Showing papers on "Cataloging published in 2018"
TL;DR: This study uses data from a large original survey to present how the cataloging and metadata community is approaching new and emerging data standards and technologies, and demonstrates strong professional-development interest in Semantic Web and Linked Data applications.
Abstract: This study uses data from a large original survey (nearly one thousand initial respondents) to present how the cataloging and metadata community is approaching new and emerging data standards and technologies. The data analysis demonstrates strong professional-development interest in Semantic Web and Linked Data applications. With respect to continuing education topics, Linked Data technology, BIBFRAME, and an overview of current and emerging data standards and technologies ranked high. The survey data illustrate that personal continuing education interests often varied from reported institutional needs. These results reflect the fact that library services and projects in these emerging areas have not yet progressed beyond the exploratory stage. They also suggest that cataloging and metadata professionals expect to be able to exercise a mixture of core professional skill sets including teamwork, communication, and subject analysis, and the ability to adapt and accommodate Semantic Web standards and technologies, digital libraries, and other innovations in cataloging and metadata services.
14 citations
TL;DR: Efforts to repurpose existing Library of Congress Subject Headings as faceted data, taking advantage of recent developments in the MARC 21 formats are described.
Abstract: Music catalogers have embraced in current cataloging the flexibility, intuitiveness, and expressivity afforded by the Library of Congress’s new faceted vocabularies. In order to realize the...
9 citations
TL;DR: The process leading to the final document, the Core Competencies for Cataloging and Metadata Professional Librarians, involved researching the use of competencies documents, envisioning an accessible final product, and engaging in collaborative writing.
Abstract: In 2015 the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services Cataloging and Metadata Management Section (ALCTS CaMMS) Competencies for a Career in Cataloging Interest Group (CECCIG) charged a task force to create a core competencies document for catalogers. The process leading to the final document, the Core Competencies for Cataloging and Metadata Professional Librarians , involved researching the use of competencies documents, envisioning an accessible final product, and engaging in collaborative writing. Additionally, the task force took certain measures to solicit and incorporate feedback from the cataloging community throughout the entire process. The Competencies document was approved by the ALCTS Board of Directors in January 2017. Task force members who were involved in the final stages of the document’s creation detail their processes and purposes in this paper and provide recommendations for groups approaching similar tasks.
9 citations
TL;DR: The coding schema developed in this study can serve as a framework for follow‐up evaluations of metadata schemas, contributing to the ongoing development of cultural heritage metadata.
Abstract: Digitization provides a solution for documentation and preservation of nonmovable cultural heritages. Despite efforts for the preservation of cultural heritages around the world, no well‐accepted metadata schema has been developed for murals and stone cave temples, which are often high‐value heritages built in ancient times. In addition, the literature is scarce on the user‐centered evaluation of metadata schemas of this kind. This study therefore aims to offer insights on developing and evaluating a metadata schema for organizing information of these historic and complex cultural heritages. In‐depth interviews were conducted with a total of 30 users, including 18 professional and 12 public users, and interview transcripts were coded through a qualitative content analysis approach. Findings reveal the importance of specific metadata elements as perceived by the two groups of end users, which correlated with their cultural heritage information‐seeking behaviors. In addition, the issues of standardization of cataloging of cultural heritage information and interoperability among metadata schemas have been raised by users for enhancing the user experience with digital platforms of cultural heritage information. The coding schema developed in this study can serve as a framework for follow‐up evaluations of metadata schemas, contributing to the ongoing development of cultural heritage metadata.
9 citations
TL;DR: Conclusions drawn from the study include the need for a focus on the quality of catalogued knowledge and the reduction of the barriers to the publication and consumption of such knowledge, and the attention on the part of library community to the learning from the successful adoption of LOD in other application domains and contributing collaboratively to the global scale activity of cataloging.
