If you missed the free webinars "RDA and OCLC" that were presented during the last couple of weeks, you can view the recording here.
OCLC has also scheduled one more live session, which will take place on Nov. 19, 12pm (central). You can register for that here.
There is a brief write up about the webinar and the post includes screenshots of some of the poll results from those attending the two webinars. It can be found on Karen Calhoun's blog, Metalogue.
Registration is open for NISO's October webinar on Bibliographic Control Alphabet Soup: AACR to RDA and Evolution of MARC, to be held on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time).
Librarians, ILS vendors, and commercial cataloging service providers--as well as a wide variety of related service providers--all know that the proverbial, heavily acronym-spiced "bibliographic control alphabet soup" involves the intelligent and well informed use of many ingredients. Chief in these are constantly evolving standards, combined with more than a sprinkling of creativity and insight. Three expert metadata chefs will analyze and discuss specific alphabetic ingredients already in use or soon to be implemented in the bib control kitchen.
Diane Hillmann (Director of Metadata Initiatives, Information Institute of Syracuse) will provide an overview of RDA Elements and Vocabularies: a Step Forward from MARC. RDA elements and vocabularies represent the distillation of library descriptive knowledge, optimized for use within an environment that speaks XML, RDF, and linked data, and expressed in an FRBR-aware manner.
Barbara Tillett (Chief, Policy and Standards Division, Library of Congress) will review There to Here to There -- AACR2 and RDA. Learn how what started as AACR3 evolved into an entirely new approach with a new name.
William Moen (Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Sciences, University of North Texas) will discuss results from the IMLS-sponsored research project: Data-driven Evidence for Core MARC Records. The project team examined 56 million WorldCat bibliographic records and analyzed patterns of use by catalogers of available fields/subfields.
For more information and to register, visit the event webpage. Registration is per site (access for one computer) and includes access to the online recorded archive of the webinar. NISO and NASIG members receive a discounted member rate. A student discount is also available. Can't make it on the 14th? Register and gain access to the recorded archive for one year.
The ACLTS CCS Copy Cataloging Interest Group will meet during the ALA Meeting in Chicago on Saturday, July 11, from 10:30 AM to 12 noon. We’re interested in all things copy cataloging, but for our next meeting we’re particularly interested in the following topics:
Are you doing something in any of these areas that you’d like to share with an eager audience? Would you like to help us explore any of these topics? If so, the Copy Cataloging Interest Group is the place for you! We’re looking for people to speak to the group about any of these topics. If you would like to speak to the group, please contact Gene Dickerson, Chair, or Tatiana Barr, Vice-Chair/Chair Elect with your interest. We’re looking for people to speak for about 15-20 minutes on any of the topics listed above. If you’d like to propose another topic you’re interested in, let us know that, too. Tell us who you are and what topic you’d like to speak about. Don’t be shy! Give us a try! If you want to nominate someone else to speak, let us know who he or she is, along with contact information, and we’ll take it from there.
Gene Dickerson
DickersonEH@state.gov
Tatiana Barr
Tatiana.barr@yale.edu
Eugene Dickerson
Lead Librarian for Cataloging
Ralph J. Bunche Library
U.S. Dept. of State
dickersoneh@state.gov
Amid controversy and ongoing discussions about the future of bibliographic control throughout the library world, the JSC (Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR) is slowly continuing its work on RDA (Resource Description and Access). As of now, the expected release date is early 2009.
This month, the JSC released a revised draft of Part A, Chapter 3, for comment. Chapter 3 deals with the descriptive elements of the carrier of the resource: physical characteristics, formatting and coding of the information stored on the carrier, etc. The draft includes a cover letter with instructions on how to make comments, plus some background information and specific questions to consider.
For a taste of the controversy surrounding RDA, see the article in the January/February 2007 issue of D-Lib Magazine: Resource Description and Access (RDA): Cataloging Rules for the 20th Century, by Karen Coyle and Diane Hillmann.
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Are you still perplexed by RDA (Resource Description and Access), the new cataloging code currently in development? If so, you might want to look at an excellent article in the October issue of the online journal Ariadne. “RDA: A New International Standard,” by Ann Chapman, gives a clear explanation of why RDA is needed, what it will be (without going into lengthy detail), and the progress to date. This is a British publication, so you’ll see cataloging spelled with a “u,” and references to the “Anglo” side of the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules. You’ll also get an excellent idea of the international aspect of RDA, and on the whole, you will likely come away with a much better understanding of what the new code is all about.
