[Web4lib] "Creating the Future of the Catalog and Cataloging" at ALA Annual

[Lovins, Daniel]

[Apologies for duplication]

TITLE: Creating the Future of the Catalog and Cataloging

ALA Annual Conference
Sunday, June 29, 2008 from 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Anaheim Convention Center, Rm. 204B

Sponsored by ALCTS CCS; co-sponsored by LITA Next Generation Catalog Interest Group and the ALCTS Networked Resources and Metadata Interest Group

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

This program explores the connections between the promise of next generation catalogs, the potential of global information networks, and what catalogers are doing "on the ground." How can catalogers and other metadata creators use tools such as WorldCat Local, the eXtensible Catalog, the Resource Description Framework (RDF), LibraryThing, and concepts/features such as faceted browsing, ambient findability, social tagging, web searching, etc., to create valuable services for information users?

Five expert panelists and a distinguished moderator (see bios below) will discuss and debate these and other issues that affect all of us involved in cataloging, metadata, and indeed knowledge management in general.

MODERATOR

* Robert Wolven (Columbia University)

PANELISTS

* Roy Tennant (OCLC). "Library Catalogs at the Network Level"

* Jennifer Bowen. (University of Rochester). "'eXtensible Cataloging': Opportunities presented by the eXtensible Catalog (XC) Project"

* Martha Yee (UCLA). "What I have Found Out from an Attempt to Build an RDF Model of FRBR-ized Cataloging Rules

* Tim Spalding (LibraryThing). "UGC: The Next Sharp Stick?"

* Diane Hillmann (Information Institute of Syracuse). "A Has-Been Cataloger Looks at What Cataloging Will Be".

BIOS

ROBERT WOLVEN is Associate University Librarian for Bibliographic Services and Collection Development at Columbia University Libraries. Long active nationally in developments related to metadata and cataloging, he has served on planning and Advisory groups for the Digital Library Federation, RLG and OCLC, and as moderator for the CONSER Summit on Serials in the Digital Environment and the Taiga Forum on Shifting Boundaries.  He is a past chair of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging Policy Committee and of the ALCTS Heads of Technical Services in Large Research Libraries. He was a member of the Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control, and in 2007 was awarded the Margaret Mann Citation for outstanding achievement in cataloging and classification.

ROY TENNANT is Senior Program Officer for OCLC Programs and Research.  He is the owner of the Web4Lib and XML4Lib electronic discussions, and the creator and editor of Current Cites, a current awareness newsletter published every month since 1990. His books include "Technology in Libraries: Essays in Honor of Anne Grodzins Lipow" (2008), "Managing the Digital Library" (2004), and "XML in Libraries" (2002). Roy wrote a monthly column on digital libraries for Library Journal for a decade and has written numerous articles in other professional journals.  In 2003, he received the American Library Association's LITA/Library Hi Tech Award for Excellence in Communication for Continuing Education.

JENNIFER BOWEN is a co-principal investigator for the eXtensible Catalog Project at the  university of Rochester.  She has spent her career as a librarian working in the areas of Cataloging and metadata, initially as a specialist in music cataloging and more recently as a manager of cataloging and technical services.  In recent years she has focused her attention upon metadata standards development (RDA), the FRBR data model, and the use of legacy library metadata in next-generation discovery systems. Jennifer holds masters degrees in library science and historical musicology from the University of Michigan.

TIM SPALDING founded LibraryThing in 2005. He earned his BA in Classics and History from Georgetown University, later joined (and dropped out) of the Classics program at Michigan, and worked for Houghton Mifflin. Tim was named a 2008 Mover and Shaker ("2.0 Guru") by Library Journal.

DIANE HILLMANN is currently Director of Metadata Initiatives at the Information Institute of Syracuse.  From 1977 to 2008 she was associated with Cornell University Library, from 2005-2008 as Research Librarian.  She was Director of Library Services and Operations for the National Science Digital Library (http://nsdl.org) between 2000-2005.  Prior to joining the NSDL, she worked for the Cornell University Library as cataloger and technical services manager, including managing authorities and maintenance processes for the library's database.  She was a liaison to and member of MARBI from the late 1980's to 2000, specializing in the Holdings and Authorities formats.   Diane was an early participant in the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, and is currently editor of "Using Dublin Core" (http://dublincore.org/documents/usageguide/), a member of the DCMI Usage and Advisory Boards and Co-Moderator of the DC-Education Community. She edited (with Elaine Westbrooks) "Metadata in Practice," published by ALA Editions (2004) and publishes frequently on digital library issues.

MARTHA YEE is the 2008 recipient of the Margaret Mann award. She received her B.A. summa cum laude in Chinese Languages and Literature from Pomona College, and her  M.L.S. and Ph.D. in Cataloging from the UCLA Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Her 1993 dissertation is  titled: " Moving Image Works and Manifestations." Since 1983 she has been Cataloging Supervisor at the UCLA Film & Television Archive

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are grateful to OCLC for their generous support of this program.
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6/18/08  Daniel Lovins, Program Chair