The slides for the presentations given by Robert Pillow, John Riemer,
and Reinhold Heuvelmann at the 2012 MARC Formats Interest Group
discussion meeting in Anaheim are now available on ALA Connect.
http://connect.ala.org/node/178213#comment-34510
Summaries appear below.
> The Elephant in the Room: a Vendor's Viewpoint
>
> 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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> 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.
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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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Chew Chiat Naun
University of Minnesota Libraries
160 Wilson Library
Minneapolis, MN 55455
(612) 625-5615
Received on Wed Jun 27 2012 - 14:00:14 EDT