Sounds interesting…————–Indiana University is pleased to announce the public (very Beta) release of Scherzo, a music discovery system designed as a testbed of the FRBR conceptual model. The system may be accessed at http://vfrbr.info/search . A product of the IMLS-funded Variations/FRBR project, Scherzo is an early proof of concept for what a library catalog built according to FRBR principles might look like. The current released ...
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Cataloging Distribution Service re-launches website
Like | robinna | Sep 20, 2010 | Libraries, metadata
for those interested…————-Library of Congress News from CDSThe Cataloging Distribution Service has launched a new and enhanced web site.You can find us at our usual URL–it has not changed: http://www.loc.gov/cds/ The new web site has easy-to-use navigation and a new search engine. The best places to find specific products or to browse our catalog of products and services are in the “Product Categories” and “Find ...
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Cataloging in librarything
Like | robinna | Aug 16, 2010 | Libraries, Library Catalogs (ILS), metadata
Library staff including me and Classics Department staff, faculty, and students cataloged the Classics Department Reading Collection. The end result of this highly collaborative and volunteer project was completion of cataloging/adding records for over 2000 titles using the online cataloging/collection management tool, LibraryThing.
Survey on the quality of cataloging in academic libraries
Like | robinna | Aug 3, 2010 | Libraries, metadata
Sounds interesting…————————-Summarizing from an email:Karen Snow is a Ph.D. Candidate in Information Science in the College of Information at the University of North Texas who is collecting data for her dissertation “A Study of the Perception of Cataloging Quality Among Catalogers in Academic Libraries.” This study addresses the ambiguous nature of “quality” in cataloging and the difficulties in assessing what quality cataloging means due to ...
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Authority, Linked Data, RDF Webinar (Free!)
Like | robinna | May 21, 2010 | Libraries, metadata, semantic web, Training
Linked data is a HOT topic amongst the semantic web community (and the NYT also has their big linked data project) — sigh, novel concepts like authority records, controlled vocabularies, etc. Why gosh. Why didn’t libraries think of those? Oh wait, we DID. 😉 Anyhow, it might be interesting & free webinar — discussions of the VIAF, RDF, etc. I’ll be there virtually. ————————-OCLC Research ...
What they don’t teach in lib school
Like | robinna | May 21, 2010 | Libraries, metadata
Interesting group of materials (presentations, webinars, etc.) about employer expectations and what they do not teach in “library school” in regards to the cataloging profession. The sessions focused on the disconnect between what you learn in library school and the reality of working in cataloging. Panel members shared their professional viewpoints and personal experiences related to the changing technical skills, education requirements, cataloging and bibliographic ...
Semantic web, Metadata an introduction (for Catalogers)
Like | robinna | Mar 30, 2010 | metadata, my projects, semantic web, social media, Training
I’m having trouble with slideshare (and facebook and my email and…) in the meantime, here is the presentation for tonight’s guest lecturer presentation. enjoy!
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Free Cataloging Tools (!)
Like | robinna | Mar 29, 2010 | Libraries, metadata, my projects, Training
I can’t believe I never posted this beyond delicious.com. Sorry! So there, ya go — free cataloging tools. Yup, free. Free Cataloging Tools View more presentations from robinfay.
Statewide EAD project survey
Like | robinna | Mar 20, 2010 | Digital Libraries, Libraries, metadata
Over the past few years, some members of Georgia's archival community have expressed the desire to have a state-wide EAD project. Given UGA's and DLG's recent successes in developing finding aid databases, we are wondering if now might be the time to leverage our expertise to develop a state-wide EAD database. As a first tentative step we'd like to gauge interest and basic institutional needs ...
best of… secrets of the catalog / library metadata (presentation archives)
Like | robinna | Feb 26, 2010 | Libraries, Life, life 2.0+, meetups/conferences, metadata, my projects, tutorials, web 2.0+
I decided to start digging out some of my old stuff that I either 1)haven’t posted here before, or perhaps, 2)I posted it 5 years ago, but it is still relevant or 3) it is super popular (on twitter, on a blog, etc.) which makes me think it is worth a re-post. I promise my site is not about to become a re-hash and just ...
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