Cataloging Futures

New webinar: Directions in Metadata with Karen Coyle

Missed Karen Coyle's new webinar, Directions in Metadata? No problem, the video archive can be found at the ALA TechSource blog.

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!

Webinar: Cataloging: Where are we now? Where are we going?

Wow, I feel like I hit pay dirt. Here's a link to the College of DuPage Press webinar that I really wanted to see:

Cataloging: Where are we now: Where are we going?

Broadcast date: Friday, February 19, 2010

Presenters: Renee Register and Karen Coyle

Librarians are justly proud of their accomplishments in organizing the world’s published information through the use of standard subject headings and the ubiquitous, demanding MARC record. But, with the explosion of more information stored electronically, are our old standards still relevant today? Has keyword trumped the subject heading? Librarians also see their roles changing as more information description and metadata production are handled by other professionals. Will online tagging or vendor descriptions diminish the need for librarians? Questions are rife on what exactly are the thrust of RDA and the new AACR2?

Renee Register, Senior Product Manager at OCLC and Karen Coyle, noted consultant and leader in the area of digital libraries will review current cataloging practices and discuss the future of metadata, the MARC record, the Resource Description and Access standard, and the librarian's place in online information organization and access.

This teleconference is 90 minutes in length--Noon to 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

h/t Library Information Technology Blog

Karen Coyle's Cataloging Horizons column

Looking for a non-technical description of linked data, the Semantic Web, and cataloging? Check out this American Libraries Magazine column, "Cataloging Horizons" written by Karen Coyle.

This new data organization will permit users to navigate the bibliographic space by following connections between resources and individual elements in resource descriptions, such as authors, publishers, and dates. Curious as to what else was issued by the publisher that year? Want to see how Romeo and Juliet has been adapted through the years? The catalog based on linked data technology will be able to lead users to answers. It will also allow library data to interact with the larger web of information. This means that web pages and information resources such as Wikipedia can have direct links to library data, and users will be able to move easily between the web and library resources.