[CODE4LIB] ALCTS/LITA MARC Formats Transition IG at ALA Annual
**Apologies for cross-postings** Please join us for the ALCTS/LITA MARC Format Transition Interest Group meeting at ALA Annual on Saturday, June 25th, 2016, at 3:00-4:00pm. Our program will begin with a short business meeting and introduction of our new incoming Chair, followed by two presentations. 1) "RDA: alive, well, and still speaking MARC"; Diane Hillmann Resource Description and Access (RDA) has been around long enough that it sometimes seems old hat. In fact, it is still sometimes described in terms of 'cataloging rules' as if its early history as an outgrowth of AACR2 defines its scope and reach in the present. In fact, RDA has matured into a very modern, international metadata standard, including a rich and expressive structural vocabulary based on FRBR. It's sometimes noted that catalogers still 'speak' with MARC numeric codes, reminding us how much the MARC Standard has informed our thinking. More than that is the continuing concern about our legacy data, and the recognition that MARC output will be required for many smaller and special libraries well into the future. Much of our current experience with 'native' RDA as a cataloging format has been in the context of RIMMF (RDA in Many Metadata Formats) which has been used for the many 'Jane-athons' scheduled for the last 18 months. RIMMF easily and completely maps legacy MARC data into FRBR-based RDA, and can also output MARC and other formats after creation or editing within RIMMF. RDA is rapidly becoming the standard of choice outside of the US, as the Toolkit instructions and the RDA Registry become available in a multitude of languages. In this program, Diane Hillmann, a member of the RDA Development Team, provides an update on RDA progress, with special emphasis on its ability to serve as a lossless transition from MARC. Diane Hillmann is a partner in the consulting group of Metadata Management Associates LLC, a former cataloger and manager of MARC data at Cornell University. She has been working with the RDA standard since 2007, when the (then) Joint Steering Committee for the Development of RDA collaborated with the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative to develop the vocabulary to express RDA. 2) "Libhub at Multnomah County Library"; Erica Findley Come hear about how Multnomah County Library is telling their story to search engines through the use of linked data. Learn how they were able to convert their bibliographic data and make it accessible to search engines to serve up in results pages. This program will include an update from Multnomah County Library about the conversion of their data through the LibHub Initiative and the impact of doing that on their patrons. Erica Findley is a passionate library supporter and is influential in the broader library advocacy ecosystem. Ms.Findley is the Cataloging/Metadata Librarian at Multnomah County Library (OR) and is a 2008 MLS graduate from Emporia State University. She is an active member of the American Library Association where she is an at-large councilor and serves on the ALCTS Leadership Development Committee. Ms. Findley is a co-convener of the ALA Think Tank and regularly hosts “pop-up libraries” when traveling by train or plane. Ms. Findley can be found online at www.ericafindley.com We hope to see you there! Best, Carolyn & Victoria Carolyn Hansen Metadata Librarian University of Cincinnati Libraries carolyn.han...@uc.edu Victoria Mueller Senior Information Architect & Systems Librarian Zepheira vi...@zepheira.com
[CODE4LIB] Call for speakers/topics at MARC Formats Transition IG at ALA Annual
**Apologies for duplicate postings.** The ALCTS/LITA MARC Formats Transition Interest Group is still looking for speakers to present at the ALA Annual Conference in Orlando on Saturday, June 25th, 2016, at 3:00-4:00pm. Possible topics for proposals include (but are not limited to): -user stories from BIBFRAME early adopters and experimenters -use of BIBFRAME with other ontologies (ex. SKOS, FOAF) -BIBFRAME cataloging tools -multi- or cross-platform BIBFRAME implementation -alternatives to BIBFRAME for MARC linked data Please email proposal ideas to Carolyn Hansen (carolyn.han...@uc.edu) by May 6th. If you have questions, please contact us. We look forward to hearing from you! Sincerely, Carolyn and Victoria (MARC Formats Co-Chairs)
[CODE4LIB] Seeking Nominations for Chair and Vice-Chair MARC Formats Transition Interest Group
