The MARC Formats Interest Group invites you to its discussion meeting
at ALA Annual.
Saturday, June 23, 2012, 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Anaheim Convention Center, Room 208B
Topic: Issues in the Bibliographic Transition: Extending the Reach of
Authority Data
Our speakers at this meeting will be John Riemer (UCLA), Reinhold
Heuvelmann (DNB), and Robert Pillow (VTLS). They will discuss issues
relating to the bibliographic framework transition initiative, with a
focus on the opportunity for an expanded role for authority data.
Abstracts and biographical information appear below, and further
information can be found at http://connect.ala.org/node/178213.
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New Prospects for Library Authority Data
John Riemer will discuss how authority data can be put to new uses
outside an online catalog environment, including contributing to
scholarly research in a linked data environment, and outline changes
in practice (including those concerned with undifferentiated names)
that can help it play that role.
John Riemer is Head of UCLA's Cataloging & Metadata Center. Within in
the Program for Cooperative Cataloging, he is Chair Emeritus of the
Policy Committee and Chair of the PCC Advisory Committee on
Initiatives.
John was co-author with Philip Schreur of a discussion paper proposing
changes to how undifferentiated personal name records are handled in
the LC/NACO Authority File
(http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/Undiff%20Personal%20NARs%20Discussion%20Paper%20March%202012.doc).
Attendees may be interested to note that the PCC Participants Meeting
will be an open forum to conclude community input on this discussion
paper. The PCC Participants Meeting will take place on Sunday, June 24
from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m., Anaheim Convention Center, Room 213AB.
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From Authority Control to Linked Authority Data: the Gemeinsame
Normdatei in German Speaking Countries
This presentation will describe recently completed Gemeinsame
Normdatei (GND) project, which merged the SWD, GKD, PND, and EST
authority files of the German-speaking countries into one integrated
authority file, structured by one common format. Under the influence
of the Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD), a specific
focus was put on relationships and their coding, which may be seen as
a step into the Linked Data world. This presentation will explain the
significance of the GND and its underlying concepts as a contribution
to the Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative.
Reinhold Heuvelmann works in the Office for Library Standards at the
German National Library. He is a member of the MARC Advisory
Committee, where he represents the German speaking countries at MARBI
meetings, and is also a member of the MODS/MADS Editorial Committee.
He played a key role in the changeover of German and Austrian
libraries from the MAB-Format to MARC 21.
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The Bibliographic Transition: a Vendor Perspective
Robert Pillow of VTLS will discuss the role of the vendor community in
the transition to a linked data environment. While LoC's Bibliographic
Framework Initiative is still in its infancy, a commitment to a
transition is evident; but, do we know where that transition will take
us? Many issues remain to be not only resolved, but in fact,
discovered. Current practices need not be an impediment to progress.
Robert Pillow has worked in a variety of positions at VTLS in Customer
Services, Sales and Marketing, Design & Development, and Project
Management. His experience includes work as a Cataloger, Reference
Librarian, Circulation Manager, ILL Manager, teaching Library Science,
and service as a Library Board member within both academic and public
libraries.
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Chew Chiat Naun
University of Minnesota Libraries
160 Wilson Library
Minneapolis, MN 55455
(612) 625-5615
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