Transcript Resource Description & Standards

Guidelines For The Future
Sharing Best Practice For National Bibliographies In The
Digital Era
Neil Wilson
Information Coordinator
IFLA Bibliography Section
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The IFLA Section on Bibliography
Key Areas of Interest
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The content, arrangement, production,
dissemination & preservation of bibliographic
information - especially national bibliographic services
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Promotion of the importance of the discipline
of bibliography to:
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Library professionals & publishers
Distributors & retailers
Users
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A Changing Bibliographic Environment…
New Users
Bibliographic data has
been given greater value
by new technologies
assisting its reuse e.g.:
• Research via citation
management software
• ‘Mashups’ of data from
multiple sources including libraries
• Data Mining of large
datasets, e.g. to identify
publication trends
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A Changing Bibliographic Environment…
Evolving Library Requirements
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Libraries operating
in a global market
require metadata
for a wider range of
resources than ever
New commercial
suppliers offer
coverage of nonbook resources
with rich supporting
information
 Printed
works + e-books, chapters, articles etc.
 Multimedia (video, audio, software games etc.)
Depth of description
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Evolving Market Requirement
 Additional content (contents, reviews, book jacket
images etc.)
Traditional Library
Coverage
Core descriptive
information
 Authors, titles, ISBN,
subjects etc.
 Printed books, serials
etc.
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Range of resources requiring description
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A Changing Bibliographic Environment…
Free Metadata Sharing Services
New non-library based
services are emerging
based on freely shareable
metadata
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The Open Library Project:
Aggregates metadata from libraries,
publishers & book reviewers in a
free Wiki database of 24 million
books
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Biblios.net: the largest repository
of freely licensed bibliographic
metadata
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LibraryThing: Allows users to
catalogue books online using
metadata from 700 sources.
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A Changing Bibliographic Environment…
Linked Data
Potential benefits to
libraries:
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Improved web integration of
resources increasing visibility
& reaching new users
An open global pool of
reusable data for libraries to
add unique value
New leadership opportunities
due to library persistence,
stability & authority
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A Changing Bibliographic Environment…
Library Sector Relevance
Declining?
“I did my PhD with only 12 visits to a
library. That was 5 years ago;
things have improved since then,
now you don’t need to use a
library at all!”
Increasing?
“The release of library data offers the
opportunity for it to be used in ways
un-thought of by the library &
information community…”
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Guidance?
In an era of disruptive
change libraries need
open access to
bibliographic best
practice on:
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Service development, delivery &
lifecycle
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Resource description &
standards
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Business models &
administration
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User support
And much more…
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National Bibliographies in the Digital Age:
Guidance & New Directions (2009)
“The changes brought about
by the World Wide Web & the
explosion of electronic media
have called into question
many of the assumptions on
which national bibliographies
have been founded…”
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Guidelines for National Bibliographies in
the Electronic Age (2010-)
“Considering that the
environment is evolving fast,
this document is expected to be
revised periodically … to reflect
the changes “
Libraries now require a more
flexible, open, & dynamic
solution than traditional
printed text
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2012 Guidelines Proposal
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Create a new web
resource describing best
practice
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Organise by theme
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Provide links to back up
sources to ensure
continuing relevance &
currency
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Supplement with real
world examples when
possible
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Proposed Themes 1
Context
Site Home Page
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Purpose, scope, intended
audience etc.
The Value of National
Bibliographies
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The mission of the national
bibliography
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Users & stakeholders
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International
recommendations
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The changing operational
context
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Proposed Themes 2
Organisation & Administration
Organisation
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Responsibilities of a national
bibliographic agency
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Legal deposit legislation
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National bibliographic control
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Cooperative options for data
creation
Administration
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Resource issues & business
models
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Measuring the effectiveness of
the national bibliography
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Service lifecycle
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Intellectual property & rights
issues
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Proposed Themes 3
Scope, Selection & Standards
Scoping & Selection
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General selection criteria
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Resource format
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Exclusions policies
Resource Description & Standards
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Bibliographic control principles
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Bibliographic content standards
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Identifiers
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Metadata formats
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Character encoding standards
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Semantic web standards
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Proposed Themes 4
Delivery
Service Delivery
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Global context of national
services
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Common requirements e.g.
currency
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Management &
dissemination of changes to
metadata
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Delivery options e.g. online,
linked data, PDF etc
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User support
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Proposed Timeline 1
At IFLA 2012 SC meetings:
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Discuss Conference outcomes
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Agree final WG membership &
methodology
Autumn 2012 – Summer
2013
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Allocate work for site sections &
identify expert contributions
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Create site structure & begin to
populate it
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Create text with external links
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Offer sample pages for feedback
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Proposed Timeline 2
At IFLA 2013 SC meetings:
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Discuss progress & feedback
received
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Finalise next steps
Autumn 2013 – Spring 2014
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Allocate further work for site
sections & invite expert
contributions
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Create further text with
external links
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Offer pages for feedback
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Communications
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Development – via SC
Wiki & expert contribution
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Announcements - on blog
& mailing lists
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Use cases - link to ‘National
Bibliographic Register’
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User feedback – on
sample pages
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The IFLA Section on Bibliography
Further Information
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Web site: http://www.ifla.org/en/bibliography
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Blog: http://blogs.ifla.org/bibliography/
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