please send catalogers : metadata staffing in the 21st century
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This presentation addresses the ways in which traditional catalogers are uniquely positioned to make valuable contributions to the linked library data future and outlines competencies for performing metadata work.TRANSCRIPT
PLEASE SEND CATALOGERS:Metadata Staffing in the 21st Century
Jennifer A. Liss @cursedstorm
CaMMS Competencies and Education for a Career in Cataloging Interest Group
June 27, 2014
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What tasks are catalogers good at? Enter text here!
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Competencies vs. Performance Indicators(or, MARC is not a cataloging competency)
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Competencies for catalogers performing metadata workReimagining performance indicators
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Selected Competencies Normalizing data Parsing resource metadata Exploring information hierarchically Recognizing relationships
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Normalizing data
Applies content standards (AACR2, RDA) for resource description and access
Expand to use of: Archives (DACS) Moving images (AMIM) Cultural objects (CCO) Data sets (?)
214 p.
62 pages
7 cubic feet (7 boxes)
179 leaves; text block: 26.6 x 19.1 cm (10 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches); text area: 17 x 13 cm (6 3/4 x 5 1/8 inches); oak covers: 27.3 x 19.8 cm (10 3/4 x 7 7/8 inches)
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What are the biases of each
standard?
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Parsing resource metadata
Assigns descriptive metadata by parsing textual materials
Expand to: Parsing visual
materials for description and access
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Are catalogers
visually literate?
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Exploring info hierarchically
Applies taxonomies by navigating broader/narrower terms (LCSH)
Expand to applying structural metadata standards: Books (TEI) Finding aids (EAD) Music (MEI)
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Domain expertise required..
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Recognizing relationships
Provides additional access points; performs subject analysis
Expand to include: ALL OF THE THINGS
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Authority data sure is important
…
n79089084
digitized book
finding aid
digitized letter
digitized photo
n80120828
appears in
appears in
bookrecord
hasAuthor
ebookrecordhasOtherForma
t
hasAuthor
isResource
hasAuthor
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With change comes opportunity
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Human dimension of tech change
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Great Expectations Everything online Everything interlinked Everything in one search box Everything in your pocket
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What about the semantic web?(It’s already here)
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Dawn of the semantic searchSchema.org, K-Graph & Hummingbird
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Schema.org
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Search results powered by semantic markup
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Schema.org
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Gmail display powered by semantic markup
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Google Knowledge Graph
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Knowledge Graph in action
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Knowledge Graph in action
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Google Hummingbird
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Google keyword search
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golden retriever
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Google semantic search
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golden retriever
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Google semantic search
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golden retriever
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Welcome, robot overlords.
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The expectation shift
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NO, IT ISN’T.
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“It’s all about keyword
searching.”
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Semantic web: SEND CATALOGERS
Normalize data Explore information hierarchically Structure data for machine manipulation Recognize and declare relationships Disambiguate persons, corporations, places, topics,
and things
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Image creditsSlide 3 Balance, Hans Splinter
Darth Vader in a Kilt playing the Bagpipes on a Unicycle, Trevor DykstraSlide 7 James Whitcomb Riley and Lew Wallace, The Lilly Library
Slide 10 Students Using Card Catalog, Indiana UniversitySlide 11 Bernard Fry with the Hazeltine 2000, Indiana
UniversitySlide 13 Calvin & Hobbes, Bill WattersonSlide 24 Android robot toy, Lucas Zallio
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THANK YOU!Find these slides:
bit.ly/sendcatalogers
Jennifer A. LissHead, Monographic Cataloging ImageIndiana University, Bloomington [email protected]
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Please Send Catalogers: Metadata Staffing in the 21st Century by Jennifer A. Liss is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.