The MARC Formats Interest Group invites you to its discussion meeting at ALA Annual.
Saturday, June 23, 2012, 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Anaheim Convention Center, Room 208B

Topic: Issues in the Bibliographic Transition: Extending the Reach of Authority Data

John Riemer will discuss how authority data can contribute to scholarly research in a linked data environment, and outline changes in practice that can help it play that role. Reinhold Heuvelmann will describe the German National Library's project to integrate the authority files of the German-speaking countries into a common file designed on linked data principles. Robert Pillow of VTLS will contribute a vendor perspective. Abstracts and biographical information appear below, and further information can be found at http://connect.ala.org/node/178213.

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New Prospects for Library Authority Data

Earlier this year John Riemer and Philip Schreur authored a PCC discussion paper proposing that NACO review the existing practice of creating undifferentiated name authority records. In this presentation John Riemer will develop some ideas about the contribution that authority data can make to scholarly research and argue for a shift in the way we think about the nature of authority work. He will propose some changes in practice that will help position authority data to play an expanded role in a linked data environment.

John Riemer is Head of UCLA's Cataloging & Metadata Center.  Within in the Program for Cooperative Cataloging, he is Chair Emeritus of the Policy Committee and Chair of the PCC Advisory Committee on Initiatives.

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>From Authority Control to Linked Authority Data: the Gemeinsame Normdatei in German Speaking Countries

This presentation will describe recently completed Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) project, which merged the SWD, GKD, PND, and EST authority files of the German-speaking countries into one integrated authority file, structured by one common format.  Under the influence of the Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD), a specific focus was put on relationships and their coding, which may be seen as a step into the Linked Data world.  This presentation will explain the significance of the GND and its underlying concepts as a contribution to the Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative.

Reinhold Heuvelmann works in the Office for Library Standards at the German National Library.  He is a member of the MARC Advisory Committee, where he represents the German speaking countries at MARBI meetings, and is also a member of the MODS/MADS Editorial Committee. He played a key role in the changeover of German and Austrian libraries from the MAB-Format to MARC 21.

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The Bibliographic Transition: a Vendor Perspective

Robert Pillow of VTLS will discuss the role of the vendor community in the transition to a linked data environment. While LoC's Bibliographic Framework Initiative is still in its infancy, a commitment to a transition is evident; but, do we know where that transition will take us? Many issues remain to be not only resolved, but in fact, discovered. Current practices need not be an impediment to progress.

Robert Pillow has worked in a variety of positions at VTLS in Customer Services, Sales and Marketing, Design & Development, and Project Management. His experience includes work as a Cataloger, Reference Librarian, Circulation Manager, ILL Manager, teaching Library Science, and service as a Library Board member within both academic and public libraries.

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Chew Chiat Naun
University of Minnesota Libraries
160 Wilson Library
Minneapolis, MN 55455
(612) 625-5615

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