Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:44:15 -0500
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ALA ALCTS CCS Cataloging Norms Interest Group ALA Midwinter Program, Denver Saturday, January 24, 2009, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Colorado Convention Center, Room 703 Preliminaries: Announcements & Introductions (5 minutes) Part I: Metadata Uses Title: Metadata in ARL Libraries (20 minutes) Presenter: Jin Ma, Catalog/Metadata Librarian, Newman Library, Baruch College, The City University of New York Description: The presentation will assess the current metadata practices and trends in ARL (Association of Research Libraries) libraries, based on the survey "Metadata" conducted in spring 2007 (SPEC Kit 298: Metadata), a collaborative effort with the staff at the Association of Research Libraries. The speaker will give an overview of her findings of metadata implementation in ARL member libraries: what kinds of projects/initiatives have been undertaken, what types of digital objects are associated with metadata, what schemas and tools are used to create metadata, how to ensure metadata quality and interoperability, who are creating metadata, what skills metadata staff need and how they acquire those skills, and the organizational changes and challenges resulting from the adoption of metadata. The speaker will discuss her observations of the findings and the main themes emerged from the metadata practices in libraries. She will also identify the roles and responsibilities of catalogers in metadata implementation and the implications of metadata practices for the cataloging divisions, technical services, and the libraries. Title: How to improve interoperability of Unique Metadata Fields for Special Collections (20 minutes) Presenters: Myung-Ja Han, Metadata Librarian, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Christine Cho, MSLIS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Description: In recent years many libraries have created digital collections derived from their special collections, rare book collections and archives, in order to provide greater access to these hidden resources. The items in these digital collections need unique metadata fields that play an essential role in managing and describing 'special resources,' and which provide rich contextual information in native environment. CONTENTdm, one of the most widely used digital resource management tools, gives flexibility to its users to create and use such unique field names. However when the metadata is exported through OAI-PMH to service providers, these locally created field names are mapped to simple Dublin Core elements that cannot fully describe what the local elements originally intended to describe. Researchers analyzed 21 digital collections from 15 institutions that are created with CONTENTdm to see what kind of unique fields are used for special collections and how these fields are represented in service providers' environments. This presentation will provide common characteristics of these unique metadata fields for the special collections and best practices for creating and mapping special collections metadata using CONTENTdm. Questions/Discussion: 15 minutes CONCLUSION PART I: 2:20 p.m. Break: 10 minutes START TIME PART II: 2:30 p.m. Part II: Next Generation Cataloging, Standards and Quality Title: FRBRizing Legacy Data: Issues and Challenges (20 minutes) Presenters: Yin Zhang, Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University; Athena Salaba, Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University Description: In this presentation, we will report on and discuss the issues and challenges we faced when applying the OCLC Workset Algorithm to FRBRize the Library of Congress collection. The presentation will cover (1) how existing MARC records were used to identify FRBR work entities, (2) what issues and challenges the process involved, and (3) what we did to address those issues and challenges. Title: Cataloging quality: problems and potential solutions (20 minutes) Presenter: Magda El-Sherbini, Head of Cataloging, Ohio State University Libraries Description: Cataloging and providing bibliographic control has recently been the center of several important discussions. Many of these discussions seem to focus on the practical aspects of costs, staffing and training of new staff. They also address the broader question of the need to follow cataloging standards. Libraries are raising the question of what services they should provide to users and what role libraries can play in providing bibliographic access without diminishing the value of the catalog. This presentation will contribute to this discussion by revisiting the question of the cataloging standards, and offering alternative approaches and ideas to cataloging. It will discuss innovative staffing solutions that can reduce the cost of cataloging and help overcome the problem of staffing and staff training. Questions/Discussion: 15 minutes/wrap up Adrienne Aluzzo Metadata Librarian Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48202 313/577-6439 bb4892_at_wayne.edu
