when I accepted the invitation to provide the keynote for a Linked Data session – on the last day of IFLA 2010 – at 8:30 in the morning – in August – on a Sunday.  Who was going to want to get up at that time, on the day they were probably going to leave beautiful Gothenburg, to hear me witter on about the Semantic Web and the obvious benefits of Linked Data for libraries? A few minutes before the start, I was beginning to think my skepticism was well founded, viewing the acres of empty seats laid out in their menacing ranks in front of me. But then almost as if from nowhere, the room rapidly filled and by the time I took the stage we had something approaching a full house.  As you can see from my iPhone snap below, we ended up with a significant group (I lost count at about 250) of interested librarians. So was it worth them turning up at such an unsociable time?  I obviously can’t speak for my session, but I believe it was well worth turning up.  We had a series talks which varied from the in-depth technical/ontological spectrum to the rousing plea to open up your data now – and don’t hamper it with too much licensing. First on after my session was Gordon Dunsire from the University of Strathclyde who gave us some in depth reasoning as to why we needed complex detailed ontologies based upon standards like RDA, FRBR, FRAD, and RDA to describe library resources in RDF for the Semantic Web.   To represent the full detail that catalogers have, and want to, provide for resource description I agree with him.  I also believe that we need to temper that detailed view by including more generic ontologies in addition. ... Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:27:44 +0100 865323 http://jobs.nasig.org/?p=816 LAC Group seeks a Digital Collection / Metadata Librarian for a contract position within a prestigious government agency located in Greenbelt, MD. The Digital Collection / Metadata Librarian is responsible for collecting, preserving, and presenting digital information in all formats, applying indexing and metadata, and maintaining the Library’s bibliographic and archival databases.  This includes metadata application, authority control, quality control, and other duties associated with the creation and maintenance of item- and collection-level data for a variety of print and digital materials. As a member of the Electronic Library Systems Team, the Metadata Librarian reports to the Team Lead and works independently as well as with teammates, library colleagues, patrons, and community partners to develop and provide access to information and materials that support the scientific and engineering research and public outreach needs of the agency. Primary Responsibilities: Employs emerging metadata schemas to make library resources available to our patrons. Designs and maintains repository collections using the Fedora architecture. Inputs digital images, video, multimedia and other formats into the intuitional repository using XML metadata. Assures the quality of cataloging and metadata records in the ILS and Institutional Repository. Performs original and copy cataloging for a wide range of formats, including serials, non-print materials, and e-resources, using traditional cataloging principles and practices to input records into OCLC and the local ILS, SirsiDynix Unicorn. Stays abreast of new developments relevant to metadata, cataloging, and digitization. Serves as a resource person concerning OCLC, cataloging, classification, metadata, database maintenance, record loading, and workflow issues. Maintains statistics and produces monthly reports. ... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:27:59 +0100 863719 http://weibel-lines.typepad.com/weibelines/2010/07/turning-the-page.html Friday, July 30, marks my last day at OCLC: twenty five years, three weeks, and one day of service to the cooperative. I began my career in OCLC Research without a day in library school, my main qualification being an obsession with microcomputers.  I forgot my belt that first day, and my resulting sartorial inelegance seemed to me to mirror my insecurity about my future in a field for which I had no direct training (does being married to a librarian count?).Over the years I benefited from managers who gave me what I needed at the right time.  Mike MacGill gave me a job, Martin Dillon was a mentor on how to be productive; Terry Noreault let me take risks.  Lorcan Dempsey afforded me the luxury of exploration.  Jim Michalko gave me a new perspective. Jay Jordan supported the work I did from the top, with a commitment to standards and community involvement that was critical.I have enjoyed and been stimulated by OCLC colleagues who work at the highest level of our profession, some of whom know more than most anyone about their domains, and who are recognized widely for their expertise and contributions.  Most everything I know about librarianship was incubated in their care.  There is simply no substitute for being able to walk 20 paces to chat with a global leader in duplicate detection, or Dewey, or name matching, or VIAF, or FRBR, or any of dozens of other esoteric disciplines of librarianship, digital and otherwise.I was fortunate during much of my tenure at OCLC to have the freedom to work directly with the community... in the community.   After the New York Times article that brought the Web to the broader attention of the world, Terry Noreault asked me if I’d like to look after our early Web liaison activities, and thus began a whirlwind engagement with the Web community that has channeled my activities to this day. ... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:41:09 +0100 863934 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=7647 State: Maryland LAC Group seeks a Digital Collection / Metadata Librarian for a contract position within a prestigious government agency located in Greenbelt, MD. The Digital Collection / Metadata Librarian is responsible for collecting, preserving, and presenting digital information in all formats, applying indexing and metadata, and maintaining the Library's bibliographic and archival databases. This includes metadata application, authority control, quality control, and other duties associated with the creation and maintenance of item- and collection-level data for a variety of print and digital materials. As a member of the Electronic Library Systems Team, the Metadata Librarian reports to the Team Lead and works independently as well as with teammates, library colleagues, patrons, and community partners to develop and provide access to information and materials that support the scientific and engineering research and public outreach needs of the agency. Primary Responsibilities: • Employs emerging metadata schemas to make library resources available to our patrons. • Designs and maintains repository collections using the Fedora architecture. • Inputs digital images, video, multimedia and other formats into the intuitional repository using XML metadata. • Assures the quality of cataloging and metadata records in the ILS and Institutional Repository. • Performs original and copy cataloging for a wide range of formats, including serials, non-print materials, and e-resources, using traditional cataloging principles and practices to input records into OCLC and the local ILS, SirsiDynix Unicorn. • Stays abreast of new developments relevant to metadata, cataloging, and digitization. • Serves as a resource person concerning OCLC, cataloging, classification, metadata, database maintenance, record loading, and workflow issues. • Maintains statistics and produces monthly reports. ... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:10:05 +0100 862988 http://www.frbr.org/2010/07/23/last-week-in-frbr-29 Works in RDF at Open Library There is now a functioning RDF for Works, said Karen Coyle, pointing to http://openlibrary.org/works/OL6037025W.rdf and http://openlibrary.org/works/OL1073963W.rdf as examples. Yes, that’s RDF expressed in raw XML, and it’s ugly to read, but you’re not meant to read it with your eye, it’s meant for machines. And now there’s Work-level linked data at the Open Library! Hellman, What IS an eBook, Anyway What IS an eBook, Anyway?, asked Eric Hellman. Does each different format of an ebook require a different ISBN? Apparently the answer is yes. Hellman agrees, and goes into some detail about the whole issue, saying “the ISBN is just a solution to a problem: ‘How does an item get tracked through the book supply chain?’” Things get FRBRy in the comments. On Twitter, Hellman (@gluejar) said, I usually get work, expression and manifestation confused. Must be a manifestation of working too hard on my expression. Powell, Finding e-Books — A Discovery to Delivery Problem Andy Powell’s blog post Finding e-Books — A Discovery to Delivery Problem follows nicely on that, in a long post from which I excerpt this juicy bit: But, let’s ignore that for now [the question of what is an e-book] … we know that OCLC’s xISBN service allows us to navigate different editions of the same book (I’m desperately trying not to drop into FRBR-speak here). ... Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0100 862203 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BabyBoomerLibrarian/~3/rDQhWzRDu9Y/jobs-assistant-head-of-cataloging.html Assistant Head of Cataloging & Metadata Services/Metadata Coordinator--Houston, TX Apologies for cross-posting (and for late posting; job IS open until filled) *** Assistant Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services/Metadata Coordinator Rice University is seeking a dynamic, service-oriented Assistant Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services/Metadata Coordinator. The successful candidate will assist the Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services in management, direction, fiscal oversight, and long-term strategic planning for the Department, serves as Metadata Coordinator and operational manager for the Copy Cataloging Unit (7 FTE). The Department includes 5 exempt, 7 non-exempt, and 2 part-time temporary staff, plus student workers. The position reports to the Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services in Technical Services. Responsibilities: Works closely with the Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services and other colleagues in both Technical and Pubic Services to set and continually evaluate priorities for all categories of work performed in the Copy Cataloging Unit. Assists Department Head with the general management of the Department, including development of cataloging, metadata, and database management policy and procedures, individual and group performance measures (including statistics), gifts and bulk purchase processing, outsourcing, developing uses of library system and other automation, and longer-term planning and strategic development of the Department and its functions. Provides leadership in a team environment with Cataloging and other staff to evaluate and apply appropriate metadata schemas to provide description and access to various digital projects of the Library and Rice University. Keeps up-to-date with national metadata standards and schemas and is responsible for interpreting and adapting those for local purposes. Acts as liaison for metadata projects with other departments within the library and/or other campus groups. ... Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:12:00 +0100 861466 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/00330331011064230 Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate the characteristics of Korean books by analysing their “work types” based on the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) model. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 1,000 Korean books were randomly chosen from the Korean National Bibliography (KNB) 2008 at the National Library of Korea, and the frequency of each work type was investigated. Findings – Of the Korean books that were studied, 16.9 per cent (single works, 2.7 per cent and multiple works, 14.2 per cent) were found to be multiple manifestations, and the rates of literature and social science works were relatively high. Research limitations/implications – The FRBR model was applied to a sample of 1,000 Korean books and was not representative of all Korean books. Practical implications – The usefulness of the FRBR model was found to be limited to some complex works and can be improved by applying its work types in an extended way. Originality/value – In the study, the work types of Korean books were analysed based on the FRBR model for the first time using this model. (Source: Program: electronic library and information systems : Table of Contents) Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:05:06 +0100 869643 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=15331 Metadata and Cataloging Librarian (The University of South Dakota, I.D. Weeks Library) Position Title: Metadata and Cataloging Librarian Institution: The University Of South Dakota Library: USD Libraries Position Type: Library Faculty Level: Assistant Professor Starting Date: January 1, 2011 The University of South Dakota (USD) seeks a collaborative, user-focused librarian dedicated to providing access to digital collections through metadata creation, and traditional collections through original and complex cataloging. The University Libraries strive to provide comprehensive, continually-evolving online collections and services using state-of-the-art technologies to support students, faculty, and staff in teaching, learning, and research. ... Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:40:01 +0100 859320 http://www.frbr.org/2010/07/09/last-week-in-frbr-28 Have you been trying RDA Online? Test accounts for RDA Online were set up and log information sent around a couple of weeks ago. Have you tried it? The offer is open until the end of August. I had a short look, but I’ll go back for a longer look and post about it. I didn’t try doing anything with workflows, which is the most important part of it all. Summers, Libraries and Linked Data: Confessions of a Graph Addict Ed Summers (who works at the Library of Congress in the United States) gave a talk on 24 June 2010 at a preconference session on linked data before the American Library Association conference: Libraries and Linked Data: Confessions of a Graph Addict. I don’t know what he said, but Summers used something I posted here in 2007 about Copernicus’s De revolutionibus in part. Glad it was useful! Murray and Tillett, From Moby-Dick To Mashups: Thinking About Bibliographic Networks Four days later, on 28 June (and you’ll see this mentioned in the previous slides), Ronald J. Murray and Barbara Tillett (both also at the Library of Congress) were talking at the ALA convention proper: From Moby-Dick to Mashups: Thinking About Bibliographic Networks (25.3 MB PDF). Summary: Traditional and contemporary attempts to identify and describe simple and complex bibliographic resources have overlooked useful and powerful possibilities, due to the insufficient modeling of “bibliographic things of interest.” The presentation will introduce a resource description approach that remodels and strengthens FRBR by borrowing key concepts from Information Science and the History of Science. The presentation will reveal portions of a network of bibliographic (and other useful) relationships between printings of Melville?s novel dating from 1851-1975 into the present. ... Fri, 09 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0100 858383 http://www.frbr.org/2010/07/02/last-week-in-frbr-27 Hello there. This is really Last Month in FRBR. Sorry about that. I was on vacation for a week and what with one thing and another I let a couple of extra weeks pass by. Here are some nice things I’ve missed. ELAG 2010: Workshop on FRBR and Identifiers One of the workshops at the ELAG 2010 conference was “Discovery Interfaces 2: FRBR and Identifiers,” led by Janifer Gatenby of OCLC: Resource discovery relies on persistent and well diffused identifiers. Related to discovery is access and rights management and they too rely on persistent identifiers. The aim of the workshop is to discuss the identifiers that relate to resources and their creators and how well they fit the FRBR model. What proactive roles should libraries be playing in relation to identifiers, their maintenance and diffusion? Many identifiers will be considered. Among those at the work level are the ISTC (International standard text code), OWI (OCLC work identifier), ISWC (Musical works), ISAN (Audio-visual works) and OWI. At the manifestation level there are ISBN, ISSN, ISMN (music) v-ISAN, DOI, Handle, ARK, LC and other national bibliography identifiers and the OCN (OCLC control number). For creators, there is the new draft International standard ISNI and the emergent ORCID (Open Research Contributor Identifier). Tasks for the workshop will include examining the existing identifier landscape and its completeness, examining the role of identifiers in discovery and in linking data. Slides are up: Workshop on FRBR and Identifiers (PDF). Confusingly there are no names mentioned anywhere in so I don’t know who did what. If you’re at all interested in identifiers for Works, Expressions, Manifestations, Persons and other group 2 entities, subjects, and so on, then you should read this. ... Fri, 02 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0100 856969 http://dltj.org/article/rda-as-service-only/ At the ALA Annual Conference exhibit floor I got my first chance to see the RDA Toolkit. RDA is “Resource Description and Access” — the new standard for bibliographic description of content. So this was the first time I really got to look at the RDA Toolkit. (By the way, you can look at it, too, during an open trial access period that runs through the end of August by signing up for it.) What really struck in me the demonstration, though, was that the site is as much a subscription to access the content of the RDA standard as it is a subscription to a delivery service with functions and features that go beyond the text of the standard itself. The text of the standard will be available in printed form, but one cannot get an electronic copy of the standard itself. This strikes me as sort of weird, so this blog post talks through that weirdness feeling.I’m trying to think of another example of a standard that inseparable from a delivery system for the standard, and I can’t think of any. Now granted, that the RDA Toolkit website has some very nice features for interlinking between documents, for creating local “workflows” and “mappings” for local activities, and creating group subscription-specific links to local documents. But this decision to only allow electronic access to the standard through this subscription service that requires an annual fee feels uncomfortable. Like I don’t really have access to the standard. Like it was a decision to limit competition for other delivery mechanisms to make sure a rather lucrative ongoing income through the RDA Toolkit website.Also weird is the answer to the question “How does the site calculate the number of concurrent users?“. ... Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:40:19 +0100 856157 http://orweblog.oclc.org/archives/002114.html We tend to have a very record-based view of bibliographic systems. Searches in a resource result in lists of record-based displays for items. All fields may not be indexed. This means that the data works less hard than it might, given the variety of ways in which it could be leveraged to tell us more about the body of literature a resource relates to. The introduction of facets changed this a little. In Worldcat Identities we are interested in bringing together a view of parties who create or are the subject of works. My colleagues have now worked with the Worldcat.org team to provide a view of Worldcat by genre. For some more details see the project page. The project applies principles of the FRBR model to aggregate author and title information and statistical association techniques to generate related subject headings (e.g., topics, characters, people, places, and organizations). The initial set of profiles is based on genre terms selected from the Guidelines On Subject Access To Individual Works Of Fiction, Drama, Etc. (GSAFD), 2nd edition. Genre definitions are adapted from scope notes in GSAFD, and the Library of Congress authority file and Moving Image Genre-Form Guide. More genre/form profiles will be added over time. [Worldcat genres] (Source: Lorcan Dempsey) Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:09:30 +0100 855372 http://dltj.org/article/thinking-about-bibliographic-networks/ Ron Murray and Barbara Tillett, both from the Library of Congress, are presenting their research in thinking about bibliographic information as networks of interrelated nodes at ALA Annual. This is a continuation of their “paper tool” work which was presented at the Library of Congress last year.The title of the presentation is From “Moby-Dick” To “Mash-Ups:” Thinking About Bibliographic Networks. The presentation will be Monday, June 28, 2010 at 8:05 a.m. in the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, Yorktown/Valley Forge Rooms. The presentation is scheduled to go for 75 minutes.Presentation Summary: Traditional and contemporary attempts to identify and describe simple and complex bibliographic resources have overlooked useful and powerful possibilities, due to the insufficient modeling of “bibliographic things of interest.” The presentation will introduce a resource description approach that remodels and strengthens FRBR by borrowing key concepts from Information Science and the History of Science. The presentation will reveal portions of a network of bibliographic (and other useful) relationships between printings of Melville’s novel dating from 1851-1975 into the present. In addition, structural similarities between the print publication network and the multimedia “mash-ups” seen on YouTube and other websites will be demonstrated and discussed.Post from: Disruptive Library Technology JesterFrom “Moby-Dick” To “Mash-Ups:” Thinking About Bibliographic Networks at ALA Annual 2010 (Source: Disruptive Library Technology Jester) Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:18:41 +0100 856158 http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/2010/06/image-via-wikipedia-gary-price-from.html Image via WikipediaGary Price from Resource Shelf alerted me to the study FRBR and RDA: Advances in Resource Description for Multiple Format Resources by the Initiative for Equitable Library Access of the Library and Archives Canada.The multiple formats issue has been a challenge that current cataloguing standards were unable to resolve. This paper describes the multiple formats issue and demonstrates how the issue is resolved through a new pespective on bibliographic data and a new cataloguing standard. The new perspective on bibliographic data comes from the conceptual model, Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR). The new standard is Resource Description and Access (RDA), which is built on the theoretical framework expressed in the FRBR conceptual model. RDA and FRBR, the conceptual model on which RDA is founded, resolve the multiple formats issue and point the way for improved access to resources for all users, and particularly for users with print disabilities. (Source: Catalogablog) Mon, 14 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 852095 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/06/13/study-frbr-and-rda-advances-in-resource-description-for-multiple-format-resources/ A new report by Chris Oliver The Initiative for Equitable Library Access (IELA) commissioned a study entitled “FRBR and RDA: Advances in Resource Description for Multiple Format Resources”…This paper describes issues related to cataloguing material in multiple formats, and suggests ways that these can be resolved using the FRBR model and RDA standard. Access the Full Text of Study Source: The Initiative for Equitable Library Access (IELA) (via Library and Archives Canada) (Source: ResourceShelf) Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:09:11 +0100 851938 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/netbib/DFxV/~3/EW0qsRBKdU8/ Metadatenmanager ist ja eine relativ neue Bezeichnung für Katalogisierer. Heutzutage geht es nicht mehr nur um RAK, sondern es sind natürlich viele weitere Herausforderungen für die KollegInnen dazugekommen. Ein Beispiel sind neue Regeln und Datenformate. In diesem Video wird sehr schön erklärt, wie man durch Dekonstruktion von FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) zu einer Lösung kommen kann, die viele BibliothekarInnen viel besser finden als dieses ganze neumodische elektronische Geraffel… Man beachte auch die Supertitelseite nach dem Squirrel! (Source: netbib weblog) Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:43:34 +0100 851135 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NetbibWeblog/~3/EW0qsRBKdU8/ Metadatenmanager ist ja eine relativ neue Bezeichnung für Katalogisierer. Heutzutage geht es nicht mehr nur um RAK, sondern es sind natürlich viele weitere Herausforderungen für die KollegInnen dazugekommen. Ein Beispiel sind neue Regeln und Datenformate. In diesem Video wird sehr schön erklärt, wie man durch Dekonstruktion von FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) zu einer Lösung kommen kann, die viele BibliothekarInnen viel besser finden als dieses ganze neumodische elektronische Geraffel… Man beachte auch die Supertitelseite nach dem Squirrel! (Source: netbib weblog) Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:43:34 +0100 850826 http://orweblog.oclc.org/archives/002101.html I wrote an entry on yufind the other day, noting its use of xISBN to cluster editions in results. yufind