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Minnesota State University, Mankato

OLAC Conferences

2017

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Olac Capc Unified Best Practices Task Force, Bruce Evans Oct 2017

Olac Capc Unified Best Practices Task Force, Bruce Evans

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Bruce J. Evans, CAPC Chair, will introduce everyone to the work of the newly-created OLAC CAPC Unified Best Practices Task Force, which seeks to unify all extant OLAC Best Practices into a single document.


Advanced Audio Recordings Cataloging, Mary Huismann Oct 2017

Advanced Audio Recordings Cataloging, Mary Huismann

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Audio Recordings: Advanced will cover more specialized topics related to audio recordings cataloging, including non-musical audio recordings (spoken word), miscellaneous audio carriers and streaming audio using RDA, MARC21, and best practices from the Music Library Association and OLAC.


Basic Audio Recordings Cataloging, Mary Huismann Oct 2017

Basic Audio Recordings Cataloging, Mary Huismann

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Audio Recordings: Basic will concentrate on basic cataloging of compact discs using RDA and MARC21, incorporating best practices from the Music Library Association.


Linked Data Initiatives At Memorial University Of Newfoundland, Heather Pretty Oct 2017

Linked Data Initiatives At Memorial University Of Newfoundland, Heather Pretty

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Heather will discuss a range of linked data initiatives at Memorial University of Newfoundland. She is currently on a one-year sabbatical titled "Learning Linked Data." She will discuss the approach she's taking in her sabbatical, a linked data project she is starting regarding Newfoundland Regiment soldiers in WWI, a couple of small linked data projects others at Memorial Libraries are participating in, as well as outline the Canadian Linked Data Initiative and some of the linked data resources and projects it has started.


Evaluating And Loading Ebook Metadata From Oclc Worldshare Collection Manager, Stacie Traill, Kelly Thompson Oct 2017

Evaluating And Loading Ebook Metadata From Oclc Worldshare Collection Manager, Stacie Traill, Kelly Thompson

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Libraries face many challenges in managing descriptive metadata for ebooks, including quality control, completeness of coverage, and ongoing management. The recent emergence of library management systems that automatically provide descriptive metadata for e-resources activated in system knowledge bases means that ebook management models are moving toward both greater efficiency and more complex implementation and maintenance choices. Automated and data-driven processes for ebook management have always been desirable, but in the current environment, they are necessary. In addition to initial selection of a record source, automation can be applied to quality control processes and ongoing maintenance in order to keep manual, …


Getting More Out Of Marc For Music And Movies In Primo: Strategies For Display, Search, And Faceting, Kelley Mcgrath Oct 2017

Getting More Out Of Marc For Music And Movies In Primo: Strategies For Display, Search, And Faceting, Kelley Mcgrath

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Many libraries have not yet taken advantage of specialized MARC fields for music and for characteristics of representative expressions in their discovery interfaces. This poster shows one approach to display, search, and faceting of selected fields using Ex Libris' Primo. For example, it will demonstrate how data in fields such as 382 (medium of performance) and 257 (country of producing entity) were manipulated using Primo norm rules.