** Please Excuse Cross Posting ** The MARC Formats Transition Interest Group is seeking volunteer nominations for a new Chair and Vice-Chair. The Chair will be appointed for one year (2017-1018), and the Vice-Chair will be appointed for two years (2017-2018 as Vice-Chair and 2018-2019 as Chair). This interest group provides a forum to educate the library community on the transition efforts from the MARC format. Specific emphasis is currently placed on education of transition formats such as BIBFRAME, bibliographic and non-bibliographic transition projects and tools that aid in the transition. The past two years have been timely in reporting from a variety of the library and archives space on the burgeoning work of moving from MARC, including the challenges and benefits. For more background on the Interest Group, please visit the ALA connect page: http://connect.ala.org/node/68263. The Chair will be responsible with assistance from the Vice-Chair to organize MTIG sessions for ALA annual and mid-winter, liaison with ALA leadership, manage the Interest Group membership and other administrative duties as necessary. At the conclusion of the appointment, the Vice-chair will become Chair for 2018-2019. Interested candidates should send an email to the current Co-chairs, Carolyn Hansen (hanse...@ucmail.uc.edu) and Victoria Mueller (vi...@zepheira.com). Deadline for submission is April 30, 2016. If needed, voting for the positions will occur in May and conclude by June 1. The incoming Chair and Vice-chair will be introduced at ALA annual in Orlando. We appreciate the opportunities to have served as Co-chairs and look forward to the transition of leadership for this important Interest Group. Sincerely, Carolyn and Victoria (MARC Formats Co-Chairs) -- Carolyn Hansen Metadata Librarian University of Cincinnati Libraries carolyn.han...@uc.edu 513.556.1995 Victoria Mueller, MLIS Senior Information Architect and Systems Librarian, Zepheira http://www.zepheira.com vi...@zepheira.com
[CODE4LIB] Call for proposals: MARC Formats Transition Interest Group
***Please excuse cross-posting*** The ALCTS/LITA MARC Formats Transition Interest Group seeks speakers to present at the ALA Annual Conference in Orlando on Saturday, June 25, 2016, at 3:00-4:00pm. Subjects for project proposals include (but are not limited to): --BIBFRAME project reports, research, and/or tools --Data modelling --Linked Data and RDF --Schema.org Please email proposal abstracts (300 words or less) to co-chairs by Friday, April 29, 2016. If you have questions, please contact us. We look forward to hearing from you! Sincerely, Carolyn and Victoria (MARC Formats Co-Chairs) -- Carolyn Hansen Metadata Librarian University of Cincinnati Libraries carolyn.han...@uc.edu 513.556.1995 Victoria Mueller, MLIS Senior Information Architect and Systems Librarian, Zepheira http://www.zepheira.com vi...@zepheira.com
[CODE4LIB] Program Announcement: ALCTS/LITA MARC Formats Transition IG at ALA Midwinter
***Apologies for duplicate postings* Please join us for the ALCTS/LITA MARC Formats Transition IG at ALA Midwinter! We will meet on Saturday, January 9th from 3-4pm at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Room 105. Our featured presentations include: Title: Open Linked Data in Discovery: BIBFRAME & Schema.org in an Experimental Bento View Presenter: Jim Hahn, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Description: With support from an internal innovation grant of the University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign, researchers transformed and enriched nearly 300,000 e-book records in their library catalog from Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) records to Bibliographic Framework (BIBFRAME) Linked Data Resources. The process utilized existing marc2bib code from the Library of Congress, and then used additional python processing so that each of the BIBFRAME XML records would include open linked resources. (https://bitbucket.org/minrvaproject-admin/bibframeuiuc/overview) Following the transformation & enrichment researchers indexed the BIBFRAME resources online, and created two search interfaces for discovery of BIBFRAME linked data. One of the outputs of the grant was the incorporation of BIBFRAME records within an open source Bento view ( http://sif.library.illinois.edu/megasearch/ ) for the linked library data for e-books utilizing Schema.org and a Google Custom Search Engine. Project page for data sources and enrichment Python code developed is available at : http://sif.library.illinois.edu/bibframe/http://sif.library.illinois.edu/bibframe/ Title: MARC to MODS XML to Linked Data Friendly RDF Presenter: Steven Anderson, Boston Public Library Description: One of