marc must die?
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The results of the MARC must die? workshop at the European Library Automation Group (ELAG) Workshop 2011, http://elag2011.techlib.cz/en/855-07-marc-must-die/ Prague, Czech RepublicTRANSCRIPT
MARC must die?
ELAG 2011
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from inertia to….
ELAG 2011
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… agile cataloguers!
ELAG 2011
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MARC must die?
Workshop goals:• Get a better understanding of why library
technologists want to kill MARC• Get a better understanding of the value that
cataloguers see in MARC records• Develop a shared vision of how we would like
library bibliographic metadata to evolve
MARC must die?
Bibliographic References:• MARC Project Final Report (1968)• @rtennant MARC must die (2002)• @lukask Who needs MARC? (2009)• Karen Coyle Metadata Mix and Match (2009)• Jason Thomale Intepreting MARC (2010)• Understanding MARC tutorial• LoC Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative
(May 2011)
http://www.loc.gov/marc/transition/
May 2011
MARC must die?
Why do techies want to kill MARC?http://yfrog.com/gycmoafrj
(via @tillk )Alan Seal: Data Structures, MARC and Online Access. Essen Symposium 1985: 71-85http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/indices/a-tree/s/Seal:Alan.html
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Why do techies want to kill MARC?
MAchine Readable Cataloguing is not machine readable
http://www.sacredwaste.com/machine_readable_mug-168225945234869229.html
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Why do techies want to killMARC?
A web OPAC doesn’t meanyour data is on the web
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A new globally accepted data model
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MARC must die?URIs are essential
http://www.w3.org/TR/cooluris/
MARC must die?
‘Phone book’ of Identifiers• VIAF– Personal Names– Corporate Bodies– Works
• Controlled vocabularies, e.g. LCSH, as SKOS• Using Identifiers from outside ‘libraries’
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Use-cases
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Technical specifications
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Away from manifestation-based cataloguing: data not records….
http://www.loc.gov/cds/downloads/FRBR.PDF
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Specification of the cataloguing workflow• Cataloguing is no longer the domain of just
librarians…
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MARC must die?Silk, a semantic content editor: www.silkapp.com
MARC must die?eXentible catalog, metadata services toolkit: http://code.google.com/p/xcmetadataservicestoolkit/
MARC must die?VTLS RDA sandbox:
www.vtls.com/services/rdasandbox
MARC must die?
Agile Cataloguing workshop at #elag2012 ?!
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Killing MARC is down to you…….
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MARC must die?
Are you up to the challenge?
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