Final draft versions of KIA-KIX classification schedules available for discussion

Final draft versions of the  KIA-KIX classification schedules (Law of the Indigenous Peoples in the Americas) have been made available for review and discussion by the user community.  The drafts will remain available online until May 20, 2012.  The 26-page introduction and outline provides a thorough background to the organization of the schedules and highlights the integration of web resources into their development. Those planning to attend program J-5 at AALL in Boston (Tuesday, July 24, 2:30-3:15 PM, HCC Room 311) are encouraged to look over the drafts in advance. The drafts and introduction are available until May 20, 2012 at: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/kia_draft.html.  Thanks to George Prager and Jolande Goldberg for this information.

April release brings JSC changes!

This week’s release of RDA Toolkit contained notable new content and features. The release included the first JSC update of RDA consisting of substantive changes to the cataloging instructions. These changes are the result of formal proposals from the community to the JSC. In support of the updated content, an RDA Update History section has been added to RDA Toolkit. This new section serves as an archive of the outdated versions of instructions and includes a summary of the major changes made in the update. Other enhancements include user-configurable timeout periods and revised Instruction filters. These improvements allow you to better tailor your RDA Toolkit experience to your needs.

Learn more about the April release.

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E-journal Preservation and Archiving

Due to financial and space constraints, most libraries are being forced to choose between collecting print or digital versions of many publications.  Our increased reliance on electronic resources raises serious concerns about long-term preservation of the scholarly record.  In  "E-journal Preservation and Archiving: Whether, How, Who, Which, Where, and When? Rick Anderson, Associate Dean for Scholarly Resources & Collection in the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah, wonders “how important is it that we archive all of the scholarly record?”  In the past, archiving and preservation was a serendipitous byproduct of libraries building their local collections.  Perhaps we should take a step back from automatic assumption that all of the scholarly record must be preserve.

Intro to Metadata and Taxonomies

The title to Christine Benson's Brain Traffic blog post, "An Intro to Metadata and Taxonomies" is self-explanatory. The post describes the three main types of metadata and the common types of taxonomies and how the two work together. It ends with a list of resources to explore the topic in more depth.

PCC Day One for RDA authority records announced

PCC's “Day One for RDA Authority Records" will be March 31, 2013, the same day as the “Day One” selected by LC and the other U.S. national test libraries for RDA implementation. PCC “Day One” for RDA Authority Records has been defined as: “the point after which all new authority records entering the LC/NACO Authority File must be coded RDA, and all access points on bibliographic records coded “pcc” must be RDA." Linda Barnhart, current chair of the PCC, explains that the date was selected for several reasons:

It gives a year of lead time for NACO catalogers to be trained in NACO RDA authority work (and to develop a smooth and confident local workflow for those contributions.

It provides a reasonable target date for the work that will need to take place in and with the authority file in preparation for RDA.

It gives the vendor community time to plan.

And because it matches the date for LC implementation of RDA, there wil be less confusion for catalogers in keeping dates straight.

More information about PCC Day One for authority records may be found on the PCC's RDA page: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/RDA-PCC.html.

RDA Implementation: Day One Celebration

Watch this

Thank you James Weinheimer.

Library Hi Tech at 30

Seadle, Michael. "Library Hi Tech at 30." Library Hi Tech
30(1)(2012). At: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/07378831211213184

Library Hi Tech was started in 1983 by Ed Hall to introduce new technologies to libraries. In the first decade it focused on introducing microcomputers and software for libraries. From 1993 and on, the focus shifted to providing electronic access to information and assistive technologies. In recent years, major topics covered include user studies, human-computing interaction, and long-term digital archiving. Here are the concluding remarks by the author:

"The future of libraries does not lie with paper. That is increasingly clear as more publishers make information available exclusively in digital form and as more types of information, in particular interactive resources, cannot fully be rendered in static paper versions. ... If this vision is roughly true, then the key issues for the library community include not only how to preserve digital information over long periods, but how humans interact with computers and digital resources, and how the human physical environment – in our case the library buildings – can adapt. When Library Hi Tech first appeared thirty years ago, the key topics involved how to make our work as librarians more efficient. Today the question has become: how do we make it easier for those using our resources. In 1931 Ranganathan's fourth principle of librarianship was to save the time of the reader. Some things do not change."