ALA 2007: ALCTS/CCS Cataloging Norms Discussion Group

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The ALCTS/CCS Cataloging Norms Discussion Group will present the following
program at the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., on Saturday June
23, 2007, 1:30pm-3:30pm, Capital Hilton, Federal A:

TITLE
Designing Workflows that Meet Local Needs: Two Case Studies

PRESENTER
Jackie Shieh, Senior Associate Librarian, Data Loads & Development, Harlan
Hatcher Graduate Library, University of Michigan

ABSTRACT
In 1994-1999, the University of Virginia created TEI-header metadata for
its Electronic Text Center collection, and then converted into SIRSI MARC
ASCII to load to its online system. An original cataloger and a
paraprofessional were responsible for all electronic resources cataloging,
including Web sites, diskettes, discs, etc. The creation of TEI header
metadata was part of their overall responsibilities.

University of Michigan, on the other hand, makes use of all existing MARC
records by converting them to various project-based metadata formats for
its digital library projects, e.g., BibClass, Dublin Core, DC for OAI-PMH,
MODS, etc. A cataloger is in charge of the operation of providing MARC to
non-MARC data, who is also responsible of ensuring quality for non-MARC
metadata MARC for local online system. The same cataloger is the person who
communicates to System Administrator of specific Perl module needs
regarding record conversion.


TITLE
Integrating Non-MARC Metadata into the Workflow of a Traditional Technical
Services Department: Perspectives from Librarians at the University of
Tennessee Technical Services and Digital Access Team

PRESENTERS
Melanie Feltner-Reichert, Metadata Librarian and Assistant Professor,
University of Tennessee Hodges Library
Marielle Veve, Catalog Librarian and Assistant Professor, University of
Tennessee Hodges Library

ABSTRACT
What are the challenges and rewards of integrating non-MARC metadata
production into a technical services department? Melanie Feltner-Reichert
and Marielle Veve will explore their recent experience of adding the
creation of Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS) records to the
traditional duties of technical services librarians and support staff at
the University of Tennessee Hodges Library. The presenters will share their
local process of integration, lessons learned from the early stages of
implementation, and the surprising modifications to workflow that emerged
out of practice.


TITLE
Building Library 1.1

PRESENTERS
Charley Pennell, Principal Cataloger for Metadata, Metadata and Cataloging,
North Carolina State University
Kristin Antelman, Associate Director for the Digital Library, North
Carolina State University

ABSTRACT
Libraries operate within a culture that posits collaborating towards a
common good, through resource sharing, cooperative development of
standards, and the building of common work tools. The semantic Web, and the
recent rapprochement between RDA and DCMI, have the potential to advance
our contribution to the common good in ways that have never been possible
before, yet there are still economic, legal, technical and cultural hurdles
that are likely to conspire to keep libraries working within institutional
silos. This talk will look at how the NCSU Libraries is trying to work
toward a more open catalog platform by creating a web services layer to
support features such as RSS and by integrating structured data from
outside of the ILS, starting with classification and geographical
hierarchies, and potentially extending to chronological hierarchies, FRBR
“work-level” records, and academic discipline-related vocabularies. These
efforts point to the need for access to additional data that is outside the
local machine environment. We look at some of these data sources and assess
the obstacles that will have to be overcome before library catalogs, and
librarians, will be able to fully join the broader Web 2.0 discovery
environment.


Susan Matveyeva, Ph.D., MLIS, B.Mus.
Asst. Professor & Catalog Librarian
Wichita State University Libraries
1845 Fairmount
Wichita, KS 67260-0068
phone: (316) 978-5139
fax:       (316) 978-3048
e-mail: susan.matveyeva_at_wichita.edu