http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.culture.libraries.ngc4lib hourly 1 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://gmane.org/img/gmane-25t.png http://gmane.org http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.culture.libraries.ngc4lib/10152 <pre>Last month, SemanticWeb.com, supported by OCLC and LITA, put out a call for work that promoted or demonstrated the benefits of linked data for libraries. After receiving a number of excellent nominations, we are pleased to announce that *Kevin Ford*, from the Network Development and MARC Standards Office at the Library of Congress, was selected to showcase his work with the Bibliographic Framework Initiative (BIBFRAME) and his continuing work on the Library of Congress's Linked Data Service (loc.id). In addition to being an active contributor, Kevin is responsible for the BIBFRAME website; has devised tools to view MARC records and the resulting BIBFRAME resources side-by-side; authored the first transformation code for MARC data to BIBFRAME resources; and is project manager for The Library of Congress’ Linked Data Service. Kevin also writes and presents frequently to promote BIBFRAME, ID.LOC.GOV, and educate fellow librarians on the possibilities of linked data. Because of previous commitments, Kevin will not be able to use the travel grant from this award to go to San Francisco this June. He will, however, be able to use the grant in order to travel to and present his work at a SemanticWeb conference in the future. *Congratulations, Kevin, and thanks to all the other great library linked data projects nominated!* * * Check out the OCLC Innovation page &lt; http://www.oclc.org/en-US/events/innovation.html&gt; for more details and the still available 50% SemTechBiz conference registration discount offer. </pre> Richard Wallis 2013-05-21T16:34:21 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.culture.libraries.ngc4lib/10151 <pre></pre> P. Kieran Etienne 2013-05-17T17:27:03 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.culture.libraries.ngc4lib/10150 <pre>I am out of the office until 05/20/2013. Note: This is an automated response to your message "[NGC4LIB]" sent on 5/17/2013 9:20:45 AM. This is the only notification you will receive while this person is away. </pre> Fran Rosen 2013-05-17T14:02:43 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.culture.libraries.ngc4lib/10149 <pre>SIGN-OFF NGC4LIB </pre> Carolyn Gutierrez 2013-05-17T13:20:45 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.culture.libraries.ngc4lib/10148 <pre>On this topic, can I draw your attention to the W3C Community Group "Schema Bib Extend" &lt;http://www.w3.org/community/schemabibex/&gt;, which I chair. The mission of this group is to discuss and prepare proposal(s) for extending Schema.org schemas for the improved representation of bibliographic information markup and sharing. The group will seek consensus around, and support for, proposal(s) to the W3C WebSchemas Group. This Community Group will not, itself, produce technical specifications. The WebSchemas Group mentioned is the group behind the extension and enhancement of the Schema.org vocabulary that James uses in his example. Schema.org is well used across the web - Google/Bing reported last year that it had already appeared in 7%-10% of the pages they crawl on a daily basis. He is right to predict that its use will be important for many organisations including libraries to register the fact that they have resources with search engines and others on the web. The Schema Bib Extend Group has 60+ members from individual and national libraries, publishers, system vendors, standards groups etc. We meet monthly on line recordings of which are available on the Group Wiki &lt; http://www.w3.org/community/schemabibex/wiki/Main_Page&gt;. As well as the potential and proposed Schema.org enhancements, you may find the groups discussions and documentation useful in understanding the potential. New members always welcome. ~Richard. On 17 May 2013 09:23, James Weinheimer &lt;weinheimer.jim.l&lt; at &gt;gmail.com&gt; wrote: </pre> Richard Wallis 2013-05-17T10:42:06 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.culture.libraries.ngc4lib/10147 <pre>Apologies for cross-posting, but I thought these groups would be interested. I thought I would share this extremely interesting tool created by Google for cataloging materials that are online, the "Structured Data Markup Helper" at http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;topic=3070267&amp;answer=3070230 This tool allows the webmaster of a page to add structured data to a page on their site. You put in the URL of the page to code or the HTML itself, and then you can simply highlight the areas that you want to code. It is based on the schema.org microdata and is very simple to do. I find the tool a little clunky and very incomplete but it is brand new. I tried coding my latest podcast, using the "Article" template. http://blog.jweinheimer.net/2013/04/cataloging-matters-no-19-library.html and found it fairly simple, although I was unable to highlight the article body for some reason. I'll probably use it on my next podcast. As of now, the tags you can add for articles are very incomplete http://schema.org/Article and even lacks the vital "keywords" tag. When you