Abstract: Linked Open Data (LOD) is a core Semantic Web technology that makes knowledge and information spaces of different knowledge domains manageable, reusable, shareable, exchangeable, and interoperable. The LOD approach achieves this through the provision of services for describing, indexing, organizing, and retrievingknowledge artifacts and making them available for quick consumption and publication. Thisis also alignedwith the role and objective of traditional library cataloging. Owing to this link, majorlibraries of the world are transferring their bibliographic metadata to the LOD landscape. Some developments in this direction include the replacement of Anglo-American Cataloging Rules 2nd Edition by the Resource Description and Access (RDA) and the trend towards the wideradoption of BIBFRAME 2.0. An interestingand related development in this respect arethe discussions among knowledge resources managers and library community on the possibility of enriching bibliographic metadata with socially curated or user-generated content. The popularity of Linked Open Data and its benefit to librarians and knowledge management professionals warrant a comprehensive survey of the subject. Althoughseveral reviews and survey articles on the application of Linked Data principles to cataloging have appeared in literature, a generic yet holistic review of the current state of Linked and Open Data in cataloging is missing. To fill the gap, the authors have collected recent literature (2014–18) on the current state of Linked Open Data in cataloging to identify research trends, challenges, and opportunities in this area and, in addition, to understand the potential of socially curated metadata in cataloging mainlyin the realm of the Web of Data. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this review article is the first of its kind that holistically treats the subject of cataloging in the Linked and Open Data environment. Some of the findings of the review are: Linked and Open Data is becoming the mainstream trend in library cataloging especially in the major libraries and research projects of the world; with the emergence of Linked Open Vocabularies (LOV), the bibliographic metadata is becoming more meaningful and reusable; and, finally, enriching bibliographic metadata with user-generated content is gaining momentum.Conclusions drawn from the study include the need for a focus on the quality of catalogued knowledge and the reduction of the barriers to the publication and consumption of such knowledge, and the attention on the part of library community to the learning from the successful adoption of LOD in other application domains and contributing collaboratively to the global scale activity of cataloging.
8 citations
TL;DR: The CONSER BIBFRAME mapping project as mentioned in this paper is a mapping project between the elements of the CONSER Standard Record and BIBFAME 1.0, which was initiated in 2015.
Abstract: The CONSER BIBFRAME mapping project began in December 2015, and completed a mapping between the elements of the CONSER Standard Record and BIBFRAME 1.0. Subsequently, the group has converted that m...
8 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyze how catalogers describe publications without cataloging tools in comparison with the current cataloging process, and a total of 46 catalogers took part in the first edition.
Abstract: The aim of this article is to analyze how catalogers describe publications without cataloging tools in comparison with the current cataloging process. A total of 46 catalogers took part in the firs...
7 citations
TL;DR: This article explored how college and university curriculum centers are addressing challenges with K-12 electronic textbooks (particularly acquisition, cataloging, and access) and implementing technology-focused services for pre-service teachers.
Abstract: In this project, co-investigators explored how college and university curriculum centers are addressing challenges with K-12 electronic textbooks (particularly acquisition, cataloging, and access) and implementing technology-focused services for pre-service teachers. The results of this research have provided guidance for planning the future of the curriculum center in Milner Library at Illinois State University, which comprises 2.5% of the library’s holdings and accounts for almost 25% of the library’s circulation. We identified service gaps and opportunities for improvement and are in the process of acting upon our findings, such as leveraging campus partnerships, integrating makerspace technologies, and exploring different models for ordering and processing the collection
7 citations
6 citations
17 Jul 2018
TL;DR: This paper focuses on the discussion of the rise of users’ expectations on library catalogs at different stages and gives emphasis to what impact they have created accordingly.
Abstract: This paper traces the historical development of library catalogs from primitive catalogs in ancient times to current next generational catalogs, which are summarized into three stages: the agricultural catalog stage, the industrial catalog stage and the information catalog stage. In particular, this paper focuses on the discussion of the rise of users’ expectations on library catalogs at different stages and gives emphasis to what impact they have created accordingly.