is an implementation of VuFind. Here is another example of the clustering: Villanova. As Till Kinstler points out in a comment, and as William Denton notes in a discussion of the entry on his FRBR blog, this is a feature supported in the standard VuFind distribution. My colleagues Karen Coombs and Xiaoming Liu sent me some further information. Apparently, the VuFind developers are looking at potential integration also of the Worldcat API and Worldcat Identities. A companions service to xISBN is xOCLCNUM. This would give better coverage (the ISBN only applies to recent items) but I do not have a good sense of how widely available an OCLC number would be in records of catalogs run by VuFind. (Source: Lorcan Dempsey's weblog) Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:17:38 +0100 850395 http://blogs.ala.org/nrmig.php?title=ala_annual_2010_best_bets_for_metadata_l&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Below is a list of metadata and digital library-friendly sessions for ALA Annual 2010. Planning to attend a session or already reporting on a session? Think about blogging it here! If you would like to blog any of the sessions, please contact Kristin Martin at kmarti@uic.edu with your name, e-mail address, and preferred session. Fuller descriptions, when available, are linked to. See a section not on here that you think would be of interest? Suggest it! I've tried to be inclusive as possible with the sessions as metadata is a cross-disciplinary topic within library and information science. Sessions of interest include metadata, digital projects, digital technology, and cataloging, and are from all different groups within ALA. Note that many of the sessions are sponsored through LITA, which has its own blog and they are also looking for bloggers. They are listed here for interest and I will link to write-ups following the conference. Friday Sessions 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM on 06/25 FRBR Interest Group Location: MAY in Chinese BR Unit/Subunit: ALCTS 3:30 PM - 5:15 PM on 06/25 Cataloging and Classification Forum (CCS) Location: HIL in Lincoln Unit/Subunit: ALCTS - CCS 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM on 06/25 Electronic Resources Management Interest Group Location: HIL in Fairchild Unit/Subunit: LITA, ALCTS 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM on 06/25 Competencies and Education for a Career in Cataloging Interest Group Location: JW in Commerce Unit/Subunit: ALCTS - CCS Saturday Sessions 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM on 06/26 Technical Services Managers in Academic Libraries Interest Group Program Location: MAD in Constitution Unit/Subunit: ALCTS 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM on 06/26 Grassroot Prog. ... Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:24:27 +0100 850102 http://www.frbr.org/2010/06/04/last-week-in-frbr-26 VuFind and “other editions” with xISBN Lorcan Dempsey’s A web-siting at Yale: other editions and xISBN points out that at Yale’s VuFind catalogue they’re using VuFind’s ability to call on xISBN to generate a list of other editions of a given book, or, more generally, other Manifestations of a given Work. Example: The Hobbit. York University Libraries, where I work, uses VuFind, but we turned off Other Editions before we launched in January. There were two main reasons. First, in a lot of cases there was no difference between Similar Items and Other Editions. The Hobbit example shows this. (Similar Items has little logic behind it—it’s pulling results from a keyword search based on the title of the item being displayed, if I remember right. With an interesting title it gives good results; often it just shows other editions of the same book.) Second, because it used ISBNs, Other Editions only worked on books published from 1970 on. York University has many things published before 1970. Looking at those books showed no Other Editions even if we did have more recent Manifestations. Conversely, looking at Manifestations that did have ISBNs never showed the pre-1970 editions of the same Work. For example, this edition from 1961 has no links to Other Editions, and would never show up in any other book’s Other Editions list. I realize that this can get a lot better through the use of OCLC and LC numbers. xISBN is a very useful service. VuFind’s use of it may be a lot better than it was late last year; I haven’t checked. That said, the implementation in place when we deployed VuFind wasn’t good enough for an academic library. The way xISBN was used misled users about what other editions of a given work were available. It did not properly collocate. I meant to post about this at the time, but it slipped my mind. ... Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 849750 http://www.frbr.org/2010/05/28/last-week-in-frbr-25 open-bibliography mailing list open-bibliography is the mailing list for the Working Group on Open Bibliographic Data. (Consider joining if open bibliographic data is an interest.) There was some FRBR talk on the list this week. Is FRBR Too Complicated? asked William Waites, and a few people said yes, including Rob Styles, who pointed out Bringing FRBR Down to Earth “It seems increasingly useless,” says James Weinheimer. The remarkable and ubiquitous Karen Coyle said “what it comes down to for me is that the Group1 entities are really a single entity with subparts” and expanded her email message into a blog post: FRBR and Sharability. Christopher Gutteridge said he would like good FRBR Examples. This led to more discussion, with Tim “Mr. LibraryThing” Spalding saying LibraryThing has already got it working and “what’s needed is doing.” Karen Coyle pointed out the FRBR cataloguer scenarios on the DCMI web site. Check the archives for all of it. Really there’s nothing too new about it, though. The same kind of discussion has happened on other mailing list, with mostly the same people. Which is perhaps more important than the substance of this discussion. (Source: The FRBR Blog) Fri, 28 May 2010 04:00:00 +0100 848194 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=15009 Corporate Librarian (Manpower Professional, Wisconsin) JOB DESCRIPTION: •Maintains the corporate library collection and online catalog. •Manages serials collection. •Ensures that the library materials are current, relevant and accessible to users. •Responsible for reporting library statistics on the usage and state of the collection. •Develops educational and marketing materials as required to promote the appropriate use of the library collection across the organization. •Evaluates and recommends sources, tools and techniques for proper and cost effective acquisition, collection, cataloging, storage, and dissemination of the Library’s collection. JOB SKILLS REQUIRED: •Strong knowledge of and experience in cataloging collections; •Experience with copy cataloging using OCLC and Z39.50 tools. ... Mon, 24 May 2010 17:15:02 +0100 846585 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/jfS5Yo6iiBs/bibliographica.html "The Bibliographica service is an open catalogue of cultural works. It grew out of the Public Domain Works project which started in 2005 and is still running today. The Bibliographica software that powers this site is open-source and designed for others to use. Moreover, different bibliographica instances can co-operatively share information. Other significant features include native RDF support, FRBR-like domain model, and wiki-like recording of every change" (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Sat, 22 May 2010 17:26:06 +0100 846291 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/05/22/bibliographica-a-new-project-from-the-open-knowledge-foundation/ From an Open Knowledge Foundation Blog Post: It’s time to talk a bit about Bibliographica, a new project of the Open Knowledge Foundation. Bibliographica is designed to make it easier for scholars and researchers to share and collect information about work in their field. It provides an open source software platform to create and share semantically rich information about publications, authors and their works. As readers of the Open Knowledge Foundation blog will know we have a long-standing interest in open bibliographic data – from our efforts starting in 2005 to build a database of public domain works, our coordination of the response to the Library of Congress’ Future of Bibliographic Control (2007) and the recent creation of a new working group on open bibliographic data in March this year. Bibliographica itself, is a long-held dream of Jonathan Gray, OKF’s Community Coordinator – a commons of open data surrounding scholarly communications. Thanks to collaboration and support from IDEA Lab at the University of Edinburgh, the dream is a bit closer to reality. The primary “technical” features of Bibliographica are: + Rich (FRBR-based) domain model + Semantic web and linked open data to the core providing for very flexible metadata and easy integration of external material + Wiki-like revisioning of all changes enabling easier and freer collaboration + Software and a Service + Designed to be installed and run by others + Distributed — can run different nodes with pull (and push) of data between them Easy collaboration by scholars and librariains in creating bibliographies and enhancing catalogues Often the people who know most about what is published in a given field are the researchers who are active in that field. Bibliographica will enable scholars to directly collaborate on annotated bibliographic indexes for their subject area. ... Sat, 22 May 2010 17:00:15 +0100 846314 http://www.frbr.org/2010/05/21/last-week-in-frbr-24 Free access to RDA from June to August: get it while you can COMPLIMENTARY OPEN-ACCESS PERIOD shouts a page at the Resource Description and Access web site: “The contents of the RDA Toolkit will be open at no charge for everyone to try from the RDA launch date in mid-June 2010 through August 31, 2010. Sign up now and we’ll send you an email with your login information as soon as open access becomes available in mid-June.” This really has nothing to do with open access. RDA costs money: $195 USD for one person for one year; $325 USD for one year for a site license with multiple users but only one accessing the system at a time. Open access means it’s free. This is a free trial period of a commercial product designed, I think, to entice customers and to help work out bugs. I think RDA is a standard should be freely available to the entire world. That said, if you’re at all interested, especially if you don’t think you’ll have access to it when they charge a subscription fee, now is the time to try it out. RDA is built on FRBR (and it seems, from what little I know, that it will be a very interesting online system), so you’ll want to try it out. Gemberling, Thema and FRBR’s Third Group Thema and FRBR’s Third Group, by Ted Gemberling (DOI: 10.1080/01639371003745413) is in Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 48:5. For more on “thema” and “nomen,” read about FRSAD and last year’s Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data (FRSAD): A Conceptual Model, a companion to FRBR. Abstract: The treatment of subjects by Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) has attracted less attention than some of its other aspects, but there seems to be a general consensus that it needs work. ... Fri, 21 May 2010 04:00:00 +0100 846316 http://jobs.nasig.org/?p=767 Metadata and Cataloging Services Unit (James Madison University, Virginia) James Madison University (JMU) Libraries & Educational Technologies (L & ET) seeks a dynamic, highly motivated individual to provide innovative leadership to the Metadata and Cataloging Services Unit within the Libraries’ Collections and Technical Services Department. The ideal candidate will bring vision and energy to a position which connects users to collections. The JMU Libraries are part of the Libraries and Educational Technologies division, which has the mission of enriching our communities by building learning and information environments where people connect with ideas and with each other to discover, create, and share knowledge. Collections are housed in two main libraries (Carrier and East Campus Libraries) and two branches (Music and the Educational Technology and Media Center). Collections and Technical Services is centralized and located in Carrier Library. Qualified candidate provides leadership for cataloging, subject analysis, and authority control of library resources. Monitors trends in metadata and cataloging, investigates and recommends solutions for special projects and initiatives, and informs colleagues of potential impact to JMU. Develops and implements processes, workflows, and policies which improve the flow of and access to library materials and which are responsive to the needs of library users and other library units in partnership with the Head