ALA ALCTS CCS Cataloging Norms Interest Group
ALA Annual Program, Washington D. C.
Saturday, June 26, 2010, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Hilton Washington Hotel, Meeting Room "Columbia 5"
Apologies for duplicate cross-posting.
All are invited to attend the meeting of the Cataloging Norms Interest Group in
Washington D.C. on Saturday, June 26 from 1:30 to 3:30, featuring three
speakers on a range of timely topics.
1. Authority control and the digital repository: what happens to controlled
vocabulary once it's outside the ILS?
Karen Miller (Monographic/Digital Projects Cataloger, Northwestern
University Library)
Most libraries have figured out how to update the ILS with MARC authority
changes, but authority control in digital repositories is another story. As
catalogers become more integrated into digital projects workflow, they
incorporate controlled vocabulary into metadata used outside the ILS and the
realm of traditional authority control. Catalogers may be creating MARC records
which are repurposed by export from the ILS or they may be creating metadata
outside the ILS directly in XML, but drawing on a controlled vocabulary.
Controlled vocabulary terms slowly but inevitably become out of synch with the
original authority file used to supply them. Preferred terminology changes,
people die, and authority files are updated. This presentation will examine the
scope of metadata synchronization issues with special focus on authority
control and describe efforts underway at NUL to address them.
2. Best Practices for CONTENTdm Users Creating Shareable Metadata
Sheila Bair (Metadata & Cataloging Librarian, Western Michigan University)
Myung-Ja Han (Metadata Librarian, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign)
The OCLC CONTENTdm Metadata Working Group consists of thirty-four members
representing libraries, archives, and museums. Meeting from August through
December of 2009 through bi-weekly telephone conferences, the group discussed
issues dealing with mandatory core elements, Dublin Core-to-MARC mapping, and
content standards relevant to the use of CONTENTdm and the OCLC Digital
Collection Gateway. The group has developed a draft “Best Practices for
CONTENTdm Users Creating Shareable Metadata.” The presentation will introduce
some of the issues related to migrating metadata from CONTENTdm to WorldCat
(from Dublin Core to MARC) using the Gateway and the solutions the group has
developed so far.
2. Discovery Layer or Monster Mash?
Marliese Thomas (Database Enhancement Librarian, Auburn University Libraries)
Discovery solutions have recently allowed us to search more and search more
differently than ever before. However, when Auburn University began working
with VuFind, and later EBSCO Discovery Service, we "discovered"
exactly how important metadata placement and consistency can be. See how we
have identified these trouble areas and how we are trying to resolve mapping
issues to maximize the benefits of these new technologies.
Rebecca Routh, co-chair
Catalog Librarian
University of Iowa Libraries
[email protected]
Michael Kim, co-chair
Head, Cataloging & Metadata Services
University of Miami Richter Library
[email protected]