6 citations
20 Jun 2018
TL;DR: The Dublin Core metadata schema in the repository DSpace is rated as excellent, having an average level of complexity in registration documents and it is concluded that the metadata that prevails within the DSpace repositories is the Dublin Core.
Abstract: This article reveals the comparative analysis of metadata schemas MARC21, MODS, DUBLIN CORE and OPAC in cataloging and publication of thesis and research projects in the DSpace repository. It begins with the development and implementation of a survey to library administrators of the following institutions: University of Cuenca, Azuay University, Catholic University of Cuenca, Salesian University and the Municipal Library of the city of Cuenca, in order to determine the schema metadata used in cataloging thesis and research projects. Then a virtual Machine was installed under the Ubuntu operating system. By using the tasksel tool the prerequisites are installed previous to the installation of DSpace, DSpace repository configuration and publication of the contents of thesis and research projects within the repository. It is concluded that the metadata that prevails within the DSpace repositories is the Dublin Core and it is the one best fits for cataloging thesis and research projects, in tests with students and teachers in the three aspects: technical, use and functional. The Dublin Core metadata schema in the repository DSpace is rated as excellent, having an average level of complexity in registration documents.
20 Mar 2018
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24 Jun 2018
TL;DR: The ALCTS cataloging early English books online in WorldCat discovery was presented at the ALCTs Cataloging and Metadata Management Section's (CaMMS) cataloging and classification research interest group at the 2018 ALA Annual Conference, New Orleans, June 24, 2018.
Abstract: “Cataloging Early English Books Online in WorldCat Discovery” was presented at the ALCTS Cataloging and Metadata Management Section’s (CaMMS) Cataloging and Classification Research Interest Group program at the ALA Annual Conference, New Orleans, June 24, 2018
TL;DR: This research introduces the term “revolutionary cataloging interface” to describe the characteristics of crowdsourced metadata creation portals: capable of being learned during a 10–15 minute tutorial, yet with demonstrated potential for producing robust and rich metadata with an impressive level of automated quality control.
Abstract: Experimental crowdsourced strategies pertaining to library resource description are becoming increasingly common. This research introduces the term “revolutionary cataloging interface” to describe the characteristics of crowdsourced metadata creation portals: capable of being learned during a 10–15 minute tutorial, requiring little or no previous cataloging experience, yet with demonstrated potential for producing robust and rich metadata with an impressive level of automated quality control. Focusing on a case study of Zooniverse’s Operation War Diary, this paper investigates, explains, and assesses the potential of such innovations to meet successfully the challenges posed by Hidden Collections.
TL;DR: This paper describes the process for creating metadata for digitized (scanned) maps, using the Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) records of the scanned maps’ original paper counterparts as a starting point for conversions to other metadata formats suitable for use in multiple discovery platforms.
Abstract: This paper describes our process for creating metadata for digitized (scanned) maps, using the Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) records of the scanned maps’ original paper counterparts as a start...
TL;DR: Light is shed on the works of the PCC task groups involved with developing best practices for linked data in the last couple of years, Task Group on URIs in MARC and BIBFRAME.
Abstract: The Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) is an international cataloging community that seeks to create trusted, high quality metadata to meet user needs. Part of that mission includes developing best practices for emerging information systems as well as maintaining current standards. This paper sheds light on the works of the PCC task groups involved with developing best practices for linked data in the last couple of years, Task Group on URIs in MARC and BIBFRAME. The Task Group on URIs conducted a pilot test, compiled findings and comments that served the foundation of several MARC proposals at the 2016 and 2017 American Library Association Annual and Midwinter meetings. The goal of the proposed refinements and expansion of usage of these MARC subfields, e.g. $0, $4, is to prepare and extend the richness of library data to the wider information world with little programmatic intervention. The BIBFRAME Task Group’s charge is to develop community standards and practice for linked data, focusing on BIBFRAME. The group's initial efforts focus on mapping elements from the CONSER Standard Record (CSR) and BIBCO Standard Record (BSR) BIBFRAME version 2 ontology. Both Task Groups’ efforts are to benefit and assist information professionals and researchers conducting their work utilizing Web as a service (WaaS) beyond the traditional library data silos.
