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Faculty Publications and Presentations

This was a questionnaire first sent out by email on the Association of Christian Librarians listserv; the results of which were then presented at the ACL 2013 conference.

To Rda Or Not To Rda

Faculty Publications and Presentations

This was a questionnaire first sent out by email on the Association of Christian Librarians listserv; the results of which were then presented at the ACL 2013 conference.

Positioning Library Data For The Semantic Web: Recent Developments In Resource Description, Kimmy Szeto

Publications and Research

Recent developments in resource description standards and technologies have aimed at moving cataloging practice to the web environment and making library data available for exchange and reuse on the Semantic Web. As the library community looks outward and forward, library standards and technologies are converging with Web practices in three areas: content description, data models, and data exchange. This article captures the essence of the core standards and technologies that underlie the daily work of practitioners of library service, including Resource Description and Access (RDA), Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR), the Linked Data environment, Resource Description Framework (RDF), and …

Extending And Customizing Content Discovery For The Legal Academic Community With Innovative Interfaces' Pathfinder Pro: The Pence Law Library Approach, Sima Mirkin

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

Incorporation of technological tools into teaching methodology is an ongoing process. Using graphic illustrations with explanations, this article will demonstrate the functionality of one such tool, Innovative Interfaces’ Pathfinder Pro, a context-sensitive linking mechanism, in conjunction with the Pence Law Library online catalogue. The article also discusses the benefits of using this tool in legal research instructions and distance learning programs.

Information Outlook, November/December 2012, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2012

Volume 16, Issue 6

Volume 32, Number 4, December 2012 Olac Newsletter, Marcy A. Strong, Bruce Evans, Jan Mayo, T.J. Kao, Christina Hennessey, Jay Weitz

OLAC Newsletters

Digitized December 2012 issue of the OLAC Newsletter.

Linked Data Demystified: Practical Efforts To Transform Contentdm Metadata For The Linked Data Cloud, Silvia B. Southwick, Cory K. Lampert

Library Faculty Presentations

The library literature and events like the ALA Annual Conference have been inundated with presentations and articles on linked data. At UNLV Libraries, we understand the importance of linked data in helping to better service our users. We have designed and initiated a pilot project to apply linked data concepts to the practical task of transforming a sample set of our CONTENTdm digital collections data into future-oriented linked data. This presentation will outline rationale for beginning work in linked data and detail the phases we will undertake in the proof of concept project. We hope through this research experiment to …

Rda For Cartographic Resources, Katherine Rankin, Mary L. Larsgaard

Library Faculty Presentations

The purpose of this workshop is to provide a pragmatic, brief introduction and overview to using RDA to create bibliographic records for cartographic resources. The emphasis will be on differences between RDA and AACR2R and specific examples of bibliographic records.

Post-Modern Cataloging: It's All Av Now, Lynne C. Howarth

OLAC Conferences

Closing Keynote speaker Lynne Howarth is the Associate Dean of Research and a professor at the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto. Her research interests include knowledge organization standards and systems, as well as the evaluation of libraries’ technical services. Howarth’s professional memberships include the Canadian Committee on Cataloguing, the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) Classification and Indexing Section, and IFLA’s ISBD Review Group.

The theme of the conference this year was “post-modern cataloging.” Howarth chose this theme for her presentation to reflect the dramatic shift of the media landscape in the last 20 years. She contends …

Pcc Practice For Assigning Motion Picture And Television Program Uniform Titles, Peter H. Lisius

OLAC Conferences

Recipient of the 2010 OLAC Research Grant, Peter H, Lisius, Music and Media Catalog Librarian, Kent State University Libraries, presented the results of his research into inconsistencies in the construction of uniform titles representing motion pictures, television programs, and radio programs.

Pcc Practice For Assigning Motion Picture And Television Program Uniform Titles: Lcri 25.5b, Appendix I And Future Directions In Rda, Peter H. Lisius

OLAC Research Grant

Research results of the OLAC Research Grant awarded in 2010, presented at the 2012 OLAC Conference on October 21 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Cataloging Digital Images, Vicki Sipe

OLAC Conferences

Many of our image collections live in the non-MARC world. Recognizing that fact, this workshop will discuss tools and standards that are available to guide decisions about record creation for digital images in MARC and non-MARC environments. A major focus will be on the methods and considerations in image analysis as a means to uncover information about an image that would be useful in all record environments. We will look at MARC and non-MARC records, and will include records created using AACR2 and RDA.

