Catalog(uing) 2.0: is there a future for the library catalogue? A presentation by Sally Chambers for the National Library of Israel www.twitter.com/ schambers3 www.slideshare.net/ schambers3
Jan 26, 2015
Catalog(uing) 2.0: is there a future for the library catalogue?
A presentation by Sally Chambers for the National Library of Israel
www.twitter.com/schambers3www.slideshare.net/schambers3
Overview
• Who am I?• Changing nature of the library catalogue• Catalysts for cataloguing change• Must MARC die?• Linked data and libraries• Does the library catalogue have a future?
Who am I?
• (Digital) Librarian (Humanist)• 1995 – 2004: Worked in academic libraries in
the UK (Nottingham, London)• 2005 – 2011: Worked for The European Library,
at the National Library of the Netherlands• 2011 – present: Work for DARIAH-EU at the
Göttingen Centre for Digital Humanities, Germany
Changing nature of the library catalogue
Traditional cataloguing tools: AACR2
www.aacr2.org
Traditional cataloguing tools: MARC 21
www.loc.gov/marc
Traditional Cataloguing tools: ISBD
www.ifla.org/publications/international-standard-bibliographic-description
Discussion point?
Are traditional cataloguing tools still fit for purpose?
Catalysts for cataloguing change?
Catalysts for cataloguing change?
www.ifla.org/publications/functional-requirements-for-bibliographic-records
Catalysts for cataloguing change?
www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/ and www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/news/lcwg-ontherecord-jan08-final.pdf
Catalysts for cataloguing change?
www.ifla.org/publications/statement-of-international-cataloguing-principles
Catalysts for cataloguing change?
www.loc.gov/aba/rda/
Catalysts for cataloguing change?
www.rdatoolkit.org and access.rdatoolkit.org
Catalysts for cataloguing change?
www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/rda/source/rdatesting-finalreport-20june2011.pdf
Catalysts for cataloguing change?
www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/news_rda_implementation_date.html
Catalysts for cataloguing change?
http://www.slainte.org.uk/eurig/docs/EURIG_Survey_2012_v1_Final.pdf
Catalysts for cataloguing change?
www.loc.gov/marc/transition
Catalysts for cataloguing change?
www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/
Discussion point?
Will RDA become the cataloguing standard for the 21st Century in Israel?
Traditional cataloguing tools: MARC 21
www.loc.gov/marc
MARC must die?
ELAG 2011
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/powers_of_persuasion/hes_watching_you/images_html/wanted_for_murder.htmlwww.slideshare.net/schambers3/marc-must-die
MARC must die?
Bibliographic References:• MARC Project Final Report (1968)• @rtennant MARC must die (2002)• @lukask Who needs MARC? (2009)• Karen Coyle Metadata Mix and Match (2009)• Jason Thomale Intepreting MARC (2010)• Understanding MARC tutorial• LoC Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative
(May 2011)
MARC must die?
A new globally accepted data model
http://www.mkbergman.com/wp-content/themes/ai3/images/2009Posts/090628_data_model_relationships.png
Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative
www.loc.gov/marc/transition
Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative
http://listserv.loc.gov/listarch/bibframe.html
Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative
www.loc.gov/marc/transition/pdf/bibframework-10312011.pdf
Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative
www.loc.gov/marc/transition/pdf/marcld-report-11-21-2012.pdf
Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative
www.loc.gov/marc/transition/pdf/marcld-report-11-21-2012.pdf
BIBFRAME data model
www.loc.gov/marc/transition/pdf/marcld-report-11-21-2012.pdf
BIBFRAME data model
www.loc.gov/marc/transition/pdf/marcld-report-11-21-2012.pdf
Discussion point?
Will BIBFRAME replace MARC 21? If so, how long might it take?
W3C Library Linked Data Incubator Group
www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/
IFLA Semantic Web Special Interest Group
http://www.ifla.org/swsig
British Library and Linked Data
www.bl.uk/bibliographic/datafree.html
igelu: Manifesto for Open Linked Data
http://igelu.org/special-interests/lod/manifesto
Library of Congress Library Linked Data service
http://id.loc.gov/
Europeana Data Model (EDM) for Libraries?
http://pro.europeana.eu/documents/900548/978614/Europeana+Libraries+and+EDM
www.europeana-libraries.eu/documents/868553/1eade085-34ac-487f-82af-d5cd2545e619
Semantic Web in Libraries (SWIB 2012)
http://swib.org/swib12/programme.php
Library Linked Data fun…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYVG2FY0UVI
Discussion point?
How does linked data fit into the future of library cataloguing?
Suggested reading
www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=7166
Suggested reading
www.educause.edu/ero/article/thirteen-ways-looking-libraries-discovery-and-catalog-scale-workflow-attention
Suggested reading
www.worldcat.org/oclc/804815706
Suggested reading
www.worldcat.org/oclc/792740684
Suggested reading
www.worldcat.org/oclc/699487855
Discussion point?
Does the library catalogue have a future?
Seeing Standards: A visualisation of the metadata universe by Jenn Riley
http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/~jenlrile/metadatamap/
Image Credits
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