TL;DR: This survey sought to investigate how the transition to the new cataloging standard, Resource Description and Access (RDA), has been handled in one hundred of the largest US public libraries, specifically examining whether catalogers believe that some of RDA’s major goals have been met.
Abstract: This survey sought to investigate how the transition to the new cataloging standard, Resource Description and Access (RDA), has been handled in one hundred of the largest US public libraries, specifically examining whether catalogers believe that some of RDA’s major goals have been met, and how some of the anticipated impacts of RDA implementation have been handled. A large majority of these libraries have implemented RDA for original cataloging, but respondents also generally believe that RDA has failed to meet some of its most important goals, primarily ease of use and cost-effectiveness.
TL;DR: The authors examined previously unexplored IBM reports and manuals that document the development of Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) in the 1960s to understand gendered assumptions manufacturers made about the labor of information retrieval and to ultimately discuss the ways in which MARC transformed the feminized labour of information, making it more diffuse and shifting expectations about productivity.
Abstract: This essay examines previously unexplored IBM reports and manuals that document the development of Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) in the 1960s to understand gendered assumptions manufacturers made about the labor of information retrieval and to ultimately discuss the ways in which MARC transformed the feminized labor of information, making it more diffuse and shifting expectations about productivity. In the process, this essay will show that cataloging, like other forms of women’s labor transformed by technology in the latter part of the twentieth century, has a complicated relationship to the market labor and industrialization. Finally, this essay ends by connecting MARC and feminized labor to the contemporary discussion of BIBFRAME.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that many research questions (RQs) in cataloging reflect design-based RQs, rather than traditional scientific ones, and a review of existing discussio...
Abstract: This article asserts that many research questions (RQs) in cataloging reflect design-based RQs, rather than traditional scientific ones. To support this idea, a review of existing discussio...
TL;DR: This paper calls the attention to some of the improvements and challenges that currently affect the relationship between catalogs, knowledge organization, classification and information retrieval.
Abstract: Text-based and multimedia documents in and for history of science are displayed in libraries and ought to be organized to make knowledge and information on history of science accessible. The traditional approach to the organization of and access to knowledge and information was expressed by classification schemes primarily influenced by philosophical traditions, and then mostly based on the literary warrant principle. Within this context, the scholarly and scientific literature was seen as representing facts about knowledge and structures of knowledge. Cataloging and classification were essential to provide users access to information. Cataloging elements consist of bibliographic description, subject analysis and classification. Currently, within the digital environment, not only text-based documents, but documents of all sorts must be included, classified and organized in order to be browsed. In this paper I call the attention to some of the improvements and challenges that currently affect the relationship between catalogs, knowledge organization, classification and information retrieval. As an example I mention the catalog-interface that is being developed for the digital library of CESIMA-Brazil.
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TL;DR: A brief history of name authority in the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' Digital Collections, including the development and use of a local name authority database for creators associated with the UNT community, can be found in this article.
Abstract: Brief history of name authority in the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' Digital Collections, including the development and use of a local name authority database for creators associated with the UNT community. This text was part of the article "Who Is This: Moving from Authority Control to Identity Management" published in the May/June 2018 issue of AALL Spectrum.
TL;DR: A distributed approach to convert legacy library data into RDF format using Apache Spark and Hadoop and the performance of the conversion process is improved in terms of processing time and the storage size.
Abstract: In recent years, the library domain has been using semantic web technologies to enable the data-centric information that can be processed directly by machines. Attempts have been evolved for data transitioning from MAchine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) formats into the Resource Description Framework (RDF). Storing library data in RDF format enhances interlinking and reusing of the resources on the web. Moreover, the machine can interpret library resources meaningfully because of rich source of semantics. Existing approaches rely on the single-node environment but they fail when they meet the large volume of the input data. Some of the bibliographic records in MARC 21 formats are huge in size that traditional data-management tools become incapable during data processing and requires larger storage area. Such data need serious attention by the systems that can perform tasks in parallel. In this article, we propose a distributed approach to convert legacy library data into RDF format using Apache Spark ...
