Tag Archives: metadata
Next generation catalogues: Who owns your data?
In a world where information flows freely and we’re slowly shedding the limitations of our existing ILSs, it’s easy to take for granted that the statistics and data on which many of our services rely upon is ours. We can … Continue reading →
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Tagged as data, data ownership, metadata, Next generation catalogues, statistics
OCLC Report: Online Catalogs: What Users and Librarians Want
OCLC’s has released their report Online Catalogs: What Users and Librarians Want for downloading or purchase. According to OCLC: The Online Catalogs report presents findings from these research efforts in order to understand: The metadata elements that are most important to … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Library catalogs, library catalogue, metadata, OCLC, OPACs
Enabling the reuse of MARC catalog data alongside metadata in various web environments
The white paper “Supporting the eXtensible Catalog through Metadata Design and Services” by Jennifer Bowen (Co-Principal Investigator, XC Project) is now available. Taken from several listservs, the announcement for the white paper reads: The eXtensible Catalog (XC) Project at the … Continue reading →
Karen Calhoun’s: The New World of Metadata
Last week, Karen Calhoun predicted that the future of cataloguers will be so bright, we’ll need shades. As promised, Karen has now posted her powerpoint presentation from the Industry Symposia session: The New World of Metadata. I attended this session and … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Future of cataloging, future of cataloguing, IFLA 2008, Karen Calhoun, metadata
“Future so bright, we’ll have to wear shades”
This was Karen Calhoun‘s prediction for the future of cataloguing today at IFLA 2008. Calhoun and Jay Jordan (OCLC’s president and CEO) spoke on The New World of Metadata – from OCLC’s point of view and thoughts on the future. … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Future of cataloging, future of cataloguing, IFLA 2008, Karen Calhoun, library conferences, metadata, OCLC
OCLC to conduct new cataloging and metadata pilot
This might be old news to some of you, but I thought I’d post this link for those of you (like me) who haven’t seen OCLC’s announcement.
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Tagged as Future of cataloging, future of cataloguing, metadata, OCLC, WorldCat
