Re: Report and ppts from "Old Records, New Records, New Interfaces" (Catalog Form and Function Interest Group Forum at ALA Annual)

With all respect, I could not get any of the three links you provide below
to connect to anything.  

The first one gives a 404 Error, "file not found," and the second and third
give back the more general message, "Web page can not be found."  

Perhaps it is just me or perhaps you can fix some or all of these links.

thanks
Nancy Cochran
nancy.cochran_at_earthlink.net


> [Original Message]
> From: Laura Akerman <liblna_at_EMORY.EDU>
> To: <NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU>
> Date: 7/17/2008 10:58:10 AM
> Subject: [NGC4LIB] Report and ppts from "Old Records, New Records, New
Interfaces" (Catalog Form and Function Interest Group Forum at ALA Annual)
>
> Apologies for sending you to a wiki page that's not available for 
> viewing without a login - I didn't realize (and am trying to get 
> changed).  Meanwhile, here's the report:
>
> *Old Records, New Records, New Interfaces*
> ALCTS Catalog Form and Function Interest Group
> Saturday, June 28, 10:30-12:00 a.m.
> Marriott Anaheim Platinum Room 6
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The first part of the meeting consisted of a Forum, "Old Records, New 
> Records, New Interfaces"; presentations by librarians from three 
> libraries who have recently been involved in implementing "next 
> generation" catalog interfaces:
>
>     * Charley Pennell, /Principal Cataloger for Metadata, NC State
>       University Libraries/ (Endeca) Presentation
>      
<http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/endeca/presentations/200806-ala-pennell.ppt>
>     * Mary Charles Lasater, /Authorities Librarian, Jean and Alexander
>       Heard Library, Vanderbilt University/ (Primo) Presentation
>      
<http://www.presentations.ala.org/images/7/70/Old_records%2C_New_records%2C_
New_interfacesLasater.ppt>
>
>     * Cheryl Gowing, /Director, Information Management & Systems,
>       University of Miami/ (Encore) Presentation
>      
<http://www.presentations.ala.org/images/6/60/Old_records_new_records_ALA_20
08_-_encore.ppt>
>
>
> The presentations gave a lot of interesting detail about the available 
> features in each product and the ongoing implementation decisions and 
> changes involved. Pennell talked about the evolution and changes to 
> NCSU'S Endeca implementation, and its expansion to serve the TRLN 
> consortium with "skins" for each institution. Lasater showed how 
> implementing the new interface raised many questions about handling of 
> topic and genre, controlled vs. uncontrolled vocabulary, how faceted 
> browsing should work and what capabilities of the "back end" system can 
> and can't be found in the new. Gowing discussed the capabilities of a 
> recently implemented Encore system, including details of relevance 
> ranking and tag clouds, "soft launch" and user feedback gathering. All 
> talked about cataloging and data cleanup issues. Presentations were 
> followed by a question and answer session.
>
> At the end of the meeting, Charley Pennell was elected Chair and Richard 
> Guajardo, Head, Integrated Library System, University of Houston 
> Libraries, was elected Vice Chair/Chair Elect.
>
> Past chair Laura Akerman volunteered to head the effort to develop a 
> wiki site, and interested members stayed after the meeting to discuss 
> development of a section of descriptions and functional evaluations for 
> MARC record sets, with a goal of having something available before the 
> end of the summer.
>
> Laura
>
> -- 
> Laura Akerman, Technology and Metadata Librarian
> Robert W. Woodruff Library, Room 128
> Emory University
> Atlanta, Ga. 30322
> ph:  (404) 727-6888  / email:  liblna_at_emory.edu