of Acquisitions. ... Sun, 16 May 2010 15:19:38 +0100 846037 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=14970 Metadata and Cataloging Services Unit (James Madison University, Virginia) James Madison University (JMU) Libraries & Educational Technologies (L & ET) seeks a dynamic, highly motivated individual to provide innovative leadership to the Metadata and Cataloging Services Unit within the Libraries’ Collections and Technical Services Department. The ideal candidate will bring vision and energy to a position which connects users to collections. The JMU Libraries are part of the Libraries and Educational Technologies division, which has the mission of enriching our communities by building learning and information environments where people connect with ideas and with each other to discover, create, and share knowledge. ... Fri, 14 May 2010 23:15:02 +0100 844065 http://www.frbr.org/2010/05/14/last-week-in-frbr-23 Learning About RDA Lots of mentions of FRBR et al on the Learning About RDA blog. There is a variety of writers, I think from a course at a library school who are doing this as part of their work. University of Colorado at Boulder brushes up on FRBR Brushing Up on FRBR describes how the 35 cataloguers at the University of Colorado at Boulder are reading and studying FRBR together! They did it in a really interesting way, using digress.it to allow people to comment on each and every paragraph of the report. For example, here’s the definition of Expression, and discussion about it. It looks like there aren’t a whole lot of comments online, but I bet there was quite a bit of discussion in person. I hope it was a fruitful project. Thirty-five cataloguers talking about FRBR — you know that’s going to be fun! Panel participants wanted at ALCTS FRBR Interest Group This hit various mailing lists: Request for panel participants, ALCTS FRBR Interest GroupALA Annual, Washington, D.C., Friday, June 25, 2010, 10:30-12:00 p.m. The ALCTS FRBR Interest Group is seeking participants/presenters for a panel discussion on FRBR, its implications and implementations. All topics related to FRBR are welcome, but given the imminent release of RDA we are most interested in exploring issues other than descriptive cataloging. Some suggested topics include: implications for user interface design and implementation; FRBRoo and the CIDOC CRM; FRAD and FRSAD; overview and background on data modeling in general Presentations should be brief, around 10-15 minutes, to allow for discussion time after the presentations. Please send a brief description of your proposed presentation by May 24, to our contact information below. Thanks for your consideration, Tami Morse McGill Chair, ALCTS FRBR Interest Group Catalog Librarian University of Wyoming Libraries tmorsemc@uwyo.edu tamimcgill@gmail. ... Fri, 14 May 2010 04:00:00 +0100 844440 http://librarywriting.blogspot.com/2010/05/request-for-panel-participants-alcts.html Request for panel participants, ALCTS FRBR Interest GroupALA Annual, Washington, D.C., Friday, June 25, 2010, 10:30-12:00 p.m.The ALCTS FRBR Interest Group is seeking participants/presenters for a panel discussion on FRBR, its implications and implementations. All topics related to FRBR are welcome, but given the imminent release of RDA we are most interested in exploring issues other than descriptive cataloging. Some suggested topics include:- implications for user interface design and implementation;- FRBRoo and the CIDOC CRM;- FRAD and FRSAD;- overview and background on data modeling in generalPresentations should be brief, around 10-15 minutes, to allow for discussion time after the presentations. Please send a brief description of your proposed presentation by May 24, to our contact information below.Thanks for your consideration,Tami Morse McGillChair, ALCTS FRBR Interest GroupCatalog LibrarianUniversity of Wyoming Libraries tamimcgill@gmail.comJudy JengVice-Chair/Chair-Elect, ALCTS FRBR Interest Groupjudyjeng@comcast.net (Source: A Library Writer's Blog) Tue, 11 May 2010 04:00:00 +0100 844591 http://librarywriting.blogspot.com/2010/04/seeking-proposals-for-presentations-at.html Seeking Proposals for Presentations at the ALCTS CCS Copy Cataloging Interest Group at ALA AnnualWashington, D.C., Saturday, June 26, 2010, 10:30-12:00 p.m., Hilton Washington-Columbia 7We invite you to submit a proposal for a presentation and discussion for the ALCTS CCS Copy Cataloging Interest Group at the upcoming ALA Meeting in Washington D.C. The presentation should be about 15-20 minutes long. Topics can cover any aspects of copy cataloging in all types of libraries. Some topics of interest to the group are below. If you would like to propose another topic, let us know that, too. Please submit an abstract or outline of your proposal. Our contact information is below.* Copy cataloging for special collections.* Training and preparing copy catalogers for FRBR and RDA, FRBR being here already and RDA on its way.* Copy cataloging for special formats, such as electronic resources.* Copy cataloging and vendor records.* Parallel records and other related issues.* The effects the current economic crisis in libraries has on copy cataloging and how are you coping?* Copy catalogers and the next generation catalog. Training copy catalogers about searching for resources on a next generation catalog as compared to the traditional catalog. What do they need to know about yours?* Core competencies for copy catalogers of the future.* Cooperative cataloging ventures.Topics covered in recent meetings have included:* Experiences and issues related to OCLC WorldCat Local.* The PCC Provider-Neutral E-Monograph Record Standard.* Integrating vendor copy cataloging into your library catalog.* Implications of the Library of Congress Study of the North American MARC Records Marketplace.* Copy cataloging of mapsLooking forward to hearing from you!Tatiana Barr, ChairCatalog Librarian/Copy Cataloging Team LeaderYale University LibrarySterling Memorial LibraryNew Haven, Conn. 06408-8240Tatiana.barr@yale. ... Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 840596 http://www.frbr.org/2010/04/23/last-week-in-frbr-22 Riley, What Do You Want Out of a FRBRized Data Service Jenn Riley asked What do you want out of a FRBRized data web service? on the code4lib mailing list Tuesday. At Indiana University we’re working on a project that will help us see concretely what FRBRized [1] library data and discovery systems might look like. [2] One of our project goals is to share the raw FRBRized data widely so that others can look at it to see how it’s structured, reuse it, improve on it, comment on the FRBRization effectiveness, etc. We’re planning on allowing remote/Web Services/API/SRU/some machine-to-machine method like that access to the data. As we’re starting to think about how we should set that up, we thought it would be useful to gather some use cases from the code4lib community, as it’s the folks here that are experimenting services like this. So if there were FRBRized data available to you (at least for FRBR group 1 and group 2 entities; *maybe* group 3 as well), what would you do with it? What kinds of questions would your service (discovery system, whatever) ask a service that made this data available? What kinds of information would you want in a response? Would you have uses that called for downloading of “all” data at once or would you instead be better off with real-time queries to a web service? It’s questions like that we’re interested in brainstorming with this group about. Read the rest of the thread for follow-up discussion. David Bigwood, FRBR a Dead End? David Bigwood posted FRBR a Dead End? on his cataloguing blog Catalogablog about cataloguing. He’d been to a conference and came away thinking: “One thing that hit me over the head was that FRBR might be a poor model for our data.” Read the comments, from Shawne Miksa, Jonathan Rochkind, Ed Summers, Ross Singer, and some other usual suspects. ... Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 838358 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlaJobline/~3/zKyh46w4flE/cataloguing-and-metadata-librarian-york.html Cataloguing and Metadata Librarian - Contractually Limited AppointmentYork University Libraries are seeking an innovative and energetic librarian for the position of Cataloguing and Metadata Librarian in Bibliographic Services to connect users with collections in a position that will blend emerging metadata applications with traditional cataloguing during a three year contractually-limited appointment, the position is available from September 1, 2010. Librarians in Bibliographic Services are leaders in providing optimum bibliographic access to the Libraries' rapidly growing collection of electronic resources such as journals, monographs, digital objects, theses, and data.York University offers a world-class, modern, interdisciplinary academic experience in Toronto, Canada's most multicultural city. York is at the centre of innovation, with a thriving community of almost 60,000 faculty, staff and students who challenge the ordinary and deliver the unexpected.Responsibilities include creating descriptive and subject access to print, media, and digital materials using current cataloguing, authority control and metadata standards; providing guidance on cataloguing and metadata procedures; providing guidance in implementing new workflows in response to the Library's needs. Also responsible for providing leadership in planning and developing new procedures, workflow and training needs, monitoring trends in metadata standards and access to digital resources. Participates in library committees, task forces and special projects, particularly those relating to bibliographic control, cataloguing, metadata and digital initiatives. The incumbent is also expected and encouraged to advance the profession through research, publication and participation in professional organizations. ... Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:41:43 +0100 837719 http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/2010/04/frbr-dead-end.html Image via WikipediaJust back from the Texas Library Conference (TxLA10), lots to digest and process from several very busy, long days.One thing that hit me over the head was that FRBR might be a poor model for our data. A speaker said that the object-entity model was based on relational databases. Well, relational databases have been the tool we used for the past 25 years or better. However, they might not be the tool we use in the near future. RDF triples, topic maps, and other tools seem to be where we are heading. Away from relational databases in any event. In ten years will we be saying of RDA, since it is based on a relational database model, the same things we say of AACR since it is based on a card model? (Source: Catalogablog) Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 836904 http://www.frbr.org/2010/04/16/last-week-in-frbr-21 Knowledge Integration I’m not sure what’s going on at http://developer.k-int.com/svn/default/sandbox/frbr_rel_model/trunk/src/main/java/org/frbr/datamodel/ … except that it’s a FRBR datamodel defined in Java, stored in Subversion, wrapped in an enigma, and covered in a delicious milk chocolate coating. Krichel, Introduction to Knowledge Organization Thomas Krichel is teaching LIS 512, Introduction to Knowledge Organization, at Long Island University. The second week in January was about FRBR. Getting things off to a good start! (Source: The FRBR Blog) Fri, 16 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 836430 http://dltj.org/article/mash-up-request-for-submissions/ I’m working with some colleagues at the Library of Congress on the on the description of complex analog and digital resources. In that research, we want to get a better sense of what people who read DLTJ call a “mash-up.” We invite readers to provide examples (in any medium) of what they think are mash-ups of different resources in the comment area of this post. If you nominate a web-accessible mash-up, please provide a link for it. If you nominate an analog mash-up (they do exist!), please provide a reasonable citation. If it is a hybrid – do your best! Also helpful would be a short statement as to why you think the example is a mash-up, and whether you like the results.The research involves how we describe the parts of a whole guided by concepts provided by FRBR. These sorts of mashups are typically made up of independently created parts, and acknowledging those parts are in single-record frames of reference. We’re exploring the use of interconnected networks of descriptions, and mashups are one of the exemplars.ExamplesWe’re looking for mixtures of audio, still images, moving images, and other media.“Avatar, Daybreakers, Prince of Persia, Book of Eli, Wolfman, Legion, Sherlock Holmes Trailer Mashup” from YouTube.FooBar Poster, by Eboy Arts Inc.