DOCUMENT RESUME ED 454 853 IR 058 144 TITLE Bicentennial Conference on Bibliographic Control for the New Millennium: Confronting the Challenges of Networked Resources and the Web (Washington, DC, November 15-17, 2000) . INSTITUTION Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Cataloging Directorate. PUB DATE 2000-11-00 NOTE 538p.; For individual papers, see IR 058 145-166. AVAILABLE FROM For full text: http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/bibcontrol/conference.html. PUB TYPE Collected Works Proceedings (021) EDRS PRICE MF02/PC22 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Access to Information; Authority Control (Information); *Cataloging; Electronic Libraries; *Information Services; Library Catalogs; Library Surveys; *World Wide Web IDENTIFIERS Anglo American Cataloging Rules 2; *Electronic Resources; Library of Congress; MARC; *Metadata; Web Sites ABSTRACT The goals of this conference, sponsored by the Library of Congress Cataloging Directorate, were to develop an overall strategy to address the challenges of improved access to World Wide Web resources through library catalogs and applications of metadata and to identify attainable actions for achieving the objectives of the overall strategy. This proceedings contains the text of the keynote address, "From Card Catalogues to WebPACs: Celebrating Cataloguing in the 20th Century" (Michael Gorman) and the following conference papers: "The New Context for Bibliographic Control in the New Millennium" (Clifford Lynch); "Metadata for Web Resources: How Metadata Works on the Web" (Martin Dillon); "The Catalog as Portal to the Internet" (Sarah E. Thomas); "The Library Catalogue in a Networked Environment" (Tom Delsey); "International Metadata Initiatives: Lessons in Bibliographic Control" (Priscilla Caplan); "Is Precoordination Unnecessary in LCSH? Are Web Sites More Important To Catalog than Books? A Reference Librarian's Thoughts on the Future of Bibliographic Control" (Thomas Mann); "Crossing a Digital Divide: AACR2 and Unaddressed Problems of Networked Resources" (Matthew Beacom); "Exploiting LCSH, LCC, and DDC to Retrieve Networked Resources: Issues and Challenges" (Lois Mai Chan); "Resource Discovery Using Z39.50: Promise and Reality" (William E. Moen); "Authority Control on the Web" (Barbara B. Tillett); "AACR2 and Its Place in the Digital World: Near-Term Solutions and Long-Term Direction" (Ann Huthwaite); "Extending MARC for Bibliographic Control in the Web Environment: Challenges and Alternatives" (Sally McCallum); "Business Unusual: How Event-Awareness' May Breathe Life into the Catalog?" (Carle Lagoze); "Descriptive Resource Needs from the Reference Perspective: Report on a Survey of U.S. Reference Librarians" (Carolyn Larson and Linda Arret); "Some Observations on Metadata and Digital Libraries" (Caroline R. Arms); "An Initial Survey and Description of How Selected United States Government Libraries, Information Centers, and Information Services Provide Public Access to Information via the Internet" (Thomas A. Downing); "A Comparison of Web Resource Access Experiments: Planning for the New Millennium" (Jane Greenberg); "Redesign of Library Workflows: Experimental Models for Electronic Resource Description" (Karen Calhoun); "Metadata, Cataloging, Digitization and Retrieval: Who's Doing What to Whom: the Colorado Digitization Project Experience" (Liz Bishoff and Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. William A. Garrison); "Exploring Partnerships: What Can Producers and Vendors Provide?" (Michael Kaplan); and "Partnerships to Mine Unexploited Sources of Metadata" (Regina Romano Reynolds). The conference program is also included. (MES) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. Bicentennial Conference on Bibliographic Control for the New Millennium: Confronting the Challenges of Networked Resources and the Web (Washington, DC, November 15-17, 2000) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND Office of Educational Research and Improvement DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION BEEN GRANTED BY CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES °Points of view or opinions stated in this INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) document do not necessarily represent 1 official OERI position or policy. BEST COPYAVAILATILZ Conference on Bibliographic Control in the New Millennium (Library of Congress) 440 , ,-, Bk27enn[da.Co-Tfeence S'-- .17. `7,'/- `.4, k I' enBEI [o rap Con'are 1(DA'-he New LIQU enlinun-t ;N. 911.ru 'TT LT11-7'nLu-61etnP(2'" U:VOL' cui What's new sponsored by the Library of Congress Cataloging Directorate Topical Discussion group recommendations Topical Discussion group recommendations are available Please