are done, you download the HTML to your machine as microdata or as JSON-LD, and then add it to your page. When you upload it to your server, your page is ready to be "ingested" by Google or some other semantic technology that uses microdata and added to their data base where it can be manipulated. When Google adds recipes to the templates, people will be able to use this tool to tag their recipes, and then everyone can work with them, as I discussed in my latest podcast. A raft of questions arise. Something like this may very well be the future interface of cataloging, and the question that arises in my own mind is: who will do the work? For this to work as it is intended, the metadata/microdata must be included in the page itself and is in a sense, a type of CIP. How would that work when a cataloger at another institution cataloged a page from, e.g. Ebsco? Also, could something like this be used to help trained catalogers do their work far more efficiently than they do today? One additional point: for information on JSON-LD (linked data), there is an excellent video that describes pretty simply what JSON-LD is, but what I think is much more valuable, it shows the mind of a web developer: what concerns them and what does not concern them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=vioCbTo3C-4 By the way, there are many who do not like JSON-LD but that should go without saying. :-) </pre> James Weinheimer 2013-05-17T08:23:07 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.culture.libraries.ngc4lib/10146 <pre>The following position is now open at the University of Maryland Libraries. Applications are due by July 20, 2013. Title: Head, Metadata Services Department Category: Librarian Department: Metadata Services Benefits: 22 Days Annual Leave, 15 Days of Sick Leave, 3 Days Personal Leave, 15 Paid Holidays, Tuition Remission, Health, Dental, Vision, and Prescription As the largest university library system in the Washington D.C.-Baltimore area, the University of Maryland Libraries serve 37,000 students and faculty of the flagship College Park campus. The University of Maryland Libraries share the teaching, learning and research goals of the university. Its role as a key academic resource is evident in its service to the academic community and its actionable strategic plan. The University of Maryland Libraries is seeking a Head for the Metadata Services Department that will lead a service-centered department in designing, implementing, and assessing a wide range of processes that rely on metadata to provide access to the University of Maryland Libraries scholarly resources in all formats. In a collaborative environment, plans and develops policies, workflows, and special projects. In partnership with colleagues in Public Services, Collection Management, and the Information Technology Divisions, has primary leadership responsibility for knowledge access strategies through the Libraries' discovery systems. Requirements: - MLS degree from an ALA-accredited institution of higher education. - A minimum of five years professional cataloging/metadata experience in a library serving similar clientele. - A minimum of three years supervisory experience with evidence of successful and innovative management and results-oriented operations. Demonstrated abilities to creatively work with library faculty, staff and others. - Demonstrated knowledge of current and emerging trends, issues, and methods of access to scholarly resources, combined with a strong service orientation. - Excellent planning, organizational and communication skills. - Working knowledge of metadata standards and applications. - Demonstrated ability to meet faculty appointment, promotion, and permanent status criteria For the full position description, please go to: http://www.lib.umd.edu/hr/employment-opportunities/staff-faculty-positions Position is appointed to Librarian Faculty Ranks as established by the University System of Maryland Board of Regents. Rank at appointment is based on the successful applicant's experience and relevant credentials. For additional information, consult the following website: http://www.president.umd.edu/policies/ii-100B.html. APPLICATIONS: Electronic applications required. Please apply online at https://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/18243, click faculty. No relocation assistance will be provided. You must be legally able to work in the United States; the University of Maryland Libraries will not sponsor individuals for employment. An application consists of a cover letter which includes the source of advertisement, a resume, and names/e-mail addresses of three references. Applications will be reviewed as they are received and accepted until July 20, 2013. The University of Maryland, College Park, actively subscribes to a policy of equal employment opportunity, and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, age, sex, color, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry or national origin, marital status, genetic information, political affiliation, or gender identity and expression. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply. Kathy Glennan Head, Metadata Creation and Enhancement Metadata Services Department University of Maryland Libraries kglennan&lt; at &gt;umd.edu&lt;mailto:kglennan&lt; at &gt;umd.edu&gt; </pre> Kathy Glennan 2013-05-14T16:13:05 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.culture.libraries.ngc4lib/10145 <pre>Reminder that the survey closes on Monday, May 13th.  