the main focuses at the Boston Public Library over the past few months has been in creating a process to move ~40,000 Internet Archive books into the Digital Commonwealth repository. One challenge of this? Our repository speaks MODS; not MARC. As part of using these items with our larger system then, we have custom code to convert the MARC to MODS and, more importantly, automatically enrich it along the way to play nicely with the other objects in our system. However, MODS XML is not the end destination for this data but rather just a legacy format we are stuck using at this current time. The Linked Data world has exploded... but those of us with great specificity in describing our objects haven't been given a path to join in on the party. As such, the BPL is part of a multi-institutional group to map MODS XML to appropriate RDF predicates in frequent use from multiple different namespaces without giving up any piece of information the group cares about. This talk will go over some of those proposed mappings and what those original MARC records will likely start to be in the end based on that group's work. Title: BIBFRAME and Linked Data for Archives Presenter: Gloria Gonzalez, Zepheira, and Dustin Stokes, Atlas Systems Description: Zepheira and Atlas Systems have partnered to explore methods for increasing visibility and accessibility for rare and archival materials. To explore Linked Data for Archives, Zepheira and Atlas Systems began working together by hosting a series of focus groups in September and October 2015. This presentation will provide an overview of our findings, along with a summary of the next steps that arose from the focus group discussions. We will discuss how Linked Data principles can be applied to collection-level MARC records and archival finding aids. Attendees will leave with an understanding of how Linked Data can improve how users find archival collections and discover archival context. Attendees will also have the opportunity to provide feedback on the key concepts that we are exploring. Title: The Visible Library @ Multnomah County Presenter: Matthew Timberlake, Multnomah County Public Library Description: The Libhub Initiative aims to raise the visibility of Libraries on the Web by actively exploring the promise of BIBFRAME and Linked Data. Multnomah County Library joined the Libhub Initiative as a Founding Partner. Mr. Timberlake will share their experience in exploring and implementing Linked Data and making Multnomah County Library's entire catalog available on the web! Best, Carolyn ----- Carolyn Hansen Metadata Librarian University of Cincinnati Co-Chair, MARC Formats Transition IG
[CODE4LIB] Call for proposals: MARC Formats Transition Interest Group
***Please excuse cross-posting*** The ALCTS/LITA MARC Formats Transition Interest Group seeks speakers to present at the ALA Midwinter Conference in Boston on Saturday, January 9th, 2016, at 3:00-4:00pm. Possible topics for proposals include (but are not limited to): -user stories from BIBFRAME early adopters and experimenters -use of BIBFRAME with other ontologies (ex. SKOS, FOAF) -BIBFRAME cataloging tools -multi- or cross-platform BIBFRAME implementation -alternatives to BIBFRAME for MARC linked data Please email proposal abstracts (300 words or less) to co-chairs by Friday, November 20, 2015. If you have questions, please contact us. We look forward to hearing from you! Sincerely, Carolyn and Victoria (MARC Formats Co-Chairs) -- Carolyn Hansen Metadata Librarian University of Cincinnati Libraries carolyn.han...@uc.edu 513.556.1995 Victoria Mueller, MLIS Senior Information Architect and Systems Librarian, Zepheira http://www.zepheira.com vi...@zepheira.com
[CODE4LIB] Program: ALCTS/LITA MARC Formats Transition IG at ALA
**Apologies for cross-postings Please join us for the ALCTS/LITA MARC Formats Transition Interest Group Meeting in San Francisco! Saturday, June 27th 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM Moscone Convention Center Esplanade 302 We are excited to announce our speakers: Roy Tennant Ground Truthing MARC Ground truthing is the verification of remote sensing data by direct observation. Over the last few years, OCLC Research has been doing the equivalent for MARC, by exposing exactly how various fields and subfields have been used by catalogers around the world and over time. Using the massive WorldCat database and modern cluster computing techniques, data is extracted, summarized, and reported, to better inform efforts to move this data into new formats and uses. Roy Tennant is a Senior Program Officer with OCLC Research. Terry