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Creating A Sustainable Workflow For Converting Online Finding Aids Into Marc Records, Ann Kardos
Creating A Sustainable Workflow For Converting Online Finding Aids Into Marc Records, Ann Kardos
University Libraries Presentations Series
Data regarding library collections exists in many locations. While this often works for those researchers who know what they're looking for, one institution created a plan to convert online finding aids into MARC records for the discovery layer. The project makes additional avenues to discover unique collections but also gives opportunities to create Library of Congress name authority records for distinct entities or hidden individuals and groups. This project became a model for standardization of this work across the consortium, and brought together stakeholders from metadata, special collections, archives, digital collections and library IT.
Collaborative Cartography: Creating An Asset Map For Student And Community Success, Dragan Gill, Laura Coelho, Amethys Nieves
Collaborative Cartography: Creating An Asset Map For Student And Community Success, Dragan Gill, Laura Coelho, Amethys Nieves
ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference
In this workshop participants will learn key steps in creating campus and community asset maps to help discover areas of strength in communities, including resources and various supports. The workshop will address the following: (1) defining the purpose and audience of the map; (2) creating a shared controlled vocabulary across departments and/or disciplines; (3) choosing the appropriate mapping software; and (4) the process of sharing data with the wider world. Learn from our experience in bringing campus and community projects together with the library to create maps that serve multiple purposes, including interactive databases of campus resources and supports, and …
The Emergence Of The Metadata Cataloger: Are Cataloging And Metadata Two Separate Fields?, Rachel Turner
The Emergence Of The Metadata Cataloger: Are Cataloging And Metadata Two Separate Fields?, Rachel Turner
ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference
As a new Librarian straight out of my MSIS program, I am seeing a shift in the idea of what constitutes the position of “Cataloging Librarian.” As a student worker at UT Austin while in library school, and in my current position as Cataloging Librarian at Binghamton University, I have seen in both places a rising discussion of how cataloging should evolve to keep up with the reframing and rebranding that is taking place throughout all aspects of libraries and librarianship. A common answer that seems to be rising is that cataloging is and needs to continue its reframing to …
Metastatic Metadata: Transferring Digital Skills And Digital Comfort At Umass Amherst, Jeremy Smith, Robert Cox, Danielle Kovacs, Rebecca Reznik-Zellen, Aaron Rubinstein
Metastatic Metadata: Transferring Digital Skills And Digital Comfort At Umass Amherst, Jeremy Smith, Robert Cox, Danielle Kovacs, Rebecca Reznik-Zellen, Aaron Rubinstein
University Libraries Publication Series
Discusses efforts by the Digital Strategies Group and Special Collections and University Archives at the University of Massachusetts Amherst to enlist all library staff to create metadata for a group of historical photographs from the University archive.