Coding for Efficiencies in Cataloging and Metadata: an ALCTS preconference
in San Francisco
CHICAGO - On Thursday, June 25, at the 2015 ALA Annual Conference, the
Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) brings
you "Coding for Efficiencies in Cataloging and Metadata: Practical
Applications of XML, XSLT, XQuery, and PyMarc for Library Data." This all
day preconference, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., provides concrete examples and
hands-on exercises for practical applications of coding with library data.
Register through the 2015 ALA Annual Conference website. The price is: $219
for ALCTS members (use special code ALCTS2015); $269 ALA for members, $319
for non-members. Event Code: ALC2. Advance registration ends June 19.
Session topics include:
. XML and XSLT for streamlining and scaling up metadata and
cataloging workflows
. RDF/XML for serializing MODS-RDF and BIBFRAME
. XQuery for extracting, manipulating, and constructing library
metadata
. PyMARC for accessing and manipulating MARC records.
This preconference is intended for cataloging and metadata librarians or
paraprofessionals and information science students having some familiarity
with metadata creation and/or descriptive cataloging practices, and at least
one or two formats such as MARC, Dublin Core, MODS, METS, or RDF. This
preconference may also be useful for digital scholarship librarians and
library technology staff. Sessions are oriented towards those who have some
familiarity with the technologies covered, however it is not required.
Attendees are encouraged to bring a computer with XML-aware and Python
software as well as questions for group discussion. See the event page for
complete instructions.
This preconference is presented by Timothy W. Cole, Mathematics and Digital
Content Access Librarian, University Library; Myung-Ja ("MJ") Han, Metadata
Librarian, University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign;
Christine Schwartz, Metadata Librarian and XML Database Administrator,
Princeton Theological Seminary Library ; Heidi Frank, Electronic
Resources & Special Formats Cataloging Librarian, New York University
Libraries, Knowledge Access & Resources Management Services.
For questions, contact Julie Reese in the ALCTS Office at [email protected] or
1-800-545-2433, ext. 5034.
This preconference was developed by the ALCTS Technical Services Workflows
Efficiency Interest Group and is cosponsored by the LITA Program Planning
Committee and Online Audiovisual Catalogers, Inc. (OLAC).
See the ALCTS conference web site for information about other ALCTS events,
including preconferences on best practices for cataloging videos, real world
linked data, cataloging special formats for children's materials, and
challenges with managing streaming media for academic libraries.
ALCTS is a division of the American Library Association.
Thank you,
Hayley Moreno
Incoming TSWEIG Co-chair
Hayley Moreno
Resource Description Coordinator
University of Houston Libraries
114 University Libraries
Houston, TX 77204
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