send comments to [email protected] Cybercast information Cybercasts of speakers and presentations are available. Candid photos from the conference DATES: Greetings from the November 15-17, 2000 Director for Cataloging PLACE: Topical discussion Library of Congress, accommodating approximately 125 attendees groups (including invited speakers and panelists, and participants), with consideration given to cybercasting. General sessions to be held in the Mumford Room; topical discussion groups in conference rooms. NAS study and 2 articles from the LC staff Gazette INTENDED AUDIENCE: Conference program Librarians, who are versed in the use of AACR2 and metadata information schemes, including those providing reference and computer-based information services; metadata developers involved in applying metadata Speakers, to Web resources; computer and other information specialists actively commentators, and engaged in creating software tools to access Web content; library vendors papers developing next-generation WebPACS; Web authors and producers designing content for improved access. Conference sponsors PURPOSE AND GOALS: Conference To celebrate the Library of Congress's Bicentennial and its historic and discussion list outstanding role in providing national and international leadership to the library profession in the development of cataloging policy and to the library http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/bibcontrol/conference.html (1 of 6) [5/10/01 1:25:26 PM] 3ry Conference on Bibliographic Control in the New Millennium (Library of Congress) Logistical community in its production of standardized records to enable bibliographic information for control and access to resources in a variety of formats. It is the aim of this conference conference to bring together authorities in the cataloging and metadata communities to discuss outstanding issues involving improved discovery participants and access to Web resources within the framework of international standards. The focus of the conference is on an open discussion of the Conference issues with primary attention on proposed solutions and action items which Organizing Team result. For this reason, presentations and panels are not intended merely to convey or update existing information but to frame the issues and fashion solutions to problems. The conference will produce recommendations that Cataloging will help the Library of Congress, the framers of AACR, and the library Directorate Home profession develop and implement an effective response to the Page bibliographic challenges posed by the proliferation of Web resources. Library of Congress The goals of the conference are: Home Page 1. To develop an overall strategy to address the challenges of improved access to Web resources through library catalogs and applications of metadata. Specifically: a) Plan a national agenda that includes identifying library resource description needs and future directions of the library catalog in the Web environment; b) Promote changes to AACR2 that are coherent, flexible, and adaptable to accessing the proliferation and diversity of Web resources; c) Encourage wider use of authorised subject and classification systems, such as LCSH, LCC, and DDC, to enhance resource organization and discovery; d) Collaborate with metadata communities to develop and refine metadata element sets that support interoperability between different systems based on different metadata; e) Participate in developing and promoting national and international standards that will enable libraries and metadata communities to meet the new and changing needs of Web users; f) Foster the development of software (templates, intelligent agents) for use in generating library resource descriptions embedded in or linked to the resources described; g) Identify and address related training issues and needs; and, h) Support the development of mechanisms to facilitate efficient interfaces between the library catalog and other sources of metadata on the Web. 2. To identify attainable actions for achieving the objectives of the overall strategy. Such actions would include those resulting from goals la)-g) noted above. These actions could have several outcomes, ranging from the initiation of new or expanded bibliographic projects to the development of partnerships among representatives of the library, metadata, and vendor communities in attendance. It is expected that Conference participants will frame a plan for moving recommendations and actions forward to their respective organizations and other groups sharing common concerns. DESCRIPTION: http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/bibcontrol/conference.html (2 of 6) [5/10/01 1:25:26 PM] 4 BEST COPY AVAILABLE Conference on