25 Jul 2018
TL;DR: An expansion for NLM Classification focused on specific chiropractic therapeutic techniques, inspired by an NLM expansion for alternative healthcare developed at National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM) that UWS has used for many years to provide better browsability for materials on alternative therapies.
Abstract: Libraries with specialized collections often face unique challenges to providing access to their materials. Cataloging tools, including subject headings and classification systems, are often better suited for less focused collections. Call number classification systems in particular are problematic for libraries with greater depth in certain subject areas. Users expect to be able to walk to the shelf and browse everything about a certain topic in the same section. This is a reasonable request in small libraries, but it is often difficult when working within existing schemas. In response to this problem, the University of Western States Library developed its own expansion to National Library of Medicine Classification in order to better serve its users.
In order for our small, specialized library to provide better access to its focused collection, the author decided to think outside of the classification box and create an expansion for NLM Classification focused on specific chiropractic therapeutic techniques. I was inspired by an NLM expansion for alternative healthcare developed at National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM) that UWS has used for many years to provide better browsability for materials on alternative therapies. In particular, the section of NUNM Classification on medicinal herbs inspired the development of a similar expansion for chiropractic, with each technique assigned its own Cutter number.
01 Jan 2018
TL;DR: A content analysis of JLSC publications in 2007-2016 was conducted to investigate its publication patterns and research topics as mentioned in this paper, including article titles, keywords, authors affiliations, and topics.
Abstract: A content analysis of JLSC’s publications in 2007–2016 was conducted to investigate its publication patterns and research topics. Elements such as article titles, keywords, authors’ affiliations, t...
01 Jan 2018
TL;DR: This article argues that the continued escalation of automation and linked data in the semantic web will only be a continuation of metadata librarians’ current technological skills and commitment to data quality control.
Abstract: As a profession, librarians are already seeing the ways in which automation is challenging traditional methods of cataloging and raising questions about the future of manual cataloging work. Workflows for metadata creation—from the most basic to those involving data scraping, harvesting from APIs, and data migration and manipulation—indicate a shift from a cataloger’s traditional role of metadata creation to technologically-oriented metadata harvesting and management. Additional new technologies, like deep learning computation, are beginning to address the call for automated metadata creation for visual resources, reinforcing this shift and creating new opportunities for innovative workflows and description. New technologies have the potential to profoundly impact the ways that libraries ready themselves and their data for the semantic-web environment and redefine cataloging work moving forward. Will these further automation advances really change the role of the metadata librarian? This article argues that the continued escalation of automation and linked data in the semantic web will only be a continuation of metadata librarians’ current technological skills and commitment to data quality control.
TL;DR: An evolutionary look at the perpetual challenges of sustaining a consortial cataloging model and the efforts of the Shared Cataloging Program in the ongoing quest to eliminate the redundancy of efforts by centralizing the optimization of cataloging efficiency are highlighted.
Abstract: In January 2000, the University of California created the Shared Cataloging Program (SCP). Based at the University of California, San Diego, the SCP is a “centralized cataloging model” for the California Digital Library consortium collections. This article will take an evolutionary look at the perpetual challenges of sustaining a consortial cataloging model and highlight the efforts of the SCP in the ongoing quest to eliminate the redundancy of efforts by centralizing the optimization of cataloging efficiency.
TL;DR: Using lessons learned from acquiring, processing, and cataloging an extensive DVD and video collection, the author describes how the Rhode Island School of Design Library merged a large curated collection into its own holdings.
Abstract: Using lessons learned from acquiring, processing, and cataloging an extensive DVD and video collection, the author describes how the Rhode Island School of Design Library merged a large curated collection into its own holdings. The collection is analyzed in relation to the growing prevalence of streaming media versus physical access. The article also examines one approach—Tumblr—for keeping track of a collection that goes largely unseen.