[Web4lib] ALA ALCTS Cataloging Norms Interest Group ALA Midwinter Saturday, January 24, 2009, 1:30-3:30 p.m.

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ALA ALCTS CCS Cataloging Norms Interest Group ALA Midwinter Program,

  Denver Saturday, January 24, 2009, 1:30-3:30 p.m.

  Colorado Convention Center, Room 703



Preliminaries: Announcements & Introductions (5 minutes)



Part I: Metadata Uses



     Title: Metadata in ARL Libraries (20 minutes)

     Presenter:  Jin Ma, Catalog/Metadata Librarian, Newman Library,

  Baruch College, The City University of New York



  Description:

  The presentation will assess the current metadata practices and trends in
ARL (Association of Research Libraries) libraries, based on the survey
"Metadata" conducted in spring 2007 (SPEC Kit 298:

Metadata), a collaborative effort with the staff at the Association of
Research Libraries.



  The speaker will give an overview of her findings of metadata
implementation in ARL member libraries: what kinds of projects/initiatives
have been undertaken, what types of digital objects are associated with
metadata, what schemas and tools are used to create metadata, how to ensure
metadata quality and interoperability, who are creating metadata, what
skills metadata staff need and how they acquire those skills, and the
organizational changes and challenges resulting from the adoption of
metadata.



  The speaker will discuss her observations of the findings and the main
themes emerged from the metadata practices in libraries. She will also
identify the roles and responsibilities of catalogers in metadata
implementation and the implications of metadata practices for the cataloging
divisions, technical services, and the libraries.





    Title: How to improve interoperability of Unique Metadata Fields

  for Special Collections (20 minutes)

  Presenters:  Myung-Ja Han, Metadata Librarian, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign and Christine Cho, MSLIS, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign



  Description:



  In recent years many libraries have created digital collections derived
from their special collections, rare book collections and archives, in order
to provide greater access to these hidden resources. The items in these
digital collections need unique metadata fields that play an essential role
in managing and describing 'special resources,' and which provide rich
contextual  information in native environment. CONTENTdm, one of the most
widely used digital resource management tools, gives flexibility to its
users to create and use such unique field names. However when the metadata
is exported through OAI-PMH to service providers, these locally created
field names are mapped to simple Dublin Core elements that cannot fully
describe what the local elements originally intended to describe.



  Researchers analyzed 21 digital collections from 15 institutions that are
created with CONTENTdm to see what kind of unique fields are used for
special collections and how these fields are represented in service
providers' environments.



  This presentation will provide common characteristics of these unique
metadata fields for the special collections and best practices for creating
and mapping special collections metadata using CONTENTdm.



               Questions/Discussion:  15 minutes CONCLUSION PART I: 2:20
p.m.

               Break: 10 minutes





START TIME PART II:  2:30 p.m.

  Part II: Next Generation Cataloging, Standards and Quality (20 minutes)



  Title: FRBRizing Legacy Data: Issues and Challenges

  Presenters:  Yin Zhang, Associate Professor, School of Library and
Information Science, Kent State University; Athena Salaba, Assistant
Professor, School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University



  Description:

  In this presentation, we will report on and discuss the issues and
challenges we faced when applying the OCLC Workset Algorithm to FRBRize the
Library of Congress collection. The presentation will cover (1) how existing
MARC records were used to identify FRBR work entities, (2) what issues and
challenges the process involved, and (3) what we did to address those issues
and challenges.





  Title: Cataloging quality: problems and potential solutions (20 minutes)

  Presenter:  Magda El-Sherbini, Head of Cataloging, Ohio State University
Libraries



  Description:

  Cataloging and providing bibliographic control has recently been the
center of several important discussions. Many of these discussions seem to
focus on the practical aspects of costs, staffing and training of new staff.
They also address the broader question of the  need to follow cataloging
standards.



  Libraries are raising the question of what services they should provide to
users and what role libraries can play in providing bibliographic access
without diminishing the value of the catalog.



  This presentation will contribute to this discussion by revisiting the
question of the cataloging standards, and offering alternative approaches
and ideas to cataloging. It will discuss innovative staffing solutions that
can reduce the cost of cataloging and help overcome the problem of staffing
and staff training.



  Questions/Discussion:  15 minutes/wrap up





   Adrienne A. Aluzzo                      Birdie MacLennan

   Metadata Librarian             Director, Resource Description & Analysis

   Wayne State University                  University of Vermont

   Work: (313) 577-6439                    Work:  (802) 656-2016

   E-mail: bb4892 at wayne.edu             E-mail: bmaclenn at uvm.edu



      Co-Chairs ALCTS CCS Cataloging Norms Interest Group