Reese MarcEdit Tools for Linked Data Terry Reese will discuss how catalogers can track BIBFRAME developments and participate locally by beginning to add linked data concepts into their MARC data. Mr. Reese will show how to utilize MarcEdit's MARCNext Toolset or the MarcEdit LibHub plugin. Terry Reese is the Head of Digital Initiatives at The Ohio State University and the developer of MarcEdit. Carl Stahmer A BIBFLOW Project Update BIBFLOW is a two-year project of the UC Davis University Library and Zepheira, funded by IMLS. Its official title is “Reinventing Cataloging: Models for the Future of Library Operations” and it is investigating the future of library technical services, i.e., cataloging and related workflows, in light of modern technology infrastructure such as the Web and new data models and formats such as Resource Description and Access (RDA) and BIBFRAME, the new encoding and exchange format in development by the Library of Congress. Carl Stahmer is the Director of Digital Scholarship at the University Library, University of California, Davis Michelle Jeske The Libhub initiative and Denver Public Library - Leading Libraries to the Web! The Libhub Initiative aims to raise the visibility of Libraries on the Web by actively exploring the promise of BIBFRAME and Linked Data. Denver Public Library joined the Libhub Initiative as a Founding Partner and has served as its pioneer institution. Ms. Jeske will share DPL’s experience in exploring and implementing linked data and making DPL’s entire catalog available on the web! Michelle Jeske is the City Librarian of Denver.
[CODE4LIB] MARC Formats Transition IG call for proposals at ALA Annual 2015
***Please excuse cross-posting*** The ALCTS/LITA MARC Formats Transition Interest Group seeks speakers to present at the ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco on Saturday, June 27, 2015, at 3:00-4:00pm. Terry Reese of Ohio State University will be speaking about MARCEdit and we are looking for additional speakers around the topic of tools for MARC transition. Please email proposal abstracts (300 words or less) to co-chairs by Friday, May 8, 2015. If you have questions, please contact us. We look forward to hearing from you! Sincerely, Carolyn and Victoria (MARC Formats Co-Chairs) -- Carolyn Hansen Metadata Librarian University of Cincinnati Libraries carolyn.han...@uc.edu 513.556.1995 Victoria Mueller, MLIS Senior Information Architect and Systems Librarian, Zepheira http://www.zepheira.com vi...@zepheira.com
[CODE4LIB] ALCTS/LITA MARC Formats Transition Interest Group at ALA Midwinter
*Please excuse cross-postings* The ALCTS/LITA MARC Formats Transition Interest Group is hosting two presentations during its meeting at the ALA Midwinter Conference in Chicago. The meeting will be held on Saturday, January 31, from 3:00-4:00pm, in McCormick Place West, Room W187a. The program will feature the following presentations: Experiments in BIBFRAME: A modular approach Nancy Fallgren, Metadata Specialist Librarian, National Library of Medicine The National Library of Medicine has been collaborating with Library of Congress on BIBFRAME development and experimentation from the Early Experimenters to the current Implementers. The goal of BIBFRAME is to develop a data sharing standard to replace MARC that is web-based, flexible, and extensible beyond the traditional library cataloging community (i.e., rule agnostic). To that end, NLM is focusing on flexibility and extensibility by experimenting with a ‘modular’ approach to BIBFRAME. This modeling approach is comprised of a core BIBFRAME vocabulary designed to be extended with existing descriptive schemes already developed by the various sectors of the cultural heritage community. Nancy will talk about this approach and the status of NLM’s experimentation. BIBFLOW: An IMLS Project Xiaoli Li, Co-head of Content Support Services Department, University of California-Davis BIBFLOW is a two-year project of the UC Davis University Library and Zepheira, funded by IMLS. Its official title is “Reinventing Cataloging: Models for the Future of Library Operations” and we are investigating the future of library technical services, i.e., cataloging and related workflows, in light of modern technology infrastructure such as the Web and new data models and formats such as Resource Description and Access (RDA) and BIBFRAME, the new encoding and exchange format in development by the Library of Congress. Xiaoli Li will be provide an update on the progress of this work. We hope to see you there! Program Co-Chairs, Carolyn Hansen and Victoria Mueller
