Cataloging Futures

Free cataloging tools!

Another new set of slides from Robin Fay. Good stuff!

Free Cataloging Tools

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Tools of our trade: AACR2/RDA and MARC

New slides from Ann Chapman, research officer at UKOLN.

Tools of our Trade (RDA, MARC21) 2010-03-15

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h/t Cultural Heritage

The Library 2.0 Gang on semantic web and linked data

Another excellent conversation from The Library 2.0 Gang. The topic is one that's important for the future of cataloging and metadata: the semantic web and linked data. Karen Coyle is the guest for this discussion.

BTW, I finally own a smartphone and am unfettered from my desktop computer. So, I hope to be able to listen to and recommend more podcasts in the future. Cataloging professional development on-the-go!

New OCLC/RLG cataloging report on MARC tag usage

This new OCLC Research/RLG Partnership report looks like a must-read: Implications of MARC Tag Usage on Library Metadata Practices[pdf].

There will be a free webinar about this report on March 18th.

h/t TSLL TechScans

Changing our thinking about bibliographic records

One of my favorite blogs to check in on is Dodie Gaudet's QUICK T.S. Her most recent post, Perpetual Beta & Bibliographic Records nicely describes how catalogers have thought about bibliographic records in the past and suggests how we might want to change our approach.

Check out: March metadata madness!

Over at The Desk Set blog, Amber Billey, who was recently named one of Library Student Journal's Emerging Leaders for 2009, is working on a series of posts on cataloging and metadata. Check out the first one: March Metadata Madness!

Hello catalogers, content strategists, information architects, knowledge organizers, metadata librarians, metadata specialists and all those who love and appreciate our kind of librarianship. December was a busy month and I didn’t post nearly as much as I should have, so the kind folks at Desk Set have invited me back for some March Metadata Madness! Over the coming weeks I will be discussing emerging standards, professional development, and perhaps a special interest or two. I invite you to send questions concerning cataloging, metadata, and all things technical services. But for now, let’s get back to basics.

It's really great to see librarians younger than my gray-haired self embracing cataloging and metadata as an exciting area in our profession. I'm encouraged.

Twitter cataloging sensation: FakeAACR2

New Twitter sensation, FakeAACR2, gently (and not so gently) pokes fun at our beloved Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2). The brainchild of library student, Alexandra Beaton. She was recently interviewed by American Libraries.

My favorite tweet so far:

1.0A2b) when a resource is in more than one part, issue, or iteration, determine the basis of a description with Rock, Paper, Scissors.

Publishers metadata more important than ever!

For the past week or so, the cataloging discussion lists conversations have focused on publishers metadata, ONIX, and how to crosswalk it with MARC and RDA. So, it was timely to find this post on the importance of metadata from the publisher's viewpoint. 

Laura Dawson, publishing industry consultant, writes in Metadata! More Important Than Ever! about the expanding need for good, accurate metadata in the web environment and how the publishing industry has fallen short in the past.

h/t ResourceShelf