If you have not participated, please consider spending the 15 to 20 minutes.  Thanks! ---------------------------------------------- Hello Colleagues, A group of Illinois State University librarians is researching the learning styles of academic librarians. The purpose of this study is to determine what, if any, patterns exist within this group using the Felder-Silverman Index of Learning Styles instrument. You are invited to complete a brief, voluntary, and anonymous questionnaire that will gather professional demographic data and to take the Index of Learning Styles. It will take approximately 15-20 minutes to finish. You may withdraw at any time. At the end, you will receive your learning style results and information about those results. Questionnaire is available at http://www.mlb.ilstu.edu/learning/consent.html The survey will be available until May 13, 2013. This study protocol was approved by the Illinois State University Institutional Review Board (IRB). To ensure that this research continues to protect your rights and minimize your risk the IRB reserves the right to examine and evaluate data and research protocols involved in this project. If you wish additional information regarding your rights in this study you may contact the Research Ethics &amp; Compliance Office at (309) 438-2529. If you have additional questions or comments please contact any of the principal investigators: Chad Kahl, cmkahl&lt; at &gt;ilstu.edu, Jennifer Sharkey, jsharke&lt; at &gt;ilstu.edu or Amanda Rinehart, akrineh&lt; at &gt;ilstu.edu. Thank you for your time and participation. Chad Kahl, on behalf of Amanda Rinehart and Jennifer Sharkey ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chad M. Kahl Subject Specialist Librarian for Criminal Justice, Law, Military Science and Politics &amp; Government Associate Professor Milner Library, room 418 Illinois State University email: cmkahl&lt; at &gt;ilstu.edu | IM: mlbcmkahl | phone: 309-438-3454 | fax: 309-438-3676 </pre> Kahl, Chad 2013-05-13T04:00:52 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.culture.libraries.ngc4lib/10144 <pre>******************Please excuse the cross postings****************** Join NISO/DCMI for our joint May webinar --Webinar: Semantic Mashups Across Large, Heterogeneous Institutions: Experiences from the VIVO Service --Date: May 22, 2013 --Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time - UTC 17:00:00) (World Clock: http://bit.ly/157qF2S) --Event webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/dcmi/vivo/ ========================================================================= ABOUT THE WEBINAR: VIVO is a semantic web application focused on discovering researchers and research publications in the life sciences. The service, which uses open-source software originally developed and implemented at Cornell University, operates by harvesting data about researcher interests, activities, and accomplishments from academic, administrative, professional, and funding sources. Using a built-in, editable ontology for describing things such as People, Courses, and Publications, data is transformed into a Semantic-Web-compliant form. VIVO provides automated and self-updating processes for improving data quality and authenticity. Starting with a classic Google-style search box, VIVO users can browse search results structured around people, research interests, courses, publications, and the like -- data that can be exposed for re-use by other systems in a machine-readable format. This webinar, held by a veteran at the Albert R. Mann Library Information Technology Services department at Cornell, where the VIVO project was born, presents the perspective of a software developer on the practicalities of building a high-quality Semantic-Web search service on existing data maintained in dozens of formats and software platforms at large, diverse institutions. The talk will highlight services that leverage the Semantic Web platform in innovative ways, e.g., for finding researchers based on the text content of a particular Web page and for visualizing networks of collaboration across institutions. SPEAKER: John Fereira, a senior programmer/analyst and technology strategist at Cornell University, is a contributing member of the VIVO project team. He also consults on issues related to information technology in higher education with an emphasis on open-source, modular, distributed software systems and is currently working on systems based on VIVO software for international Agricultural Information systems communities. Registration closes one hour before the webinar begins. For more information and to register, visit the event webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/dcmi/vivo/ </pre> DCMI Announce 2013-05-07T14:30:22 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.culture.libraries.ngc4lib/10143 <pre>April is almost over! Register by May 3rd to get the early bird rate! NASIG CONFERENCE – JUNE 6-9 2013 Art of Information, Architecture of Knowledge Conference Registration: http://www.nasig.org/registrationcontent.cfm Don’t get closed out of a great conference! Connect