“FooBar” poster (also commonly called the Web2.0 Poster).Post from: Disruptive Library Technology JesterMash-Up Request for Submissions (Source: Disruptive Library Technology Jester) Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:14:20 +0100 837451 http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/2010/04/getting-ready-for-rda-meeting.html NOTSL/ALAO-TEDSIG Joint Spring MeetingGetting Ready for RDA: Preparing for the TransitionLibraries are gearing up for the first overhaul in cataloging rules in nearly three decades, coupled with the challenge of implementing them in a dramatically changed world of information. One major newcomer since the 1990s is FRBR so we invited Dr. Athena Salaba from Kent State SLIS to begin the meeting with a presentation on FRBR and its impact on libraries and their catalogs, as well as how it relates to RDA. Rick Block, Head of Special Collections Metadata and Cataloging at Columbia, and an adjunct professor at the Library Schools of the Pratt Institute and Long Island University, will follow with a brief overview of RDA and then provide us with ideas for how we can already start preparing for its implementation. As you can see, the objective of the day is not the nuts and bolts of these two new standards, but rather, getting ready to take on this new way of describing and retrieving information from our catalogs. Please join us as we prepare for this brave new world!When: May 14, 20109:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Registrations and light refreshments9:30 a.m. - 3:45 p.m. Workshops, lunch, NOTSL and TEDSIG business meetingsLocation:Shisler Convention CenterThe Ohio State University, Wooster Campus1680 Madison AvenueWooster, OH 44691This is post 3,700. What a long strange trip its been since March 5, 2002. Thanks to everyone who has read, commented and emailed me over the years. (Source: Catalogablog) Tue, 13 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 835284 http://www.frbr.org/2010/04/09/last-week-in-frbr-20 McGrath, Looking for advice for project to tranform MARC bib data into work records Kelley McGrath sent Looking for advice for project to tranform MARC bib data into work records to the code4lib mailing list last week. (If you think mailing lists are dead and everything happens on blogs, you’re wrong.) I am hoping someone can help me with my current conundrum. I am looking for recommendations for tools and methods for a project I am working on to try to implement some of the Online Audiovisual Catalogers (OLAC) work on FRBR works and moving images (http://www.olacinc.org/drupal/?q=node/27). I am not a programmer or coder, but we are going to have to hire someone to do this and give them some direction. So I am interested in what tools you would recommend for this purpose and why, as well as any other advice anyone can give me. Basically what we want to do is take a large number of MARC bibliographic records for moving images, extract the information that might describe the FRBR Work and parse and normalize it. We then want to use this data to create provisional Work records. I am not so worried about getting the data out of MARC, but about how to work with the data once it’s out. I have listed the main steps we anticipate needing in broad outlines below. Check the thread to see the replies; drop McGrath a note if you can help. Dublin Core Metadata Initiative news The March 2010 status report from the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative is a nice update. I admire projects that do updates like this. There’s some FRBR and FRAD news because of the Resource Description and Access work being done. DCMI/RDA Task Group The DCMI RDA Task Group has continued to be busy finalizing the registration of the RDA Element sets and vocabularies. The completion date has been postponed to the first half of 2010 following the rescheduled release date of June 2010 for RDA, to be called the RDA Toolkit. ... Fri, 09 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 834384 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/04/03/oclc-research-above-the-fold-newsletter-research-project-info-and-prototypes/ “Above the Fold” is a free weekly e-mail current awareness newsletter from OCLC Research. Each entry includes commentary from an OCLC Research team member. It’s definitely worthy of your time and the price is right. (-: “Above the Fold” Online Archive ||| Subscription Form Since we’re talking about OCLC Research this might be a good time to point out a few interesting and cool pages that in many cases provide links to working prototypes emanating from research projects. First, the ResearchWorks page. Easy access to 21 web-based prototypes including: + ClassifyWeb Classify is a FRBR-based prototype designed to support the assignment of classification numbers and subject headings for books, DVDs, CDs, and other types of materials. This tool obviously used catalogers but it can also be of value also non-catalogers, students who don’t plan to be a cataloger, and others, ClassifyWeb can these people a better idea of some of the data that’s useful when cataloging a book, DVD, and other materials. Catalogers and non-catalogers could also work together to brainstorm and develop new functionality and uses for the program. Here’s one example: a page with info about Harper Lee’s book, “To Kill a Mockingbird.” According to ClassifyWeb there are 444 editions of the book. Btw, the ClassifyWeb database is drawing from a portion of the complete WorldCat database. Finally, it’s very interesting to see how the same book (same author, same story, and same characters) is classified differently at different libraries. + Audience Level Beta The Audience Level prototype and its related research project are part of a broader data mining activity at OCLC Research, which seeks to explore various ways to leverage intelligence from system files, and “make data work harder. ... Sun, 04 Apr 2010 01:37:48 +0100 832415 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/04/02/rda-changes-from-aacr2-for-texts-a-new-online-webcast-from-library-of-congress/ Here’s a webcast that was just made available on the Library of Congress web site. It was recorded on January 12, 2010. The primary audience for this event is obviously catalogers (those who use AACR2, RDA, etc.). However, even if you don’t catalog but want to stay current on what’s going on in that arena, this 75 minute video presentation might be of interest. From the Description: As the United States begins to prepare to test the new cataloging code, RDA: Resource Description and Access, this presentation explores the changes from AACR2 (Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd ed.) that the new code brings. The focus of this presentation is a brief overview of the changed instructions for cataloging textual materials. The presenter is Barbara Tillett, chief of the Policy and Standards Division, Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate at the Library of Congress. Ms. Tillett is also a member of the Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA. Direct to Presentation: RDA Changes from AACR2 for Texts (the Video Should Begin Automatically) The presentation is part of the Digital Future and You series. Previous events can be viewed online. Three of these events from 2008 and 20099 are presentations by Barbara Tillett: + FRBR: Things You Should Know… + Cataloging Principles and RDA + Resource Description and Access Source: LC (Source: ResourceShelf) Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:44:40 +0100 831967 http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/2010/04/image-via-wikipedia-variationsfrbr.html Image via WikipediaThe Variations/FRBR project at Indiana University has announced the release of an initial set of XML Schemas for the encoding of FRBRized bibliographic data.The Variations/FRBR project aims to provide a concrete testbed for the FRBR conceptual model, and these XML Schemas represent one step towards that goal by prescribing a concrete data format that instantiates the conceptual model. Our project has been watching recent work to represent the FRBR-based Resource Description and Access (RDA) element vocabulary in RDF; however, due to the fact that this work represents RDA data rather than FRBR data directly, and that much metadata work in libraries currently (though perhaps not permanently) operates in an XML rather than an RDF environment, we concluded an XML-based format for FRBR data directly was needed at this time. We view XML conforming to these Schemas to be one possible external representation of FRBRized data, and will be exploring other representations (including RDF) in the future. We define "implementing FRBR," as the conceptual models described in the companion FRBR and FRAD reports; at this time we are not actively working on the model defined in the draft FRSAD report. Perhaps the most notable feature of the Variations/FRBR XML Schemas is their existence at three "levels": frbr, which embodies faithfully only those features defined by the FRBR and FRAD reports; efrbr, which adds additional features we hope will make the data format more "useful"; and vfrbr, which both contracts and extends the FRBR and FRAD models to create a data representation optimized for the description of musical materials and we hope provides a model for other domain-specific applications of FRBR. (Source: Catalogablog) Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 832183 http://www.frbr.org/2010/04/01/last-week-in-frbr-19 What do you want in the Open Library Works API? In Works API, sent to the code4lib mailing list, Karen Coyle asks: Open Library now has Works defined, and is looking to develop an API for their retrieval. It makes obvious sense that when a Work is retrieved via the API, that the data output would include links to the Editions that link to that Work. Here are a few possible options: Retrieve Work information (author, title, subjects, possibly reviews, descriptions, first lines) alone Retrieve Work information + OL identifiers for all related Editions Retrieve Work information + OL identifiers + any other identifiers related to the Edition (ISBN, OCLC#, LCCN) Retrieve Work information and links to Editions with full text / scans Well, you can see where I’m going with this. What would be useful? Reply on the list, or e-mail Karen Coyle, with your answer. In a follow-up message Coyle gives this immortal line (to Ed Summers): “I’ll need you to be a little more -v on this one.” More from lengthy code4lib thread A couple more things from Variations/FRBR project relases FRBR XML Schemas, a long thread on the code4lib mailing list. Karen Coyle said in one message something that caught my eye (not surprising — most of her e-mails have something like that): One thing I am finding about FRBR (and want to think about more) is that one seems to come up with different conclusions depending on whether one works down from Work or works up from Item. The assumption that an aggregate in a bound volume is an Expression seems to make sense if you are working up from the Manifestation, but it makes less sense if you are working down from the Work. If decisions change based on the direction, then I think we have a real problem! Matthew Beacom replied in part: The direction one moves in with the WEMI/IMEW model doesn’t change the of using the model in the way you mean. ... Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 832259 http://jobs.nasig.org/?p=730 Catalog Librarian - Texas A&M International University Catalog Librarian. Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) seeks a librarian to be responsible for the library cataloging and physical processing functions. Individual selected for position will report to the Library Director. Location on the Texas-Mexico border offers a unique bi-cultural environment. For more University info, visit http://www.tamiu.edu. Responsibilities: perform original cataloging of monographs and serials with related authority control. Direct the daily operations and special projects of the cataloging function, including the supervision of copy cataloging and editing of bibliographic records in the OCLC database, the input of bibliographic records into the Integrated Library System (ILS), the maintenance of holdings and item records, and the physical processing of library materials. Engage in scholarly activity, teaching, and service. Required Qualifications: Master of Library Science or equivalent degree from an ALA-accredited school. Skill in using computer applications including spreadsheets, databases, word-processing, and integrated library systems (ILS). Knowledge of cataloging including OCLC, AACR2, LC Classification and LC Subject Headings, authority control, and MARC. Ability to plan, assign, supervise, and evaluate the work of others and maintain effective working relationships. Preferred Qualifications: Cataloging experience in an academic library. Voyager ILS experience. Knowledge of MS Access. Familiarity with metadata standards and Resource Description and Access Rules (RDA) and Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR). Reading facility in Spanish. Familiarity with other European languages. Salary and Benefits: salary is competitive, commensurate with experience and qualifications. Benefits include a choice of retirement programs, choice of health benefit plans, as well as State vacation and holidays. ... Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:29:46 +0100 830768 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/talis/panlibus/~3/x1ehLV1OcT4/understanding-the-semantic-web-3.php Is the Semantic Web so immense and infinite in its possibilities that drawing out a vision for a particular domain (libraries in this instance) becomes difficult or impossible? That’s what Karen Coyle seems to be saying in her Understanding the Semantic Web: Bibliographic data and metadata report here: It is somewhat difficult to explain what you can do with linked open data because the answer is just about anything. And here: If all this sounds other worldly and value, it is because there is no specific vision of where these changes will lead us. Or is it the case that the Semantic Web crystallises the changes around librarianship that have proven to be both problematic and exciting in recent times? Living on borrowed time? Karen’s call for action – for librarians to embrace the Semantic Web – emanates from her uncontentious point that today’s library users are more likely to be found on the Internet than in the library building itself. However it is precisely the library’s traditional role as a repository of authoritative textual artefacts, that has borne the fruit (metadata) that Karen now proposes we offer to the emergent Semantic Web. The question here is – Are we living off our former glories as we move into the future? And does this raise issues of sustainability? Karen says this about the library’s “unique selling point” (to borrow an outdated marketing term): What can libraries offer that no other community can? First, libraries have holdings of published and unpublished materials that are not currently represented on the Web. Next, they have metadata for most of those materials. The metadata includes controlled forms of personal and corporate names, physical description, topical headings, and classification assignments. I am left with an uncomfortable sense that our position in the future depends on our printed heritage which, of course, would make us very vulnerable. ... Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:33:03 +0100 830056 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=7011 State: Ohio The Miami University Libraries seeks an enthusiastic librarian for the Walter Havighurst Special Collections. Reporting to the Head of Special Collections, this position has primary responsibility for processing manuscript collections, and also assists the Head, provides research assistance, and participates in other departmental activities, including instruction, collection development, the creation of exhibits and exhibit catalogs, the development of digital collections, donor relations, and other duties as assigned. In addition, this position has secondary responsibility for supervising cataloging activities in the department, including ensuring access to rare book and other print materials, manuscript and archival collections, and digital collections. The incumbent assists with the training and supervision of cataloging assistants and works in close collaboration with the department head, the Technical Services Department, and the Digital Initiatives Department. Qualifications - Required: • A graduate degree in library science from an ALA-accredited institution. • Training and/or experience working with current cataloging rules and descriptive standards including AACR2rev, FRBR, LCSH, and the Library of Congress Classification System. • Training and/or experience providing reference or research assistance in an academic library. • Training and/or experience using OCLC and an integrated library system such as III. • Aptitude for complex, analytical work with attention to detail, demonstrated problem-solving skills, and flexibility. • Ability to work independently and prioritize work to ensure that departmental and library goals are realized. • Demonstrated strength in written, verbal and interpersonal skills. • Ability to work effectively in a team and service oriented environment. ... Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:30:02 +0100 828819 http://www.frbr.org/2010/03/19/last-week-in-frbr-18 It’s the last two weeks in FRBR, actually. And it’s a lot of Karen Coyle. She’s busy! Karen Coyle’s Livescribe videos In the message Expressions and Manifestations sent to the rda-l mailing list, Coyle linked to two Livescribe recordings she did. Livescribe is a sort of computerized pen that lets you record what you’re saying, as well as writing and drawing, and turn it into a video recording. Watch the demo &mdash it’s pretty neat. Moby Dick 3 Moby Dick 4 Variations/FRBR project relases FRBR XML Schemas Jenn Riley sent this announcement to a bunch of mailing lists: Variations/FRBR project relases FRBR XML Schemas. The Variations/FRBR project at Indiana University (http://vfrbr.info) is pleased to announce the release of an initial set of XML Schemas for the encoding of FRBRized bibliographic data. The Variations/FRBR project aims to provide a concrete testbed for the FRBR conceptual model, and these XML Schemas represent one step towards that goal by prescribing a concrete data format that instantiates the conceptual model. Our project has been watching recent work to represent the FRBR-based Resource Description and Access (RDA) element vocabulary in RDF; however, due to the fact that this work represents RDA data rather than FRBR data directly, and that much metadata work in libraries currently (though perhaps not permanently) operates in an XML rather than an RDF environment, we concluded an XML-based format for FRBR data directly was needed at this time. We view XML conforming to these Schemas to be one possible external representation of FRBRized data, and will be exploring other! [sic] representations (including RDF) in the future. We define "implementing FRBR," as the conceptual models described in the companion FRBR and FRAD reports; at this time we are not actively working on the model defined in the draft FRSAD report. ... Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 828040 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/17/internet-archive-redesign-of-open-library-goes-live/ The Open Library is the work of George Oates and members of the Internet Archive engineering team and staff. It’s a project of the non-profit Internet Archive and has been funded in part by a grant from the California State Library and the Kahle/Austin Foundation. From a Blog Post: 1. This is v. 1 of the Reconstructed Site (aka soft launch). Right now, the URL is: http://upstream.openlibrary.org/ 2. Works The previous version of Open Library was only aware of editions of books, or “manifestations” in FRBR-speak. We’re excited to release Works, which helps catch all editions of the same book and collect them all under this one umbrella. Each work also has its own URI too – we’re hoping these propagate. Note that our representations of Works is imperfect. We’re the first to acknowledge that there are lots of duplicate edition records in Open Library, and these dupes clog up our ability to derive or create works from editions. 3. Subject pages We wanted to find a way to help people browse the catalog rather than having to know what they’re looking for before they start. So, we’ve gone through a process of breaking down and reconstructing the subject headings on our records, giving each heading a URL, and displaying a whole bunch of data about each heading: works about that subject, publishing history, related subjects, authors who write about it, and publishers who publish in that subject area. 4. Revamped search We’ve rewritten search from scratch and upgraded to SOLR 1.4. Our ranking is very basic for now, so “relevance” doesn’t mean a lot yet. We can’t wait to improve on it, and in the meantime, you can also sort your searches by the number of editions, when things were published, or filter using facets. We also noticed directly below the search box is box to limit your search to only e-books. 5. ... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:00:25 +0100 827281 http://michaelgolrick.blogspot.com/2010/03/links-febmarch-and-lla-warning.html Well, it is that time of year again, LLA (Louisiana Library Association) Annual Conference. Look for blog posts on Thursday and Friday.You have to love this title: Data, data everywhere as a special report from the Economist.I forget where I picked this up (probably Dorothea Salvo) about Open Access. I am only part way through reading it, but the opening analogy/story sure caught my attention.Iris does a great job at Pegasus Librarian, and since this is "statistics time of year" for me (parish libraries are submitting their annual statistics, due, by law, by April 1), the title How Big is My Library caught my eye.WebJunction is hosting a wiki and discussion on the future of libraries. Now I just need to find the time to read it!Now, I don't do cataloging, and it has been a long time since I did any. I also have not followed the development of FRBR and RDA, except in a very broad way. Jennifer Bowen (of the University of Rochester [NY]) has, and has written a pretty clear article on metadata, libraries and the cataloging principles for ALA TechSource.Eric Hellman had the opportunity to attend the Google settlement hearing and wrote a nice summary (which has links to other summaries).I recently updated my"ALA 101" posts to reflect name changes in divisions. April Bunn, Media Specialist, has written in Library Garden about the fact that AASL is going back to calling themselves librarians! [My favorite job title was when I was "City Librarian!"]Peter Bromberg has an interesting take on privacy (also in Library Garden).Jenny Levine (the tech maven on staff at ALA) has a great post on Library 2.0 including some of the recent discussions. (Like Andy Woodworth's "Deconstructing Library 2.0.")Starr Hoffman, in geeky artist librarian, has a long (for her) post on the academic library mission. ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 826149 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/05/spalding-speaks-librarythings-tim-spalding-delivers-a-keynote-at-lianza-conference/ Via Clyde Smith at Cultural Research, we learn of a video of LibraryThing Founder and Developer, Tim Spalding, talking about LibraryThing and social cataloging at the LIANZA (Library & Information Association New Zealand Aotearoa) Annual Conference Closing Keynote Address. It took place at the end of 2009 in Christchurch, NZ. The presentation is titled, “What is Social Cataloging?” and runs about 55 minutes. It’s an insightful and interesting presentation full of both facts and ideas to consider. Additionally, Spalding is an excellent speaker. What follows is a NON-COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF a Few Facts and Discussion Points from the keynote. It’s well worth the 50-some minutes to listen for yourself. We think LIS students will also find this presentation worthy of their time. LT and Social Cataloging: + Started in 2005 + 850K Members + Members Have Cataloged More than 44 Million Books + Social Cataloging Will Become More Important to Libraries + The Social Cataloging Ladder + LibraryThing is More About the Content and Less About Pictures, etc. + Largest Tag on LT is Cyberpunk + Comparing LT Tags to LCSH + Explains TagMashing + Collaborative Cataloging + Brings Various Editions of Books Together [Not FRBR but FRBR Like] + Members Adding Value by Adding Metadata and More Not Provided by the Publishers + Legacy Cataloging + Flash Mob Cataloging + LibraryThing for Libraries (A Fee-Based Service) + Traditional Cataloging Will Remain + Still Believes in Structured Data + End of Intellectual Structures Rooted in the Limited of the Physical World–David Weinberger + Humanizing the Catalog (ie. recommendations) + Library Catalogs are Not Links or Search Engines + LibraryThing Gets Twice as Much Traffic as WorldCat.org + Consider Open Source Products + Social Cataloging Can be a Way for Libraries to Join Web 1. ... