Overdue IdeasIdeas linking Libraries, Computing, E-learning, and anything else that springs to mind.ALA 2008: Future of cataloging, etc. discussion session- June 29, 2008 RT: Pointing out LibraryThing doesn't give away all its data anymore that OCLC do TS: Only tags are protected Bit of a 'librarything' vs 'OCLC' thing going on here - find this a bit petty and dull MY: Television went...http://www.meanboyfriend.com/overdue_ideas/2008/06/ala-2008-future-of-cataloging-etc-discu... ALA 2008: A Has-been cataloger looks at what cataloging will be - Diane Hillmann- June 29, 2008 Diane Hillmann is Director of Metadata Initiatives and the Information Institute of Syracuse (formerly of Cornell) There are several converging trends: More catalogers work at a support staff level than as professional librarians More cataloging records are selected by machines...http://www.meanboyfriend.com/overdue_ideas/2008/06/ala-2008-a-has-been-cataloger-looks-at-... ALA 2008: Catalogs and the Network level - Roy Tennant- June 29, 2008 Roy using a quoteconcept that I'm going to use in my presentation (grrr): Then: Users built workflow around libraries Now: Library must build services around user workflow Discovery happens elsewhere... Roy mentioning some prominent web services: Google Amazon Digg etc....http://www.meanboyfriend.com/overdue_ideas/2008/06/ala-2008-catalogs-and-the-network-level... ALA 2008: The Future of Cataloging (as seen from LibraryThing) - Tim Spalding- June 29, 2008 What is LibraryThing 450,000 registered users 28 million books 37 million tags 50+ imitators LibraryThing is your friend :) LibraryThing use often follows the pattern: Personal cataloging Social networking Social Cataloging Social cataloging happens in both implicit and explicit ways....http://www.meanboyfriend.com/overdue_ideas/2008/06/ala-2008-the-future-of-cataloging-as-se... ALA 2008: What I have found out from an attempt to build an RDF model of FRBR-ized cataloging rules - Martha Yee- June 29, 2008 http:myee.bol.ucla.edu Can we preserve all the good stuff we have created with cataloging We spend too much time doing 'admin' work to keep local catalogs under control. See potential in the vision of the 'semantic web' Martha summarising the concepts...http://www.meanboyfriend.com/overdue_ideas/2008/06/ala-2008-what-i-have-found-out-from-an-... ALA 2008: response to first two speakers- June 29, 2008 Tim Spalding: Would challenge Roy's assertion that only OCLC can do 'web scale' or 'do a deal with Google' - if you put stuff on the web, you are webscale Diane Hillman: Need open data Roy Tennant: Worldcat has been...http://www.meanboyfriend.com/overdue_ideas/2008/06/ala-2008-response-to-first-two-speakers... ALA 2008: eXtensible cataloging - Jennifer Bowen- June 29, 2008 Jennifer is from the eXtensible Catalog (XC) project based at the University of Rochester. Jennifer's slides are available online. This is the 'local' approach, as opposed to Roy's 'network level' - but she sees them as complimentary. What is the...http://www.meanboyfriend.com/overdue_ideas/2008/06/ala-2008-extensible-cataloging---jennif... ALA 2008: Creating the future of the catalog and of cataloging ... and catalogers- June 29, 2008 The fact that I'm about to attend a 4 hour session on cataloging on a Sunday morning may point to a streak of masochism in me. It will be interesting to see how much this overlaps or diverges from the...http://www.meanboyfriend.com/overdue_ideas/2008/06/ala-2008-creating-the-future-of-the-cat... ALA 2008: There's no catalog like no catalog - the ultimate debate onf the future of the library catalog- June 28, 2008 A bit of different start to the afternoon - after an 'acquisitions' heavy morning, this is a LITA sponsored session. The session is being moderated by Roy Tennant, with a panel of Joseph Janes, Karen Coyle, Stephen Abram and Karen...http://www.meanboyfriend.com/overdue_ideas/2008/06/ala-2008-theres-no-catalog-like-no-cata... ALA 2008: Merging print and e-journal workflows - a subscriptions agent's view- June 28, 2008 This last talk in the session by Oliver Pesch from EBSCO Information Services. The traditional role of the agent was around print: Central catalog of available titles consolidate orders process invoices etc. Then came 'e' Has print workflow but then...http://www.meanboyfriend.com/overdue_ideas/2008/06/ala-2008-merging-print-and-e-journal-wo... |