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Toy StoriesThe State of Semantics in a Semiotic World
Nannette Naughtfor ALA Annual CaMMS Forum, June 29, 2014
But 1st . . . A Request For Leeway
2 Important Disclaimers
#1 OVERSIMPLIFICATION
#2 Some SILLINESS
Back to the Story . . .Long-Standing Leader
Woody or MARC?
Encounters New Fangled Toy with
Delusions of GrandeurBuzz or MARC replacement?
Jealousy & Mayhem Ensure
Kick everything out the window?
Are the old toys still relevant?
Will new toys deliver on their promises?
Stranded & AloneIs the Internet winning?
Will patrons still visit Libraries?
How will we survive?
They Learn to Work TogetherTo solve real world problems
► Avoid easy catch phrases & hype
►Communicate clearly
►Collaborate, encourage, & adapt
Scene 2 . . .Fears Surface
Is our new leader just a computer game character?
Will we be thrown away like “broken toys”?
A Leader is StolenWhy do marketers want MARC records?
What are we missing?
Rescue Missions EnsueMARC replacement becomes BIBFRAME
Early implementers test the water
Real world “in the cracks” library applications appear
Reunions OccurBridges are built to legacy meta data
Pathways to content are envisioned
BIBFRAME exports are programmed
Connections are RestoredUsers who need us, can now communicate with us
► Library Patrons
►Marketers
►Content Producers
Scene 3 . . .The Boy Grows Up
The Web is firmly embedded in patrons daily lives
Knowledge seekers need authority amidst the chaos
Fears & Miscommunications FlourishCard catalogs, strings, etc. tagged for long-term storage
Normal order disrupted
New Users Get UglyPieces are torn off & reassembled in new ways
Systems are pushed & breakage occurs
The truly unruly & untrained are here to stay
Destruction ThreatensInability to collaborate threatens to “take us down in
flames”
Focusing on too small a mission threatens disposal
Next Gen Acceptance is AchievedCooperation, good solutions, & modern approaches can
mean:
►Relevance to the “born digital” crowd
►Process changes that positively impact knowledge
on the web
Old Paradigms
MARC
AACR2, etc.
LCSH/Dewey/MESH, etc.
Strings
Access
What Librarian Does
Role(s) Librarian Fills for Patrons
Description
Organization
Acquisition
Embedded
Punctuation
How Library Meta Data Does
Role(s) Library Meta Data Fills for Library Systems
Complex, Rule-Based
Disambiguation
Physical Resources
Totally New Adventures
BIBFRAME, etc.
RDA, etc.
Subject Taxonomies
Unique, Linked Identifiers
Interact
What a Patron Does
Role(s) Librarian Fills
for Patrons
Acquire
Browse
Ask
Clean Data
How Meta Data & Electronic Content Do
Role(s) Meta Data & Electronic Content Fill for Systems
Objects
Electronic Resources & Representations
Galaxy Defense or
Darjeeling with Marie Antoinette?
BIBFRAME, etc. MARC
RDA, etc. AACR2
Subject TaxonomiesLCSH/Dewey/MESH, etc. expressed in new ways
Unique, Linked IdentifiersComplex, Rule-Based Disambiguation
Interact
What Librarian
Patron Does
Role(s) Librarian Fills
for Patrons
Acquire
Browse
Ask
Clean Data Embedded Punctuation
How Library Meta Data & Electronic Content Do
Role(s) Library Meta Data & Electronic Content Fills for Library Systems
Objects Strings
Electronic Resources & Representations Physical Resources
So . . . What’s Changed?
• Tech — It’s been modernized
• Scope — It’s been extended beyond Library
• Sequence of Inquiry — It’s been “disrupted” by
patron whim/need/context
Again . . .
#1 Admitted Oversimplification
#2 Slight Silliness
Suggest . . . 3 + 1
Things
Patrons
Systems
Context(Ours)
#1 Patrons to Language to AnswersOr State of Semantics in a Semiotic World
Syntactics
Semantics
Pragmatics
#2 Things to Labels to IDsOr State of Relationships in an Electronic World
Labels(Human)
Things(Real World)
Identifiers<Machine>
#3 Systems to Things to AnswersOr State of Discovery in a Connected World
Constrained
Systems
Closed
Systems
Open
Systems
Patrons
Answers
+1 . . . Our Current Context?
+1 . . . Musings