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:41:39 +0100 823887 http://www.frbr.org/2010/03/05/last-week-in-frbr-17 This was a quiet week in FRBRville, as far as I know. If you know different, do speak up! upstream.openlibrary.org upstream.openlibrary.org is public. It’s the new look for Open Library. Have a look at, for example, the work The Maltese Falcon, which links to 27 editions (or Manifestations), including this 1989 Vintage printing. If you want to grab the data about that edition, you can get it in JSON or get it in RDF. DAISY news A news note from the Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY) Consortium about funding supported by the Ulverscroft Foundation “to assist the development of library services for print disabled people worldwide and to foster cooperation between library services serving these persons.” Kathy Teague and Wendy Taylor, Librarians, RNIB National Library Service, UK Kathy and Wendy are responsible for coordinating the Cataloguing Working Group of the IFLA LPD’s Global Accessible Library Project and are involved in the acquisition of a new library management system by RNIB NLS. They wish to visit the Celia Library in Helsinki, Finland to study their implementation of the new FRBR bibliographic model [Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records] which permits the assigning of relationships between different accessible formats of the same work. Celia belongs to the Finnish DAISY Consortium and is the first specialist library in this field to implement this model. Their visit has clear potential to enhance the DAISY Consortium member RNIB’s services and worldwide developments. Ulverscroft has offered 2,700 to fund this visit. (Source: The FRBR Blog) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 823989 http://www.betabib.org/2010/03/04/intresse-for-api-workshop/ Med stöd från Kungl. biblioteket planerar Högskolebiblioteket i Jönköping, Göteborgs Universitetsbibliotek och Chalmers bibliotek att genomföra en workshop på temat : ”Att använda LIBRIS öppna infrastruktur”. Syftet är att sprida och tillgängliggöra dokumenterade exempel på hur LIBRIS öppna infrastruktur kan användas av svenska bibliotek, att informera om komponenter som ingår i LIBRIS öppna infrastruktur, sprida idéer om vad denna kan användas till och att skapa förutsättningar kring samarbete kring LIBRIS öppna infrastruktur. Det finns idag ingen definition av denna infrastruktur men vi planerar att behandla: Uppsök SRU, LIBRIS (webbsök) – Xsearch, stavningsapi, FRBR, LIBRIS linked data, SwePub, SFX/bX API och MetaLib X-server. Nämnda är alla tjänster som utvecklas eller underhålls av LIBRIS. En del av tjänsterna finns tillgängliga i andra sammanhang som Bibliotek24 och EIRA. Erfarenheterna av att använda API:erna är så generella att oavsett om man använder Samsök, Bibliotek24 eller EIRA så borde det finnas intresse för erfarenhetsutbyte. Planen är att genomföra en workshop från lunch -> lunch i maj. Preliminärt datum (och det är verkligen preliminärt är den 20-21 maj) antingen i Göteborg eller i Jönköping. Vi tittar på olika lokaler. Vår ambition är att deltagande i workshop är kostnadsfri, men detta beror helt och hållet på vilka lokaler vi kan använda. För att kunna boka lämpliga lokaler behöver vi veta ungefär hur många som är intresserade av att medverka. Så om du tycker att ovanstående workshop är något som du troligen skulle vilja vara med på, skriv till daniel.forsman@chalmers.se och uttryck det. Ange även om kostnad för deltagande spelar stor roll för din ev. medverkan. Inget i detta läge är bindande – detta är en ren undersökning av behov och intresse. ... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:01:37 +0100 824410 http://www.frbr.org/2010/02/28/last-week-in-frbr-16 Bram Stoker’s Dracula in FRBR Terms From Melvin Yabut. Dunsire on FRBR and RDF In Re: FRBRer & FRAD in Registry Gordon Dunsire gives a good long answer on the DC-RDA mailing list about how FRBR, RDA and RDF are fitting together and where things are at. Coyle asks about relations On RDA-L, Karen Coyle asked a Question about RDA relationships (App. J): I’m pondering the RDA relationships, as defined in Appendix J. I need clarification … A relationship is between two “things”. FRBR has lists of Work-Work relationships, Expression-Work relationships, etc. Appendix J lists relationships as either Work, Expression, Manifestation or Item relationships. So… 1) are all relationships in Appendix J between equivalent entities? e.g. are they all Work-Work, Expression-Expression? 2) If not, how can one tell what the two “things” are that are being related? 3) I don’t find some relationships that seem to be key: Expression of; Manifestation of; Item of; Translation of (Expression as translation of Work) I have other questions, but don’t want to muddy the waters … yet. Lengthy and informative discussion ensued. Hammond, Is FRBR the OSI for Web Architecture? Following up on Does a CrossRef DOI identify a “work?” we have Tony Hammond’s Is FRBR the OSI for Web Architecture? FRBR is a useful reference model to clarify some of these concepts. But not one that we are overly concerned with at this time. Nor even whether DOI maps one to one onto a given FRBR layer. What we are more concerned with on a pragmatic level is how DOI maps onto the Web architecture and especially how it plays along with Linked Data concepts. (Aside: A propos FRBR we might be in danger of repeating the OSI mistake for standardizing the network layer model. ... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 822705 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/15887 Amigos has scheduled web-based training in our live online classroom. Available courses include the following titles. All times below are Central Time. Digital Imaging for Photographic Collections March 9-12, 2010, 1:00pm - 3:00pm http://bit.ly/4mOpCL <http://bit.ly/4mOpCL> FRBR: What is it and how it can help you prepare for RDA March 9, 11, 2009, 10:30am - 12:30pm http://bit.ly/7EjBh6 <http://bit.ly/7EjBh6> METS: The Basics June 23-24, 2010, 10:30am - 12:30pm http://bit.ly/7cpW0I <http://bit.ly/7cpW0I> PHP: Interacting with the World April 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010, 10:30am - 12:30pm http://bit.ly/67QwnF <http://bit.ly/67QwnF> Project Management for Digital Imaging May 11-14, 2010, 10:30am - 12:30pm http://bit.ly/21mWOc <http://bit.ly/21mWOc> Tools for the Reference Desk May 10, 17, 2010, 10:30am - 12:30pm http://bit.ly/2EH5Eq <http://bit.ly/2EH5Eq> <http://bit.ly/2EH5Eq <http://bit.ly/2EH5Eq> > Web Publishing: Introduction to Style Sheets I March 30-April 3, 2010 (Source: gmane.education.web4lib) Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 820842 http://www.figoblog.org/node/1980 Dans le dernier Dlib, on peut lire un article très intéressant de Karen Coyle, Diane Hillmann, Jon Phipps et Gordon Dunsire sur l'expression de RDA en RDF. Il rend compte d'un travail effectué dans le cadre du groupe de travail DCMI/RDA qui comme son nom l'indique travaille sur le rapprochement entre Dublin Core et RDA. Pour mémoire, les RDA (Resource Description and Access) sont un ensemble de nouvelles règles de catalogage en cours d'élaboration dans la communauté anglo-saxonne, dont le principal caractère novateur est de prendre acte de la modélisation définie par les FRBR. En fait ce qu'ils présentent dans l'article c'est un premier travail pour exprimer les RDA sous la forme d'une ontologie en RDF, qui est disponible en ligne dans le répertoire de métadonnées de la NSDL. L'article rappelle qu'il s'agit d'un premier travail, qui arrive en avance de phase par rapport à la version définitive de RDA (prévue en juin). Pourtant, ils ont apparemment couvert sinon tout, du moins une grande partie des concepts et des éléments de description prévus. Ce qui leur a posé plusieurs problèmes... Le premier étant l'alignement avec les FRBR. Ils ont redéclaré des principales classes des FRBRer en attendant qu'une ontologie digne de ce nom soit publiée par l'IFLA. Mais les FRBRer n'étant pas tout à fait prévus pour cela, ils ont rencontré différents problèmes : - ils ont dû utiliser une classe des FRBRoo, la classe Agent, sans quoi ça ne tenait pas la route (!) - pour pas mal d'éléments RDA, le rattachement aux entités FRBR peut être discuté et on ne peut pas rattacher de façon univoque une propriété des RDA à une seule entité FRBR. Pour pallier ce problème ils ont déclaré les propriétés concernées deux fois, une fois de façon générique, puis une deuxième fois sous la forme d'une sous-propriété rattachée à l'entité FRBR choisie. ... Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:25:05 +0100 819131 http://figoblog.org/node/1980 Dans le dernier Dlib, on peut lire un article très intéressant de Karen Coyle, Diane Hillmann, Jon Phipps et Gordon Dunsire sur l'expression de RDA en RDF. Il rend compte d'un travail effectué dans le cadre du groupe de travail DCMI/RDA qui comme son nom l'indique travaille sur le rapprochement entre Dublin Core et RDA. Pour mémoire, les RDA (Resource Description and Access) sont un ensemble de nouvelles règles de catalogage en cours d'élaboration dans la communauté anglo-saxonne, dont le principal caractère novateur est de prendre acte de la modélisation définie par les FRBR. En fait ce qu'ils présentent dans l'article c'est un premier travail pour exprimer les RDA sous la forme d'une ontologie en RDF, qui est disponible en ligne dans le répertoire de métadonnées de la NSDL. L'article rappelle qu'il s'agit d'un premier travail, qui arrive en avance de phase par rapport à la version définitive de RDA (prévue en juin). Pourtant, ils ont apparemment couvert sinon tout, du moins une grande partie des concepts et des éléments de description prévus. Ce qui leur a posé plusieurs problèmes... Le premier étant l'alignement avec les FRBR. Ils ont redéclaré des principales classes des FRBRer en attendant qu'une ontologie digne de ce nom soit publiée par l'IFLA. Mais les FRBRer n'étant pas tout à fait prévus pour cela, ils ont rencontré différents problèmes : - ils ont dû utiliser une classe des FRBRoo, la classe Agent, sans quoi ça ne tenait pas la route (!) - pour pas mal d'éléments RDA, le rattachement aux entités FRBR peut être discuté et on ne peut pas rattacher de façon univoque une propriété des RDA à une seule entité FRBR. Pour pallier ce problème ils ont déclaré les propriétés concernées deux fois, une fois de façon générique, puis une deuxième fois sous la forme d'une sous-propriété rattachée à l'entité FRBR choisie. ... Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:25:05 +0100 818329 http://www.frbr.org/2010/02/12/last-week-in-frbr-15 Fairly slow this week in FRBRland. Here are some links. Bilder, Does a CrossRef DOI Identify a Work? Geoffrey Bilder asked the question Does a CrossRef DOI Identify a Work? (A DOI is a digital object identifier, often something rather cryptic-looking such as 10.1038/nature02999, that identifies an article in Nature). An article in a journal is a work (to be exact: what you hold in your hand, if it’s in print, is an item exemplifying a manifestation of an expression of that work) and if a DOI identified a work then that would be extremely useful. But: Tony’s recent thread on making DOIs play nicely in a linked data world has raised an issue I’ve meant to discuss here for some time- a lot of the thread is predicated on the idea that CrossRef DOIs are applied at the abstract “work” level. Indeed, that it what it currently says in our guidelines. Unfortunately, this is a case where theory, practice and documentation all diverge. … CrossRef DOIs should be probably assigned at the expression level and different expressions should be assigned different CrossRef DOIs. This is because assigning a CrossRef DOI at the higher “work” level is generally not granular enough to guarantee that a reader following the citation will see what the author saw when creating the citation. For example, one translation of a work might be substantially different from another translation of the same work. Ronald Murray lecture at British Library Ann Chapman’s FRBR Lecture at BL describes the talk that the Library of Congress’s Ronald Murrary gave at the British Library. So how might this work in practice? Typing in ‘cats’ as a search term in my public library catalogue today brings up 500 results. There is no order to the list, it includes both fiction and non-fiction titles and it doesn’t separate out different forms of resource. ... Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 817657 http://blogs.ala.org/nrmig.php?title=recent_trends_in_catalog_architecture_al&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Apologies for being a tardy blogger, but the good news is that by now, all of the powerpoints for these fine presentations are posted and linked to from the CFFIG wiki page ALCTS Catalog Form and Function Interest Group Recent Trends in Catalog Architecture Saturday Jan. 16 2010 10:30 a.m. Chair Richard Guajardo introduced 4 presenters who described applications that draw metadata from the ILS and other sources for use in discovery interfaces. These presentations were varied but all concerned the architecture and functionality of multiple layers - "what happens (or needs to happen) in between" to transform, combine, and synchronize metadata. LENS: Catalog records and Additional Data Sources in the Aquabrowser Implementation at the University of Chicago, presented by Frances McNamara, University of Chicago. This was a technical overview of what happens between metadata sources and the Aquabrowser discovery interface. McNamara described the aggregation of resources as "stone soup": in addition to 5.7 million MARC records from the catalog, they combine SFX and Metalib exports, Hathi Trust records, EAD finding aids, Dublin Core for digital image collections, results of library website crawls, and others, plus enhancements (summaries, tables of contents, etc.), plus "user lists" from the discovery system, and item availability information from the catalog (updated dynamically). Everything is transformed into a common format in an "interim database". Merging of records between print and electronic versions takes place (use of identifiers such as OCLC number and ISSN in bib records is important). U. of Chicago is able to avoid synchronization issues by recreating the database nightly. ... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:52:23 +0100 816166 http://blogs.ala.org/nrmig.php?title=ala_midwinter_2010_write_ups_from_around&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Below is the round-up of write-ups around the Internet for ALA presentations that might be of interest to Metadata and Digital Librarians. Did I miss your write-up or presentations? Email me at kmarti@uic.edu and I will add it. Would you like to share your write-up of a conference on the blog? It's not too late! Contact me about that too. Friday 1/15 FRBR Interest Group 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Location: Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in 156 A/B Unit: ALCTS No write-up yet CCS Forum 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM on 01/15 Location: Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in 104A/B Unit: ALCTS - Subunit: CCS No write-up yet New CCS Interest Group 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM on 01/15 Location: Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in 203 Unit: ALCTS - Subunit: CCS No write-up yet Electronic Resources Management Interest Group 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM on 01/15 Location: Hyatt Regency Boston in Duxbury Unit: LITA No write-up yet Saturday Electronic Resources Interest Group 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM on 01/16 Location: Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in 253A Unit: ALCTS No write-up yet Cataloging and Classification Research Interest Group 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM on 01/16 Location: Renaissance Boston Waterfront in Pacific F Unit: ALCTS - Subunit: CCS No write-up yet Catalog Form and Function Interest Group 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM on 01/16 Location: Hyatt Regency Boston in Grand BR A Unit: ALCTS - Subunit: CCS Link to presentations and abstracts on ALA Connect Link to presentations on ALA Presentation Wiki JPEG2000 Interest Group 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM on 01/16 Location: Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in 157B Unit: LITA Link to meeting report on ALA Connect Cataloging Norms Interest Group 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM on 01/16 Location: Hyatt Regency Boston in Grand BR B Unit: ALCTS - Subunit: CCS Link to presentations on ALA presentation wiki Catalog Management Interest Group ... Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:21:39 +0100 815881 http://www.frbr.org/2010/02/06/last-week-in-frbr-14 Hi. I usually get this out on Fridays, but I hope you don’t miss it because it’s coming out on Saturday this week. Seems like it was a slowish week in FRBRania. The first couple of pieces involve the RDA-L mailing list archives (RDA being, of course, the new cataloguing rules Resource Description and Access) and also Karen Coyle . Mix and Match: Mashups of Bibliographic Data Mix and Match: Mashups of Bibliographic Data at the recent American Library Association conference had people from Google talking about Google Books metadata, OCLC talking about ONIX, and the Open Library talking about the Open Library. Eric Hellman was there and wrote it up in Google Exposes Book Metadata Privates at ALA Forum, which a lot of people have been pointing out, including on RDA-L. Karen Coyle, who was the Open Library person at the session, brought the four FRBR user tasks into talk about alphabetical ordering of titles: In FRBR we have the four user tasks: find, identify, select, obtain. These are fully imbued with the assumption of user knowledge. “to find entities that correspond to the user’s stated search criteria (i.e., to locate either a single entity or a set of entities in a file or database as the result of a search using an attribute or relationship of the entity);” This seems to eliminate the possibility that the user could be successful in the library catalog with a need like: “I just finished Twilight and loved it. What else might I like?” Yet that is a legitimate query to bring to the library, and even to the library catalog. Perhaps we should spend some time re-writing the FRBR user tasks, expanding them to meet a wider variety of user needs. Then we could look at our catalogs and say: “What does this mean in terms of catalog functionality?” I maintain that alphabetical order will not be at the top of our list, but will probably appear along some user tasks. ... Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 815845 http://www.frbr.org/2010/01/29/last-week-in-frbr-13 Assunção, FRBR and Music Uniform Title Maria Clara Assunção has a paper called “FRBR and Music Uniform Title” in Páginas a & b 2:4 (2009), pp. 143-153. The concepts of “work” and “expression” introduced by FRBR model, have particular implications for the rationale behind the construction of music uniform titles and can help to significantly improve the identification of musical works through this cataloguing resource. This study results from the practical need to establish a set of effective criteria in the development of uniform titles for musical works of a diverse nature, mostly of doubtful identification, often handwritten and sometimes anonymous. This paper aims to contribute to clarify this vital resource in the cataloguing of music but often avoided or misapplied. LibraryThing, A FRBR Model of Publishers I spent some time cleaning out my inbox. At work I’ve been doing Inbox Zero for a long time and it’s an enormous help, but my personal mailbox had a bunch of stuff in it that was dragging me down, so I started deleting. One thing I found was from Tim “Mr. LibraryThing” Spalding, sent in May 2009, pointing out a discussion on the LT site: A FRBR Model of of Publishers. As many know, LibraryThing has a concept of “works” being composed of editions. And we have author and tag aliases. Together, these concepts resemble what librarians call the FRBR model, and its siblings FRAR, FRSAR, FRBRoo, and FR-lama-lama-ding-dong. Now, I want to do publishers. That is, I want to have pages for publishers. This requires some model of how publishers are. An ideal model would understand that HarperCollins used to be called Harper Collins, that Collins is an imprint of HarperCollins, but was an independent company, etc. Truly publishers and imprints are much worse than authors or works. ... Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 813306 http://dltj.org/article/mashups-of-bib-data/ This year the ALCTS Forum at ALA Midwinter brought together three perspectives on massaging bibliographic data of various sorts in ways that use MARC, but where MARC is not the end goal. What do you get when you swirl MARC, ONIX, and various other formats of metadata in a big pot? Three projects: ONIX Enrichment at OCLC, the Open Library Project, and Google Book Search metadata.Below is a summary of how these three projects are messin’ with metadata, as told by the Forum panelists. I also recommend reading Eric Hellman’s Google Exposes Book Metadata Privates at ALA Forum for his recollection and views of the same meeting. ONIX Enrichment at OCLCRenee Register, Global Product Manager for OCLC Cataloging and Metadata Services, was the first to present on the panel. Her talk looked at a new and evolving product at OCLC on the enhancement of ONIX records with WorldCat records, and vice versa. 1As libraries, Renee said “our instincts are collaborative” but “our data and workflow silos encourage redundancy and inhibit interoperability.” Beyond the obvious differences in metadata formats, the workflows of libraries differ dramatically from other metadata providers and consumers. In libraries (with the exception of CIP and brief on-order records) the major work of bibliographic production is performed at the end of the publication cycle and ends with the receipt of the published item. In the publisher supply chain, bibliographic data evolves over time, usually beginning months before publication and continuing to grow for months and years (sales information, etc.) after publication. Renee had a graphic showing the current flow of metadata around the broader bibliographic universe that highlighted the isolation of library activity relative to publisher, wholesaler, and retailer activity. ... Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:14:52 +0100 814461 http://figoblog.org/node/1976 Le 9 novembre dernier, il y a presque une éternité, j'étais à Londres pour assister à la présentation des résultats du projet VMF : Vocabulary Mapping Framework. Ils ont attendu presque aussi longtemps que moi pour mettre leurs résultats en ligne, ce qui me donne l'occasion de revenir un peu sur ce projet et ce qui en a résulté dans la première phase, qui vient donc de se terminer. D'abord, rappelons les objectifs du projet : annoncé en juin 2009, le projet VMF se donnait pour objectif de réaliser un mapping de tous les formats de métadonnées majeurs, au moyen d'une ontologie en OWL. Vous vous souvenez peut-être que ce projet m'avait à l'époque laissée un peu songeuse... Oui, c'est vrai, cela me semblait un objectif ambitieux (trop) et je ne voyais pas très bien où ils voulaient en venir, surtout en si peu de temps. Mais maintenant les choses me semblent plus claires et je pense arriver à comprendre ce que ce projet peut apporter. Ce n'est pas un mapping universel de tous les formats de métadonnées, mais plutôt un outil d'aide à la conception de mappings entre des formats de métadonnées deux à deux. Dans les grandes lignes, le principe est le suivant : - imaginons qu'on veuille faire correspondre les formats W, X, Y et Z (soit, les mappings W--X, W--Y, W--Z, X--Y, X--Z et Y--Z) - on crée une ontologie générique, qui s'appelle la Matrice (the Matrix, fallait l'inventer ;-) - on crée ensuite le mapping de chaque format vers la Matrice (W--Matrice, X--Matrice, Y--Matrice, Z--Matrice) - on requête la Matrice pour qu'elle propose des équivalences entre deux formats (W--Matrice--X, W--Matrice--Y, etc.) - on a ainsi obtenu les correspondances entre les formats souhaités en faisant 4 mappings au lieu de 6. ... Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:15:04 +0100 813914 http://www.figoblog.org/node/1976 Le 9 novembre dernier, il y a presque une éternité, j'étais à Londres pour assister à la présentation des résultats du projet VMF : Vocabulary Mapping Framework. Ils ont attendu presque aussi longtemps que moi pour mettre leurs résultats en ligne, ce qui me donne l'occasion de revenir un peu sur ce projet et ce qui en a résulté dans la première phase, qui vient donc de se terminer. D'abord, rappelons les objectifs du projet : annoncé en juin 2009, le projet VMF se donnait pour objectif de réaliser un mapping de tous les formats de métadonnées majeurs, au moyen d'une ontologie en OWL. Vous vous souvenez peut-être que ce projet m'avait à l'époque laissée un peu songeuse... Oui, c'est vrai, cela me semblait un objectif ambitieux (trop) et je ne voyais pas très bien où ils voulaient en venir, surtout en si peu de temps. Mais maintenant les choses me semblent plus claires et je pense arriver à comprendre ce que ce projet peut apporter. Ce n'est pas un mapping universel de tous les formats de métadonnées, mais plutôt un outil d'aide à la conception de mappings entre des formats de métadonnées deux à deux. Dans les grandes lignes, le principe est le suivant : - imaginons qu'on veuille faire correspondre les formats W, X, Y et Z (soit, les mappings W--X, W--Y, W--Z, X--Y, X--Z et Y--Z) - on crée une ontologie générique, qui s'appelle la Matrice (the Matrix, fallait l'inventer ;-) - on crée ensuite le mapping de chaque format vers la Matrice (W--Matrice, X--Matrice, Y--Matrice, Z--Matrice) - on requête la Matrice pour qu'elle propose des équivalences entre deux formats (W--Matrice--X, W--Matrice--Y, etc.) - on a ainsi obtenu les correspondances entre les formats souhaités en faisant 4 mappings au lieu de 6. ... Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:15:04 +0100 812468