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“Who Is This?” Moving From Authority Control To Identity Management, Suzanne Graham, Dong Joon Lee, Erik Radio, Hannah Tarver May 2018

“Who Is This?” Moving From Authority Control To Identity Management, Suzanne Graham, Dong Joon Lee, Erik Radio, Hannah Tarver

Articles, Chapters and Online Publications

This article provides practical guidance on the successes and challenges from three large institutions dealing with creative cataloging of intellectual products and the maintenance of those records.


Preparing For Linked Data In Digital Repositories, Sai Deng Jan 2016

Preparing For Linked Data In Digital Repositories, Sai Deng

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

This program will present the experiment of adding linked data values to the digital collections at the University of Central Florida Libraries in its digital repository and institutional repository (IR). Working with the Digital Initiatives and some faculty members, the Metadata Librarian in Technical Services has been adding Library of Congress linked data and Virtual Internarial Authority File data to the library's collections in CONTENTdm and its Digital Commons based IR. While these systems haven't been designed or updated to fully accommodate linked data yet, to add linked data values to the collection fields in these systems is preparing for …


Data Documentation & Metadata, Sai Deng Nov 2014

Data Documentation & Metadata, Sai Deng

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.


Dataset Metadata, Sai Deng Sep 2013

Dataset Metadata, Sai Deng

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.


Metadata Services, Sai Deng Sep 2013

Metadata Services, Sai Deng

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.


Visualizing Linked Data, F. Tim Knight Jul 2012

Visualizing Linked Data, F. Tim Knight

Librarian Publications & Presentations

Provides an introduction to linked data considering ways to visualize and get a better understanding of this relatively new concept. Linked data is a different way for our bibliographic data to interact with the data available on the Web.. It will hopefully enhance the information we already provide, make it easier for us to provide that information and allow libraries to integrate themselves better with other information sources on the web.


Rda: Coming To A Library Near You, F. Tim Knight, Darren Furey May 2012

Rda: Coming To A Library Near You, F. Tim Knight, Darren Furey

Librarian Publications & Presentations

RDA (Resources Description and Access) is a new way to support resource discovery focusing on user tasks in the digital age. RDA, the new cataloguing guidelines have been developed, tested and are set to be implemented in March 2013. As we shift away from AACR2 preparation for training is underway and cataloguing records created using the new rules will start to appear in your library catalogues. F. Tim Knight and Darren J. Furey guide you through the changes you can expect to see including an overview of FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) the conceptual model that underlies the structure …


Resource Description And Access: From Aacr To Rda, F. Tim Knight Jan 2011

Resource Description And Access: From Aacr To Rda, F. Tim Knight

Librarian Publications & Presentations

The new cataloguing guidelines Resource Description and Access (RDA) have recently been released and are set to replace the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules. An evaluation period led by the Library of Congress is currently underway and it is likely that the implementation of RDA will begin sometime in mid- 2011. This paper looks briefly at the origins of RDA, provides a high level overview of RDA and reviews some of the major differences that cataloguers and library users can expect to find between RDA and AACR2.