Script Codes- June 25, 2008 One of the issues being considered by MARBI, Discussion Paper No. 2008-DP05, is how to indicate the script used in the bibliographic record. There is strong support for using the ISO 15924 Code List, Codes for the representation of names of scripts or Codes pour la représentation des noms décritures.http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/2008/06/script-codes.html OCLC Group Services- June 18, 2008 I've just heard of OCLC Group Services, a way for small libraries to participate in OCLC. Anyone have any experience with a group Any group willing to have the Lunar and Planetary Institute Library become a memberhttp://catalogablog.blogspot.com/2008/06/oclc-group-services.html The Future of Cataloging: A PALINET Symposium- June 18, 2008 MP3s and slides from The Future of Cataloging: A PALINET Symposium are now available. The talks were:Keynote Address, Karen Calhoun "Traveling Through Transitions in Technical Services: From Surviving to Thriving"Response to Keynote, Panel Discussion Beth Picknally CamdenFunctional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) and Current Development and Implementation Plans for Resource Description and Access (RDA) John AttigOn the Record, One View of the Future Library of Congress Report...http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/2008/06/future-of-cataloging-palinet-symposium.html Tagging- June 16, 2008 toread and Cool : Subjective, Affective and Associative Factors in Tagging. In Proceedings Canadian Association for Information ScienceL'Association canadienne des sciences de l'information (CAISACSI), Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada).This paper examines the use of non subject related tags in social bookmarking tools. Previous studies of tagging determined that many common tags are not directly subject related but are in fact affective tags dwelling on a user's emotional response to a...http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/2008/06/tagging.html MARBI ALA- June 13, 2008 The remainder of the June 2008 MARC Advisory Group proposals have been posted and linked to the agenda for the meeting.http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/2008/06/marbi-ala.html Chopac.org- June 13, 2008 Chopac.org has some interesting cataloging tools. There is an Amazon to MARC converter, DDC22 summaries, Amazon review server, and some others. They also have an ILS to download. Runs in the LAMP environment. They seem to have it up and running on their site. It gets additional info from Amazon and Google Books to enrich the records.http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/2008/06/chopacorg.html On Descript- June 12, 2008 When I started this weblog back in 2002 nobody was covering cataloging. There was AUTOCAT, great place for discussion. But no one place was acting as a news source. Now there are plenty of other place to keep current in cataloging, check Planet Cataloging for a good list of weblogs in this space. Now another voice joins the chorus, On Descript, and we are richer for it.On Descript is a forum dedicated to all things description in Library and Information Science (LIS). Here, you'll find...http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/2008/06/on-descript.html Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records- June 10, 2008 A German translation of the text of Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) as amended and Japanese translations of the recently published errata and the amendment to the expression entity have been made available through IFLANET.http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/2008/06/functional-requirements-for.html DCMI Registry Task Group- June 9, 2008 From the DCMI page.DCMI Registry Task Group: call for participation.A DCMI Registry Task Group has been set up with the primary aims of developing shared functional requirements and inter-registry interoperability issues. This group is currently recruiting participants. Those with an interest in metadata schema registries, terminology registries, ontology registries and metadata vocabulary management are invited to visit the Task Group's Wiki for further information, news, upcoming events and...http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/2008/06/dcmi-registry-task-group.html |