Frbr, Facets And The Discoverability Of Moving Image Materials In Libraries, Kelley Mcgrath

OLAC Conferences

This session will look at how the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) model could be used to improve access to film and video. There will be a demonstration of a prototype end-user discovery interface (http:// blazing-sunset-24.heroku.com/) sponsored by OLAC and a discussion of a project using the XC Metadata Services Toolkit (http://www.extensiblecatalog.org/) to mine existing MARC data to populate this sort of interface. Participants will be asked to provide feedback and suggest future directions for this project.

Digitizing And Hosting Streaming Media Directly From Libraries, Cyrus Ford

OLAC Conferences

The latest developments in streaming technologies allow direct access to media contents in real time through personal computers and mobile devices over the Internet. Ford’s presentation dealt with the different acquisition and distribution methods used in delivering a wide range of streaming video and audio resources to the faculty, staff, and students of the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, as well as with the attendant licensing and copyright issues. Ford also talked about the joint project conducted by the library and the UNLV Film Department, the goal of which is to digitize videos for teaching, learning, and research purposes.

Snakes In The Library: "Taking Up Serpents" In A Dvd Collection, Valerie Prescott Adams

OLAC Conferences

This poster session provided an overview of an archival collection, The Hood-Williamson Archives on the Serpent Handlers of Southern Appalachia, at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The collection contains 184 DVD discs of original films that document the contemporary serpent handlers of Southern Appalachia from 1975 to 2004. Adams highlighted the creation and preservation processes, the metadata access to the collection, while emphasizing the importance of the unique collection to the scholars and researchers. The full description of the collection can be found at: http://findingaids.library.utc.edu/Hood.html

Batch Enhancement Of Genre/Form Headings In Marc Records For Maps, Stacie A. Traill

OLAC Conferences

Following the Library of Congress’s 2010 implementation of genre/form headings for cartographic materials, the University of Minnesota Libraries undertook a project to enhance and upgrade the genre/form headings and subdivisions in more than 50,000 existing catalog records for maps. This poster shows how the project evolved from its conception in Fall 2010 to its completion in Spring 2011. Project procedures were developed through analysis of ILS reports in Excel and extensive testing in MARCEdit. Record extraction, editing, and replacement were carefully timed to minimize impacts on cataloging work and ILS indexing. The presentation also covers lessons learned from the project. …

Automating Catalog Record Creation For Locally Digitized Collections, Lucas Mak

OLAC Conferences

Michigan State University Libraries has been regu­larly digitizing its selected print collection and providing access to these digital items through the library catalog. Given this constant influx of locally digitized materials, a semi-automated batch process has been created to maximize cata­loging efficiency. This process produces catalog records of digital items from two sets of input files prepared by cataloging staff: MARC records of digitized print Items extracted from local ILS, and a lookup table consists of OCLC/SkyRiver numbers and filenames of digital items. The Autolt script will invoke MARCEdit to turn MARC records exported from local ILS into MarcXML and …

Tall Paul Does Rda, Or, Wasted Away On Rda, Julie Renee Moore

OLAC Conferences

Moore presented an overview of RDA’s guidelines for cataloging special format materials. She discussed the replacement of the GMD by content, media, and carrier types and the challenges associated with the new practice. For this purpose, Moore displayed the following materials from the Teacher Resource Center of the Henry Madden Library at the California State University Fullerton along with their RDA records: Tall Paul (human anatomy model), Wasted Away (human model that depicts the effects of substance abuse), Evolution of Dinosaur Teeth (model), Animal X-Rays (transparency), Sign Language Flash Cards, Roman Empire J-I-NG-O (game), Tyrannosaurus Rex (electronic resource + book), …

Noaa Digital Collections: Archiving, Online Access, And Metadata Exchange, Anna Fiolek

OLAC Conferences

Fiolek presented a summary of several projects and metadata exchange efforts conducted by the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Central Library. In giving details about one of the projects, Fiolek stated that for the last ten years the library has been cooperating with the NOAA Climate Database Modernization Program. As a result of this collaborative effort, more than 250,000 print documents have been scanned to PDF and TIFF formats, over 800 analog media converted into DVD, MOV, MP4, and AVI formats, and around 75,000 photographs born digitally or converted to high and regular resolution JPEG files for the NOAA …

Going Nano: Mobile Technologies And Academic Libraries, Irina Stanishevskaya

OLAC Conferences

Nanotechnology has revolutionized computer and communication technologies by offering nanoscale storage devices with much larger memory capacity, faster information transfer and processing speed, higher quality lightweight and energy-efficient displays, new batteries with longer service life, antibacterial coatings on electronic casings, and much more. Nanotechnology-based electronic gadgets, gizmos, and mobile devices and applications became progressively popular around the globe. They fundamentally changed the process of information storage, retrieval and exchange, as well as modified the behavior and expectations of information seekers in academic libraries. Library users expect flexible web content, easy mobile access to wireless data networks and services. Nowadays academic …