For those of you who couldn’t make it to ala:you can see all of the tagged ala midwinter (#alamw13) tweets at this link https://twitter.com/search?q=alamw13&src=tyah ; you can also save it in your twitter searches so that you can see as many posts 😉 Perhaps, even more useful, use the RSS feed for this hashtag http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=alamw13 to subscribe via your reader, which
I can’t remember if I posted this here before, but if you are interested, this discussion group about linked data was started by Laura @ Emory, Doug G @ Ga Tech and a little help from me. Please feel free to join us – (and it does not matter what kind of library you are in or how much you know
So very cool! Exactly – library bib data has a very viable place in the larger semantic web – ESPECIALLY, our controlled vocabularies (subject headings) and authority (series and names) data. ——————- Ex Libris joins W3C Schema Bib Extend Community Group, part of the Schema.org linked data initiative http://http://www.librarytechnology.org/ltg-displaytext.pl?RC=17470 ———- :“Our customer community is very keen to take advantage of linked data
I realize this survey is for public libraries, but I know a few of you 😉 Please consider taking the survey. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/digitallearningcenter “More frequently, public libraries and community organizations are becoming the go-to place for digital literacy education. Users come searching for help to understand and use computer programs, printers and other hardware, the Internet (web browsing, e-mail, social media),
Ok, so you have a couple of days left to listen to the archive – so get with it people. We talk about semantic web, but also the social web, serendipity, user experience, libraries as place AND art. All wrapped around some great indie music. Now how cool is that?
I stumbled across an interesting post from a librarian who created a display for banned book week. Of course, this wasn’t just any old poster session about Banned Book Week — no, this one actually contained books that she had burned. Responding to some feedback about this particular display and her actions, Jessica blogged these thoughts: Personally? I love books.
Two excellent presentations together, one focused on MARC/linked data; the second focuses on user experience but in terms of how linked data and the FRBR (Functional Requirements of Bibliographic Records) model could possibly impact that experience. The first (Philip E. Schreur, Stanford) focuses on bibliographic data and MARC. Really great overview and explanation of linked data and its potential impact
Researchers have started hitting deadends in ERIC (the Educational Resources Information Center) database when trying to download/view fulltext PDFs. PDFs downloads were ceased due to privacy concerns. I haven’t seen much written about this other than a brief post at Inside Higher Ed. ERIC’s statement included this message: A limited number of ERIC full-text documents are available at this time
New MARC 264 field (publishing): Few examples of RDA records in OCLC (and/or in LC’s catalog) with the new MARC 264 field; most seem to be using only a 264 in lieu of a 260 which seems to follow the recommendations of the RDA proposal. #56451778 264 1Sawtry, Cambs : Ç‚b Dedalus, Ç‚c 2004. #20722916 (record in LC has not
I don’t even have a comment for this… I do so hope they do RDA the Movie. AACR2 Trailer from David Ross on Vimeo.