Today's Topics: 1. ALCTS Programs at ALA Annual (Elaine Franco)
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 ALCTS Affiliates Showcase Saturday, June 27, 2015, 4:30pm-5:30pm, Marriott Marquis Club Room Presenters: Luiz Mendes, Cataloging Coordinator, California State University, Northridge Kevin Balster, ERM/ Continuing Resources Metadata Librarian, UCLA Description: The ALCTS Affiliates Showcase highlights programs that were presented by ALCTS affiliate members at state, regional, or local meetings. This year?s showcase recaps ?RDA: Resource Description and Access: An Update,? a program from the California Library Association Technical Services Interest Group. ALA 2015 Joint Session of RBMS Curators and Conservators and PARS Book and Paper Interest Group Artists' Books: A Discussion of Issues Relating to their Acquisition, Preservation, Access, and Creation Co-chairs: Beth Kilmarx, Rebecca Holte, and Beth Doyle Sunday, June 28, 2015 1:00 pm ? 2:00pm Mascone Convention Center, Esplanade 302 Enhancing Access to Literary Works for Children: LC?s genre/form and audience terms Saturday, June 27, 8:30am-10:00am, Moscone Convention Center 2016 (W) http://alaac15.ala.org/node/28647 This program will introduce participants to Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials (LCGFT) and Library of Congress Demographic Group Terms (LCDGT) and explain how to use them to catalog and provide access to materials for children. LCGFT and LCDGT will be placed into the context of existing practice, and the relationships among subject headings, genre/form terms, and demographic terms will be discussed. Real-world examples and hands-on exercises will be provided. Managing Transliteration of Bibliographic Data Saturday, June 27, 8:30am-10:00am, Moscone Convention Center 3010 (W) http://alaac15.ala.org/node/28690 The intersection of language technology with library data has the potential to open up interesting new ways of introducing users to multilingual content. The program will explain principles that have historically underpinned the production of data in non-Roman scripts and discuss how those data may be handled in the future. Attention is given to resources for transliteration, tools whose use can be evaluated relative to machine translation, OCR, the Linked Data environment, and character encoding. Leading the Charge: Practical Management Tools and Tips for New Technical Services Managers Saturday, June 27, 10:30am-11:30am, Moscone Convention Center 2012 (W) http://alaac15.ala.org/node/28688 The transition into management in library technical services can be daunting and challenging! This lightning round program by experienced managers will present a variety of ways to build rapport and gain your staff's trust, assess current procedures and workflows without scaring off the natives, and initiate change in a positive way! Data Clean-Up: Let's Not Sweep It Under the Rug Saturday, June 27, 1:00pm-2:30pm, Moscone Convention Center 2022 (W) http://alaac15.ala.org/node/28670 Data migration is inevitable in a world in which technological infrastructures and data standards continue to evolve. Whether you work in a catalog database or a digital library/archives/institutional repository, working with library resource data means that you will eventually be required to usher data from one system or standard to another. Three speakers working in different library contexts will share their data normalization experiences. Librarians without Borders: International Outreach Saturday, June 27, 1:00pm-2:30pm, Moscone Convention Center 2024 (W) http://alaac15.ala.org/node/28681 Going global! From preservation and conservation work on a collection of presidential papers in Liberia to service-learning opportunities at international school libraries in Ukraine, and from preservation outreach turned equine rescue in Manipur to book repair workshops in Ecuador, this exciting and informative program will highlight librarians? outreach programs around the world. Preservation Showdown Saturday, June 27, 4:30pm-5:30pm, Moscone Convention Center 2001 (W) http://alaac15.ala.org/node/28662 Two teams will go head to head in debate on a controversial topic in libraries. Teams will include members from the Preservation and Reformatting Section and the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section, bringing their different perspectives to each side of the issue. Audience members will be expected to ask questions during the debate, and the debate will be followed by an open discussion with the audience and the debaters. Getting Started with Library Linked Open Data: Lessons from UNLV and NCSU Sunday, June 28, 8:30am-9:30am, Moscone Convention Center 2002 (W) http://alaac15.ala.org/node/28672 This program will focus on the practical steps involved in creating and publishing linked data including data modeling, data clean up, enhancing the data with links to other data sets, converting the data to various forms of RDF, and publishing the data set. At each step of the process, the speakers will share their experiences and the tools they used to give the audience multiple perspectives on how to approach linked data creation. Is Technical Services Dead?: Creating Our Future Sunday, June 28, 8:30am-9:30am, Moscone Convention Center 2003 (W) http://alaac15.ala.org/node/28677 Major changes have taken place within technical services within the last 5-10 years. Automated workflows, a proliferation of vendor supplied services, patron centered acquisition plans, and digital preservation have impacted how we work and the career paths of our newer professionals. A panel of librarians will discuss whether there is a future for "traditional" technical services, whether MARC matters with RDA and if RDA will live up to its promise, skills needed for future of technical services work, and technical services advocacy. Audio Digitization: Starting Out Right Sunday, June 28, 1:00pm-2:00pm, Moscone Convention Center 2005 (W) http://alaac15.ala.org/node/28665 There are many reasons for digitizing collections, but technical and workflow issues as well as copyright restrictions on access and use of audio collections make conversion from analog formats especially complex. The success of any audio digitization venture will rely on asking the right questions before you start. Speakers will explore the challenges of planning and implementing audio digitization projects for preservation and access.Extensive examples from the California Audiovisual Preservation Project will be presented. To the MOOC and Beyond! Adventures in Online Learning, Copyright, and Massive Open Online Courses Sunday, June 28, 3:00pm-4:00pm, Moscone Convention Center 2014 (W) http://alaac15.ala.org/node/28671 As online learning proliferates, universities expect libraries to be more involved in licensing and copyright support. From Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) to distance learning, continuing studies, to flipped and blended courses, content selection that engages students and supports instruction is key. However, content can have rights restrictions that limit use in open environments. Learn from librarians in the trenches about the challenges and opportunities of online learning support. What Drives Collection Assessment? The "Why" That Brings You to "How" Monday, June 29, 8:30am-10:00am, Moscone Convention Center 2002 (W) http://alaac15.ala.org/node/28692 Are we completely controlled by our buildings and the need to weed? What other factors for planning lead us to assess our collections? Is it possible to individualize assessment tools for genuinely meaningful results? Learn how three very different libraries, with different objectives, approached evaluation and assessment. Coming to terms with the new LC vocabularies: Genre/Form (Literature, Music, General), Demographic Groups and Medium of Performance Monday, June 29, 1:00pm-2:30pm, Moscone Convention Center 2003 (W) http://alaac15.ala.org/node/28661 The Library of Congress, ALCTS/SAC and MLA have collaborated on new vocabularies to provide genre/form access to literature, music, and "general" works as well as controlled lists of demographic terms and medium of performance terms; new MARC fields are in place for attributes of works including audience, creator characteristics, and time period of creation. Leading contributors to this work will describe the context, development, and practical application of these new vocabularies and fields. Open Source Software & Technical Services: Kuali OLE, GOKb and VuFind Monday, June 29, 1:00pm-2:30pm, Moscone Convention Center 2008 (W) http://alaac15.ala.org/node/28693 Can technical services librarians influence library system development? In the open-source and community-source projects, such as Kuali OLE (Open Library Environment), GOKb (Global Open Knowledgebase) and VuFind, technical services librarians play lead roles in design, specifying, prioritizing, testing and implementing new software. This program will focus on the technical services librarian participation in these projects, and will show some of the technical services functionality of these products. *Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Program Committee* -------------- next part -------------- End of Tsig Digest, Vol 38, Issue 26 ************************************