with members of the serials, e-resource, cataloging, collection management, and scholarly communication community. Learn new developments at the Vendor Expo, engage with attendees and speakers on hot topics, and relax with new friends at the many social opportunities. Hotel Registration - Early bird rates apply here, too! Reserve your room before May 3. Hyatt Regency Buffalo Hotel and Conference Center, Buffalo, New York Some rooms are still available for June 6-8. For reservations at the conference rate go to http://www.nasig.org/conference_hotel.cfm Comfort Inn (two blocks away)--Some rooms are still available for June 4-9. Attendees should call 1-716-854-5500 and say they are with the NASIG conference to get the discount room rate. View the hotel at www.choicehotels.com/hotel/ny200 Pre-conferences There is still time to register for one of our three exciting pre-conferences! Kevin Smith, keynote presenter at the 2012 NASIG Annual Conference, will discuss the rules and principles of copyright law, focus on library specific situations, and help attendees learn how to make informed copyright decisions at their library. Come learn from Timothy S. Deliyannides and Lauren Collister about how a library can become their own publisher supporting their institution’s research and teaching faculty while transforming today’s inflationary cost model for serials. Need hands-on exercises in creating serials RDA records and making the transition to RDA? Les Hawkins, and Hein Nguyen, will conduct a full day workshop split between two days. We look forward to seeing you in Buffalo! Got questions? conf-plan-2012-2013&lt; at &gt;list.nasig.org </pre> publicist 2013-04-29T14:55:03 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.culture.libraries.ngc4lib/10142 <pre>*Help spotlight library innovation and send a library linked data practitioner to the SemTechBiz conference in San Francisco, June 2-5* OCLC and LITA are working to promote library participation at the upcoming Semantic Technology &amp; Business Conference (SemTechBiz)&lt; http://semtechbizsf2013.semanticweb.com&gt;. Libraries are doing important work with Linked Data and SemanticWeb.com wants to spotlight that innovation. One sponsored presenter will receive a spot on the conference program, paid travel &amp; lodging costs to get to the conference, plus a full conference pass. If you know of someone who has done great work demonstrating the benefit of linked data for libraries, nominate them for this June 2-5 conference in San Francisco. Nominations of 250 words or less are *open through May 10*. Any significant practical work should have been accomplished prior to March 31, 2013 -- project can be ongoing. Self-nominations will be accepted. Nominations&lt;http://bit.ly/11K9uzJ&gt; for the Spotlight are being accepted through May 10. Check out the OCLC Innovation page &lt; http://www.oclc.org/en-US/events/innovation.html&gt; for more details and a 50% SemTechBiz conference registration discount offer. </pre> Richard Wallis 2013-04-29T08:37:45 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.culture.libraries.ngc4lib/10141 <pre>Apologies for cross-posting... FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VuFind 2.0RC1 Released Villanova, Pennsylvania - April 29, 2013 - The first release candidate of version 2.0 of the VuFind Open Source discovery software has just been released. This release provides a preview of the functionality and architecture that will be seen in the full 2.0 release, due later this summer. The new release includes several significant enhancements: - Significant security improvements, including more secure password storage and protection against spammer abuse. - A "MultiBackend" driver which allows VuFind to interact with multiple integrated library systems at once. - A new and flexible search system with more modular, reusable code. - 2.0 versions of all new features introduced in the 1.4 release, including support for hierarchical records and the Clickatell SMS service. Additionally, several bug fixes and minor improvements have been incorporated. Questions about the new release or VuFind in general can be directed to Demian Katz, the lead developer of the project at Villanova University. Contact: Demian Katz demian.katz&lt; at &gt;... Villanova University Falvey Memorial Library 800 Lancaster Avenue Villanova, PA 19085 ### </pre> Demian Katz 2013-04-26T19:15:01 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.culture.libraries.ngc4lib/10139 <pre>This French government announcement which I just ran across, dated yesterday 25 April, may well, I can imagine, be of interest to at least some persons on a list like this one : http://www.redressement-productif.gouv.fr/investissements-davenir-150-millions-euros-pour-filiere-numerique#xtor=RSS-11 - Laval Hunsucker   Hampstead, London, U.K. </pre> Laval Hunsucker 2013-04-26T12:39:10 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.culture.libraries.ngc4lib/10138 <pre>NASIG is pleased to announce the publication of its 2012 Conference Proceedings! Co-edited by Sharon Dyas-Correia and Sara Bahnmaier, the Proceedings have been published by Taylor &amp; Francis as volume 64 of The Serials Librarian. The Proceedings provide a written record of the presentations given at NASIG's 27th Annual Conference held in Nashville, Tennessee