Report by Tracey Snyder, Chair, MLA Cataloging and Metadata Committee (CMC) Linked Library Data Interest Group (abstracts, bios, and slides available at this link) Saturday, January 26, 2019 Heather Pretty of Memorial University of Newfoundland gave a presentation about a practical implementation of Linked Data to manage information about Royal Newfoundland Regiment soldiers who fought in World War I, collected by the Trail of the Caribou Research Group. Data points collected by the research group include name, hometown, date of enlistment, date of death, country of burial, cemetery name, and much more. It was decided to use Linked Data for this project because it would enable searching across multiple sources to answer complex questions. For example, a researcher could gather names of and information about soldiers from the same specified hometown who were buried at the same specified cemetery. Heather reviewed Tim Berners-Lee’s four basic rules of Linked Data (Use
Seattle, WA, January 24-28, 2019 Reports from: OLAC Cataloging Policy Committee (CAPC), RDA Pre-Conference, RDA Update Forum Bibliographic Conceptual Models Interest Group ALCTS Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA) ALCTS/LITA Authority Control Interest Group (ACIG) Reported by: Mary Huismann (St. Olaf College), Chair, Content Standards Subcommittee OLAC Cataloging Policy Committee (CAPC) The OLAC CAPC meeting was held on Friday, January 24, 2019. The majority of the meeting was devoted to liaison and task force reports. Only selected highlights have been reported here—see the full CAPC meeting minutes normally published in the March OLAC Newsletter: OLAC Research Grant Application deadline is March 1, 2019. Contact Thomas Whittaker with questions. CC:DA Liaison (Kelley McGrath) CC:DA has not been as active in the absence of RDA revision proposals due to the freezing of the RDA Toolkit. There have been some changes to positions within the RSC and NARDAC: Kathy Glennan is the
ALA Midwinter, January 25-28, 2019 Midwinter Liaison Report, and Notes on some meetings of interest for Encoding Standards Submitted by Jim Soe Nyun, Chair, Encoding Standards Subcommittee MARC Advisory Committee, Liaison Report Session 1, January 26, 2019, 8:30-10:30 a.m. Session 2, January 27, 2019, 2:30-5:00 p.m. Meeting agenda with links to papers: http://www.loc.gov/marc/mac/mw2019_age.html (Summaries in proposal/paper number order, not necessarily in the order in which they were discussed.) Proposal No. 2019-01: Designating Open Access and License Information for Remote Online Resources in the MARC 21 Formats ACTION: Generally considered an important set of changes. Passed with amendments: 506 $g definition change: Date for the end of an embargo, when the resource becomes freely available. 540 $g definition change: Date for the end of an embargo. W[w]hen the resource changes its use and reproduction rights. 856 $7 that it be made Not Repeatable, and that it be defined to refer only
Seattle, Wash. January 25-28, 2019 reports from SAC Subcommittee on Faceted Vocabularies Subject Analysis Committee Business Meetings ALCTS CaMMS Cataloging Norms Interest Group Faceted Subject Access Interest Group ALCTS CaMMS Heads of Cataloging Departments Interest Group Subject Analysis Committee Forum Reported by: Rebecca Belford (Oberlin College), Chair, MLA CMC Vocabularies Subcommittee SAC SubCOmmittee on faceted vocabularies Meeting date: Saturday, January 26. Updates 1. OLAC video game genre/form terms (Rosemary Groenwald) Completed; indication of use: landing page for terms has over 1000 views OLAC board entertaining continuing maintenance $2 olacvggt validates in OCLC Rosemary’s library [Mt. Prospect Public Library, Illinois] is working on retrospective addition, currently approximately 30% complete. University of Washington will be undertaking a project to add retrospectively, locally and in OCLC. 2. OCLC Music Toolkit and MLA retrospective implementation algorithm (Rebecca Belford) Q: Are there presentations available? A (Casey Mullin): Yes, slides from MLA 2018, YouTube screencast, and
Content Standards Subcommittee (CSS) Annual Report, July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018 Submitted by Mary Huismann Members (as of March 2018) Mary Huismann (Chair, appointed 2016), Ben Barba (2018), Kristi Bergland (2017), Janice Bunker (2018), Ann Churukian (2016), Patty Falk (2016), Monica Figueroa (2017), Kevin Kishimoto (2016), Peter Lisius (2015), Anna Alfeld LoPrete (2016), Rick McRae (2016), Jennifer Olson (2015), Shelley Rogers (2016), Michelle Urberg (2017), Linda Blair (BIBCO Music Funnel Coordinator), Mark Scharff (NACO-Music Project Coordinator), Chris Holden (LC Representative), Jay Weitz (OCLC Representative) We thank Drew Beisswenger and Tomoko Shibuya, who rotated off the Subcommittee in February 2018. We would also like to thank LC Representatives Michi Hoban and Valerie Weinberg for their many years of service to the Subcommittee. We welcome Ben Barba, Janice Bunker, and LC Representative Chris Holden, who joined the Content Standards Subcommittee in March 2018. Report On Activities 1. RDA Best Practices for Music
