MARC must die?

ELAG 2011

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from inertia to….

ELAG 2011

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… agile cataloguers!

ELAG 2011

http://www.bqf.org.uk/innovation/2011/03/21/advice-for-leaders-of-smes-be-agile/

MARC must die?

Workshop goals:• Get a better understanding of why library

technologists want to kill MARC• Get a better understanding of the value that

cataloguers see in MARC records• Develop a shared vision of how we would like

library bibliographic metadata to evolve

MARC must die?

Bibliographic References:• MARC Project Final Report (1968)• @rtennant MARC must die (2002)• @lukask Who needs MARC? (2009)• Karen Coyle Metadata Mix and Match (2009)• Jason Thomale Intepreting MARC (2010)• Understanding MARC tutorial• LoC Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative

(May 2011)

http://www.loc.gov/marc/transition/

May 2011

MARC must die?

Why do techies want to kill MARC?http://yfrog.com/gycmoafrj

(via @tillk )Alan Seal: Data Structures, MARC and Online Access. Essen Symposium 1985: 71-85http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/indices/a-tree/s/Seal:Alan.html

MARC must die?

Why do techies want to kill MARC?

MAchine Readable Cataloguing is not machine readable

http://www.sacredwaste.com/machine_readable_mug-168225945234869229.html

MARC must die?

Why do techies want to killMARC?

A web OPAC doesn’t meanyour data is on the web

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MARC must die?

A new globally accepted data model

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MARC must die?URIs are essential

http://www.w3.org/TR/cooluris/

MARC must die?

‘Phone book’ of Identifiers• VIAF– Personal Names– Corporate Bodies– Works

• Controlled vocabularies, e.g. LCSH, as SKOS• Using Identifiers from outside ‘libraries’

http://tinyurl.com/3n58yom

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Use-cases

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Technical specifications

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MARC must die?

Away from manifestation-based cataloguing: data not records….

http://www.loc.gov/cds/downloads/FRBR.PDF

MARC must die?

Specification of the cataloguing workflow• Cataloguing is no longer the domain of just

librarians…

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MARC must die?Silk, a semantic content editor: www.silkapp.com

MARC must die?eXentible catalog, metadata services toolkit: http://code.google.com/p/xcmetadataservicestoolkit/

MARC must die?VTLS RDA sandbox:

www.vtls.com/services/rdasandbox

MARC must die?

Agile Cataloguing workshop at #elag2012 ?!

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MARC must die?

Killing MARC is down to you…….

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MARC must die?

Are you up to the challenge?

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