on June 7-10, 2012. To access the Proceedings online, NASIG members can log in to the NASIG homepage and then select Publications &gt; Conference Proceedings. Online access to the Proceedings is also available to subscribers of The Serials Librarian via the T&amp;F platform: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wser20/current The editors wish to thank all speakers and recorders for their contributions to the Proceedings. </pre> publicist 2013-04-25T19:43:46 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.culture.libraries.ngc4lib/10137 <pre>[Posted by request. --ELM] </pre> Eric Lease Morgan 2013-04-24T13:00:33 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.culture.libraries.ngc4lib/10136 <pre>The Code4Lib Journal editors are excited to bring you this latest issue with seven articles. You can find it at http://journal.code4lib.org/issues/issues/issue20; a brief summary of the articles is included below. The first set of articles show ways to manipulate metadata records. In Workflow Tools for Digital Curation&lt;http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/8419&gt; Andrew James Weidner and Daniel Gelaw Alemneh describe how they use AutoHotkey and Selenium IDE at the University of North Texas to automate various aspects of manipulating digital objects. Heidi Frank show how to process MARC records from Archivists Toolkit in Augmenting the Cataloger’s Bag of Tricks&lt;http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/8336&gt;; the techniques – using MarcEdit, Python, and PyMARC – are transferrable to other sources of records as well. In Keeping up with Ebooks&lt;http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/8375&gt; Kathryn Lybarger introduces a tool for updating batches of vendor-supplied records through a set of normalization routines. Jason Clark show how Montana State University is using YouTube as a digital video platform in Developing a Digital Video Library with the YouTube Data API&lt;http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/7847&gt;. Getting users what they want without extraneous hits is always a challenge, and in Better Search Through Query Expansion Using Controlled Vocabularies and Apache Solr&lt;http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/7787&gt; demonstrates how to configure SOLR to make the best use of a hierarchical controlled vocabulary. In Breaking Up With CONTENTdm&lt;http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/8327&gt; Heather Gilbert and Tyler Mobley lead us through the migration of a repository to Fedora Commons using Drupal, Blacklight and Rutgers’ OpenWMS software. And for the hardware geeks, Tim Ribaric and Jonathan Younker describe how to build a simple desk counter tied to a Google Spreadsheet in Arduino-enabled Patron Interaction Counting&lt;http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/8200&gt;. On behalf of the Code4Lib Journal Editorial Committee, Peter Murray, Code4Lib Journal Coordinating Editor for Issue #20 -- Peter Murray Assistant Director, Technology Services Development LYRASIS Peter.Murray&lt; at &gt;lyrasis.org&lt;mailto:Peter.Murray&lt; at &gt;lyrasis.org&gt; +1 678-235-2955 800.999.8558 x2955 </pre> Peter Murray 2013-04-17T17:13:11 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.culture.libraries.ngc4lib/10135 <pre>Am 05.04.2013 11:21, schrieb James Weinheimer: And most of the time, it is about the D in RDA, whereas it is the A that matters by far the most. Only the A relates to, literally as well as metaphorically, the Architecture aspect of our metadata. Which should have been taken on and taken seriously ever since Dublin Core came along and never really got off the ground. But wasn't Bibframe conceived to change it all? Up until now, I don't see how it is going to: http://www.loc.gov/marc/transition/news/faq.html There's no talk about Information Architecture, though what is being said there under "Transition" is certainly relevant. Then, however, you find a puzzling statement: "But one factor that brings the data together is the new library cataloging rule set, Resource Description Framework (RDF)" that makes you wonder how much they have understood. B.Eversberg </pre> Bernhard Eversberg 2013-04-16T05:19:32 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.culture.libraries.ngc4lib/10134 <pre>please pardon cross-posting Hello Colleagues, A group of Illinois State University librarians is researching the learning styles of academic librarians. The purpose of this study is to determine what, if any, patterns exist within this group using the Felder-Silverman Index of Learning Styles instrument. You are invited to complete a brief, voluntary, and anonymous questionnaire that will gather professional demographic data and to take the Index of Learning Styles. It will take approximately 15-20 minutes to finish. You may withdraw at any time. At the end, you will receive your learning style results and information about those results. Questionnaire is available at http://www.mlb.ilstu.edu/learning/consent.html The survey will be available until May 13, 2013. This study protocol was approved by the Illinois State University Institutional Review Board (IRB). To ensure that this research continues to protect your rights and minimize your risk the IRB reserves the right to examine