Cataloging and Metadata Committee (CMC) Annual Report, July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018 Submitted by Tracey Snyder Website: http://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/mpage/cmc Members Tracey Snyder (Chair, CMC, appointed 2016), Mary Huismann (Chair, Content Standards Subcommittee, 2016), James Soe Nyun (Chair, Encoding Standards Subcommittee, 2015), Rebecca Belford (Chair, Vocabularies Subcommittee, 2018), Elizabeth Hille Cribbs (Secretary/Webmaster, 2015), Joshua Henry (Incoming Secretary/Webmaster, 2018) Christopher Holden (Editor, Music Cataloging Bulletin, 2015), Linda Blair (BIBCO Music Funnel Coordinator, 2015), Mark Scharff (NACO-Music Project Coordinator, 2015), Nancy Lorimer (SACO Music Funnel Coordinator, 2012), Susan Vita (Library of Congress Representative), Jay Weitz (OCLC Representative) All of the subcommittees welcomed new members this year, filling vacancies left by outgoing members. On the Vocabularies Subcommittee, Casey Mullin completed his term as Chair, and Rebecca Belford began her term as Chair. CMC thanks Casey for his service and welcomes Rebecca to the committee. Joshua Henry began service as Incoming Secretary/Webmaster, acting as an apprentice
Vocabularies Subcommittee (VS) Annual Report, July 1 2017-June 30 2018 Submitted by Rebecca Belford Members (as of March 2018) Rebecca Belford (chair, appointed 2018), Kirk-Evan Billet (2015), Reed David (2015), Jenée Force (2018), Ralph Hartsock (2016), Joshua Henry (2017), Marty Jenkins (2017), Morris Levy (2017), Jeff Lyon (2016), Treshani Perera (2018), Jacob Schaub (2015), Ann Shaffer (2015), Kyle Shockey (2017), Hannah Spence (2015), Jennifer Vaughn (2015), Nancy Lorimer (SACO Music Funnel Coordinator), Mark Scharff (NACO-Music Project Coordinator), Maarja Vigorito (LC Representative), Jay Weitz (OCLC Representative) We thank Casey Mullin, who rotated off as VS chair in February 2018, and other members leaving the subcommittee: Jim Alberts, Nurhak Tuncer, J. Bradford Young. Rebecca Belford rotated off as a member to begin term as chair. We welcome Jenée Force and Treshani Perera, who joined the Vocabularies Subcommittee in March 2018. Report on activities Standing task group: Types of Composition List Maintenance (Levy
ALA Annual 2018 New Orleans, LA Report by Tracey Snyder, Chair, MLA Cataloging and Metadata Committee Linked Library Data Interest Group See abstracts and slides at: https://connect.ala.org/communities/community-home/digestviewer/viewthread?MessageKey=047fa095-508d-4bb1-b65d-16720d0535c4&CommunityKey=e329ee56-0b9b-4189-ba75-66d4715562ba&tab=digestviewer#bm047fa095-508d-4bb1-b65d-16720d0535c4#bm0 Evidence-Building using Linked Administrative Data at the Census Bureau Kate McNamara (Census Bureau) Kate McNamara gave a presentation about the Census Bureau’s Data Linkage Infrastructure,whereby the Bureau acquires, ingests, curates, links, analyzes, and archives data. The Bureau is expanding this infrastructure to improve access to this data for program evaluators, policy analysts, and researchers. In addition to issuing surveys (such as the population census every ten years and the economic census every five years), the Bureau collects administrative data related to programs such as SNAP, Medicare, and Medicaid to be used as evidence in evaluating program effectiveness and improving policy. The Bureau collects data and performs research as allowed by Title 13 in order to carry out its mission to measure the nation’s
Notes on Meetings at ALA Annual, New Orleans, 2018 with a Focus on MARC and Other Encoding Standards, and Linked Data (Plus a Couple Other Meetings of More General Interest) Submitted July 12, 2018, by Jim Soe Nyun, Chair, Encoding Standards Subcommittee MARC Advisory Committee I Session 1: 6/23/18 Sessions 2-3: 6/24/18 Meeting agenda with links to papers: https://www.loc.gov/marc/mac/2018/2018-02.html Announcements of latest fast-track changes: Added $4 to 730 $r redefined in Field 382 (MLA request) Proposal No. 2018-02: Subfield Coding in Field 041 for Accessibility in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format Amended to clarify wording of new subfields $p and $r, passed unanimously Proposal No. 2018-03: Defining New Fields to Record Accessibility Content in the MARC 21 BibliographicFormat Amended to drop $0 and $1 as there was not a direct use case that people could see; added $8 to both fields; revised wording of the field’s scope and for indicator
