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Barbara B. Tillett, Ph.D.Chair, Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA and
Former Chief, Policy & Standards Division, Library of Congress
Keeping Libraries Relevant in the Semantic Web: RDA, VIAF, and the new Bibliographic Framework
19April2013 Istanbul, Turkey
Technical Developments
FRBR-based systems since 1997 Dublin Core Abstract Model (FRBR
foundation) FRBR as conceptual basis for cataloging
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Lee, T. B.Cataloguing has a future
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Item information
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RDA content type registry
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RDA element registry
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Linked Data
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Structures for Descriptions
100 10 Shakespeare245 01 Hamlet260 Mexico City
Hamlet
México City2008
English
Spanish
French
German
Shakespeare
Library of CongressCopy 1Green leather binding
Romeo andJuliet
Stoppard
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Movies…
Identifiers
Elements and controlled vocabulariesEasy display of terms in languages preferred
by the user (linked through shared URIs –Universal Resource Identifiers)
RDA Element Set and Controlled Vocabularies Open Metadata Registry for the
RDAvocabulary.info namespace URIs for each element and controlled termUniversal Resource Identifiers
http://metadataregistry.org/rdabrowse.htm
RDA Carrier Types
URI
VIAF
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-م1952باموق، اورھان،
-1952, אורהאן, פאמוק
Pamuk, Orhan, 1952-
VIAFVirtual International Authority File(creative re-use of data)
viaf.org
Pamuk
200 publications in the 2000s
MA
RC
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L Pamuk
RDF
Pamuk
US RDA Test - 2010
2008 report – Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control
US National Libraries response to test RDA
US RDA Test – LC Support
[email protected] Library of Congress Policy Statements
(LCPS) http://loc.gov/aba/rda/ for LC’s
implementation news, training materials, Webcasts, etc.
US RDA Test 26 participating institutionsMany types of libraries, archives, museums,
book dealers, library schools, system vendors, bibliographic consortia, PCC funnel projects
10,570 Bibliographic records12,800 Authority records>8,000 surveys on findings
Results: improvements needed to RDA Toolkit, to readability of instructions, move beyond MARC, etc.
US RDA Test Recommendations Implementation no sooner than January 2012,
provided conditions met Conditions = recommendations to the Joint Steering Committee (RDA)American Library Association PublishersSystem vendorsProgram for Cooperative CatalogingLibrary of Congress, National Agricultural Library,
National Library of Medicine
LC’s Bibliographic Framework Initiative (BFI) US RDA Test results: MARC seen as
barrier to achieving benefits of RDARecommended evidence of credible progress
towards a replacement for MARC
Mappings or services to enable easy use of both new structures and MARC
Internal steering group at LCEric Miller (Zepheira) - contractor
Initiative to:Analyze present and future environment Identify components of the framework to
support usersPlan for evolution from present framework to
future
Issues to be Addressed
Aspects of current metadata encoding standards to retain or evolve or replace with something more compatible
with Internet (e.g., RDF XML) Benefits of Semantic Web and linked data
technologies for adjusting current models Maximum re-use of library metadata so
users exposed to more quality metadata in innovative ways
Issues, continued Navigate relationships among entities in
library catalogs and the broader Internet Displays of metadata beyond MARC-
based Identify risks of action and inaction, assess
acceptable pace of change Plan for bringing existing metadata into
new bibliographic systems
The Process Fully collaborative Consult Partners CustomersStandards expertsSystems designers and builders using library
metadata Host meetings to gather input from all
interested partiesAssociations, organizations Invitational meetings
RDA Implementation 9 institutions continued with RDA after the
US RDA TestRDA “Copy” available for cataloging in
OCLC, SkyRiver, etc.
LC’s RDA Implementation Planning site:http://loc.gov.aba/rda/
Implementation date: March 31, 2013
Internationalization
EURIG Expansion of JSC membership
JSC = Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA
Translations of RDA Toolkit
Libraries in danger
Marginalized by information delivery systems with strong Web presence
Unless we repackage our metadata to re-use in new, creative waysVIAF visualizations of library dataBibliographic relationships = links and
pathways for users
Shared data
RDA’s well-formed metadata
Ability to easily re-use, link in an international environment
New systems
No more “bibliographic and authority records” – More “shared data” Inventory systems to manage local collectionsLinks to shared services for the description
and access pointsServices with expanded, faceted search
capabilities
Transition
RDA plus Encoding schema and application profile
for libraries that moves away from MARC towards more flexible structures and data linking and sharing
New systems
Collocation
Kara Kitap
New York, 2010
Turkish
English
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Pamuk
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MasumiyetMüzesi
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Objectives of a catalog: display
All the works associated with aperson, etc.
All the expressions of the same work
All the manifestations of the same expression
All items/copies of the same manifestation
Kara Kitap
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English
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Pamuk
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Black Book Documentary
TextMovie
Gizli Yüz…
RelationshipsPathways to Related Works
Masumiyet Müzesi
Internet
Catalogs are no longer in isolation Global access to data
Integrate bibliographic data with wider Internet environment Share data beyond institutions
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Internet “Cloud”
Web frontend
ServicesVIAF
Databases, Repositories
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