and evaluate data and research protocols involved in this project. If you wish additional information regarding your rights in this study you may contact the Research Ethics &amp; Compliance Office at (309) 438-2529. If you have additional questions or comments please contact any of the principal investigators: Chad Kahl, cmkahl&lt; at &gt;ilstu.edu&lt;mailto:cmkahl&lt; at &gt;ilstu.edu&gt;, Jennifer Sharkey, jsharke&lt; at &gt;ilstu.edu&lt;mailto:jsharke&lt; at &gt;ilstu.edu&gt;, or Amanda Rinehart, akrineh&lt; at &gt;ilstu.edu&lt;mailto:akrineh&lt; at &gt;ilstu.edu&gt;. Thank you for your time and participation. Chad Kahl, on behalf of Amanda Rinehart and Jennifer Sharkey ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chad M. Kahl Subject Specialist Librarian for Criminal Justice, Law, Military Science and Politics &amp; Government Associate Professor Milner Library, room 418 Illinois State University email: cmkahl&lt; at &gt;ilstu.edu | IM: mlbcmkahl | phone: 309-438-3454 | fax: 309-438-3676 </pre> Kahl, Chad 2013-04-15T16:23:57 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.culture.libraries.ngc4lib/10133 <pre>NASIG 2013 Pre-Conferences http://nasig2013.sched.org/ The 2013 NASIG Annual Conference is offering 3 exciting pre-conferences with expert speakers. Kevin Smith, keynote presenter at the 2012 NASIG Annual Conference, will discuss the rules and principles of copyright law, focus on library specific situations, and help attendees learn how to make informed copyright decisions at their library. Come learn from Timothy S. Deliyannides and Lauren Collister about how a library can become their own publisher supporting their institution’s research and teaching faculty while transforming today’s inflationary cost model for serials. Need hands-on exercises in creating serials RDA records and making the transition to RDA? Les Hawkins, Hein Nguyen, and Valerie Bross will conduct a full day workshop split between two days. See below for additional pre-conference information: Copyright in Practice: A Participatory Workshop Thursday, June 6, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm Kevin Smith, Scholarly Communications Officer, Duke University Copyright presentations often focus on “the rules” without sufficient attention to practical decision-making. Yet because application of the law so often depends on specific facts and circumstances, this approach can leave a big gap for actual library practice. This workshop will focus on situations and how to make specific decisions; discussion of the rules and principles of copyright law will, it is hoped, emerge from those applications. Although common situations will be discussed in order to provide a comprehensive look at copyright decision making, participants are encourage to bring real-life problems for the group to consider and discuss. Library as Publisher Wednesday, June 5, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Timothy S. Deliyannides, Director, Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing and Head, Information Technology, University of Pittsburgh Academic libraries are increasingly investing in new efforts to support their research and teaching faculty in the activities they care about most. Learn why becoming a publisher can help meet the most fundamental needs of your research community and at the same time can help transform today’s inflationary cost model for serials. We will explore not only why to become a publisher but exactly how to achieve it, step by step, including careful selection of publishing partners, choosing the right platform for manuscript submission and editorial workflow management, one-time processes to launch a new journal, conducting peer reviews, maintaining academic quality, and measuring impact. We’ll also cover the broader range of publishing activities where libraries can have an impact, including open access monographs, general institutional repositories and subject-based author self-archiving repositories. We will close with a review of tools, services, and communities of support to nurture the new library publishing venture. RDA &amp; Serials: Transitioning to RDA within a MARC 21 Framework – full day Wednesday, June 5, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm (Session 1) Thursday, June 6, 8:00 am – 12:00 pm (Session 2) Les Hawkins, Coordinator of the CONSER program at the Library of Congress Hien Nguyen, CONSER Specialist at the Library of Congress Valerie Bross, ERM/Continuing Resources Cataloging, Section team leader at UCLA The workshop will provide basic instructions for RDA serials cataloging based on the most up to date PCC and CONSER RDA decisions and practices. The presenters will incorporate in-class, hands-on exercises to engage participants in active learning. Prior to the workshop, attendees will be expected to complete prerequisite self study training modules on FRBR Fundamental Concepts and the RDA Toolkit. Also prior to the workshop attendees may participate in an online follow-up session on the prerequisite materials to complement the in-class training component. This workshop is aimed at experienced AACR2 catalogers making the transition to RDA. Registration Early Bird Registration (NASIG Members only) through May 3, 2013 ½ day pre-conference: $90 Full day pre-conference: $180 Regular