New Orleans, LA, June 22-25, 2018 Reports from ALCTS CaMMS Subject Analysis Committee (SAC) Business Meetings SAC Presentation SAC Subcommittee on Faceted Vocabularies ALCTS CaMMS Faceted Vocabularies Interest Group Cataloging Norms Interest Group ALCTS CaMMS Heads of Cataloging Departments Interest Group OCLC Research Update LITA Top Technology Trends Reported by: Rebecca Belford (Oberlin College), Chair, MLA CMC Vocabularies Subcommittee ALCTS CaMMS Subject Analysis Committee (SAC) Business Meetings June 24 and 25, 2018 In addition to formal member and liaison updates, the two-part SAC business meeting included a few new business items and updates. The SAC RDA Subcommittee was formally disbanded, based on the announcement by the RDA Steering Committee (RSA) that RDA will not address subjects, as was originally planned. The PCC will revive the practice of having a designated person report from the SACO/PCC at large meeting to SAC. It was decided that the liaison should be from the
New Orleans, LA, June 22-25, 2018 Reports from: OLAC Cataloging Policy Committee (CAPC), OLAC Membership Meeting, RDA Pre-Conference, RDA Update Forum & RDA Linked Data Forum ALCTS Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA) ALCTS/LITA Authority Control Interest Group (ACIG) Reported by: Mary Huismann (St. Olaf College), Chair, Content Standards Subcommittee OLAC Cataloging Policy Committee (CAPC) The OLAC CAPC meeting was held on Friday, June 22, 2018. The major part of the meeting was devoted to liaison and task force reports. Only selected highlights have been reported here—see the full CAPC meeting minutes normally published in the September OLAC Newsletter: Several changes to the CAPC membership were announced. Jessica Schomberg will become chair following this meeting. CC:DA liaison Kelley McGrath reported on the newly issued RDA Toolkit beta version.She anticipates much work for CAPC because of the great amount of options in the text.Kelley suggested that OLAC take an active
Encoding Standards Subcommittee (ESS) Annual Report, July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018 Submitted by James Soe Nyun Members (Current appointments) James Soe Nyun (Chair, appointed 2015), Anne D. Adams (2015), Margaret Corby (2016), Matt Ertz (2017), Chelsea Hoover (2018), Nancy Lorimer (2016), Thomas Pease (2015), Karen A. Peters (2015), Felicia Piscitelli (2017), Tomoko Shibuya (2018), Amy Strickland (2018), Kimmy Szeto (2016), Hermine Vermeij (2015); Damian Iseminger (LC Representative); Jay N. Weitz (OCLC Representative) We thank Catherine Busselen, Keith Knop and Mark V. Scharff who rotated off of Encoding Standards Subcommittee in January 2018, and Christopher D. Holden who moved to the position of LC Representative to the Content Standards Subcommittee. We welcome Chelsea Hoover, Tomoko Shibuya and Amy Strickland, who joined the Encoding Standards Subcommittee in February 2018. Report On Activities MARC Field 384, Key, Updated Developed a MARC Fast-Track proposal for the MARC Steering Committee that Field 384, Key, be
MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CATALOGING AND METADATA COMMITTEE Business Meetings, MLA Annual Meeting 2018, Portland, Oregon Agenda with links available on CMC Blog at: https://cmc.wp.musiclibraryassoc.org/ THURSDAY February 1, 11:00 am-12:25 pm 1. Introduction and announcements (Snyder) 11-11:10 A. Adjustments to agenda Tracey Snyder called the meeting to order at 11:01 a.m., reminded all those present to sign the sign-in sheet, and issued a friendly reminder about etiquette during the business meeting. 2. Tracey distributed some printed copies of the agenda and noted that links to that agenda and the agendas for the subcommittee meetings were also available online on the CMC blog. 3. There were no adjustments to the agenda. B. Thanks to outgoing members 1. Tracey announced that Casey Mullin is wrapping up his 4-year term as the Vocabularies Subcommittee Chair and thanked him for his service. C. Welcome to incoming members 1. Tracey then announced that Rebecca Belford will
MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CATALOGING AND METADATA COMMITTEE Vocabularies Subcommittee Business Meeting Friday, February 2, 2018, 9:00-9:55am Hilton Portland, Broadway I/II Members present: Casey Mullin (Chair), Rebecca Belford, Kirk-Evan Billet, Reed David, Ralph Hartsock, Morris Levy, Jacob Schaub, Ann Shaffer, Kyle Shockey, Hannah Spence, Jennifer Vaughn, Brad Young, Jay Weitz (OCLC Representative), Nancy Lorimer (SACO Music Funnel Coordinator), Mark Scharff (NACO-Music Project Coordinator) Absent: Jim Alberts, Joshua Henry, Marty Jenkins, Jeff Lyon, Nurhak Tuncer, Maarja Vigorito (LC Representative) Mullin thanked outgoing VS member Brad Young for his service. Rebecca Belford is also rotating off her term as VS member, but will be stepping up as the new VS Chair, beginning a new four-year term. Welcome Rebecca to her new role! VS Chair’s report (Mullin) Mullin alerted the meeting to his ALA liaison report from Annual 2017 (Chicago), available on Google Drive. The report from Midwinter 2018 (Denver) will be available soon,
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