Registration May 4-29, 2013 ½ day pre-conference: $115 Full day pre-conference: $230 </pre> publicist 2013-04-15T15:58:33 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.culture.libraries.ngc4lib/10132 <pre>* [Apologies for cross-posting. Please share widely.] What current technologies are on the cusp of moving from “gee whiz” to real-life application in libraries? This LITA Guide will explore the information landscape as it might be in 3-5 years. It will describe the emerging technologies of today that are likely to be at the core of “standard” library offerings in the not-distant future. It will introduce project managers and project doers not just to new technologies, but also provide an understanding of the broader trends that are driving them. Chapter-length essays are particularly sought on the following topics: - Mobile Technologies - Linked Data - Web Scale Discovery Environments - Technology for Augmented Reality - Digital Repositories - Digital Preservation - Content Management - Ereaders &amp; Ebooks - Cloud-based ILS - Beyond FRBR – metadata formats Chapters will be in the 4000-4500 word range and address the following points: 1. Define the technology (in general, and in the context of the chapter) 2. Why does the technology matter in general, and to libraries in particular? 3. What are early adopters doing? 4. What does future trend look like? 5. Having embraced this technology, what would the library of 2017 look like? Proposals should be submitted to Ken Varnum, the book’s editor, at &lt; toptech2017&lt; at &gt;umich.edu&gt; by Monday, April 15, 2013. Please include the following things in your proposal. - Your name, title, phone, and email address - A few sentences describing your experience with the technology being proposed - A draft of points 1 and 2 in the outline above - An outline of the remainder of the chapter - A writing sample, preferably something published in an edited or peer-reviewed publication Deadlines - April 15, 2013: Proposals due - May 1, 2013: Notification of acceptance - August 15, 2013: Chapter drafts due - September 15, 2013: Editor’s comments provided to authors - October 1, 2013: Revised drafts due to editor - 2014: Publication About the Editor Ken Varnum is the Web Systems Manager at the University of Michigan Library, where he manages the library web site and development of new features and functionality. He received a masters degree from the University of Michigan's School of Information and his Bachelor of Arts from Grinnell College. He has worked in a range of library settings -- large and small academic, corporate, and special. He led the University of Michigan's implementation of Summon using the Summon API in a Drupal site in 2010. An active member of the library technology world for 18 years, Ken's research and professional interests include Drupal, web-scale discovery, and user-generated content. He is the author of Drupal in Libraries (ALA TechSource, 2012) and a frequent presenter on library technology topics. * -- Ken Varnum | Web Systems Manager | MLibrary - University of Michigan - Ann Arbor varnum&lt; at &gt;umich.edu | &lt; at &gt;varnum | http://www.lib.umich.edu/users/varnum | 734-615-3287 </pre> Ken Varnum 2013-04-08T19:35:25 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.culture.libraries.ngc4lib/10131 <pre>******************Please excuse the cross postings****************** Join NISO/DCMI for our joint April webinar --Webinar: Deployment of RDA (Resource Description and Access) Cataloging and its Expression as Linked Data --Date: April 24, 2013 --Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time - UTC 17:00:00) (World Clock: http://bit.ly/XySJt0) --Event webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/dcmi/rda/ ========================================================================= ABOUT THE WEBINAR: A seminar at the British Library in April 2012 marked the fifth anniversary of a 2007 meeting at which representatives of the Dublin Core, Semantic Web, and RDA communities jointly recommended that the then-draft cataloging standard RDA be provided in the form of vocabularies and application profiles usable for Linked Data. One year after this anniversary meeting and one year closer to the general deployment of RDA in libraries, this webinar will take stock of progress towards developing application profiles based on RDA and discuss the practicalities of exposing RDA-based data in the Linked Data cloud. SPEAKER: Alan Danskin, Metadata Standards Manager at The British Library, where he has worked in various capacities since 1987, including implementation of MARC 21. He currently represents the library on the Joint Steering Committee for the Development of RDA (Resource Description and Access) for which he until recently served as chair. He has served as chair of the Cataloguing &amp; Indexing Group of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals and is a member of the Book Industry Communication Bibliographic Standards Group. Registration closes one hour before the webinar begins. For more information and to register, visit the event webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/dcmi/rda/ </pre> DCMI Announce 2013-04-08T13:08:13 Search the mailing list at Gmane query http://search.gmane.org/?group=$group=gmane.culture.libraries.ngc4lib