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Amber Billey Senylrc 4/1/2016 AMBER BILLEY SENYLRC 4/1/2016 Photo by twm1340 - Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License https://www.flickr.com/photos/89093669@N00 Created with Haiku Deck Today’s slides: http://bit.ly/SENYLRC_BF About me... ● Metadata Librarian ● 10 years of cataloging and digitization experience for cultural heritage institutions ● MLIS from Pratt in 2009 ● Zepheira BIBFRAME alumna ● Curious by nature [email protected] @justbilley Photo by GBokas - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License https://www.flickr.com/photos/36724091@N07 Created with Haiku Deck http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1153322 02743cam 22004094a 45000010008000000050017000080080041000250100017000660190014000830200031000970200028001280200 03800156020003500194024001600229035002400245035003900269035001700308040005300325050002200378 08200120040010000300041224500790044225000120052126000510053330000350058449000480061950400640 06675050675007315200735014066500030021416500014021717000023021858300049022089000014022579600 03302271948002902304700839020090428114549.0080822s2009 ctua b 001 0 eng a 2008037446 a236328594 a9781591585862 (alk. paper) a1591585864 (alk. paper) a9781591587002 (pbk. : alk. paper) a159158700X (pbk. : alk. paper) a99932583184 a(OCoLC) ocn236328585 a(OCoLC)236328585z(OCoLC)236328594 a(NNC)7008390 aDLCcDLCdBTCTAdBAKERdYDXCPdUKMdC#PdOrLoB-B00aZ666.5b.T39 200900a0252221 aTaylor, Arlene G., d1941-14aThe organization of information /cArlene G. Taylor and Daniel N. Joudrey. a3rd ed. aWestport, Conn. :bLibraries Unlimited,c2009. axxvi, 512 p. :bill. ;c26 cm.1 aLibrary and information science text series aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 479-498) and index.00tAcknowledgements /rArlene G. Taylor -- tAcknowledgements /rDaniel N. Joudrey -- g1. tOrganization of recorded information -- g2.tRetrieval tools -- g3.tDevelopment of the organization of recorded information in western civilization -- g4.tMetadata -- g5.tEncoding standards -- g6.tSystems and system design -- g7.tMetadata: description -- g8.tMetadata: access and authority control -- g9.tSubject analysis -- g10.tSystems for vocabulary control -- g11.tSystems for categorization -- gApp. A.tAn approach to subject analysis -- gApp. B. tArrangement of physical information resources in libraries -- gApp. C.tArrangement of metadata displays.1 a"As with previous editions, it begins with strong justification for the continued importance of organizing principles and practice. Following a broad overview of the concept and its role in human endeavors, Taylor and Joudrey provide a detailed and insightful discussion of such basic retrieval tools as inventories, bibliographies, catalogs, indexes, finding aids, registers, databases, major bibliographic utilities, and other organizing entities. They then trace the development of the organization of recorded information in Western civilization from 2000 B.C.E. to the present. This book is for students and professionals eager to embrace the heritage, immediacy, and future of this fascinating field of study."--BOOK JACKET. 0aInformation organization. 0aMetadata.1 aJoudrey, Daniel N. 0aLibrary and information science text series. aAUTHbTOC f634962o1s50. 00tglxu2900B1 a20090303bccvt2130dMPS Henrietta Avram (1919-2006) Photo by Glyn Lowe Photoworks. - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/65354164@N02 Created with Haiku Deck Photo by Filter Forge - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/93421824@N06 Created with Haiku Deck Photo by Fenng(dbanotes) - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License https://www.flickr.com/photos/99112767@N00 Created with Haiku Deck The Web has changed. It’s Semantic. Traditional Web Semantic Web ● documents ● things ● links between docs ● links between ● unstructured data things ● implicit ● structured data relationships ● explicit ● for humans relationships ● for machines and humans Photo by marsmet535 - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License https://www.flickr.com/photos/123430259@N03 Created with Haiku Deck Linked data! MOCK-UP Get at your local library Photo by Billy Simon - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License https://www.flickr.com/photos/46243460@N03 Created with Haiku Deck RDF Triple Predicate Subject Object The Lodro is CreatorOf Buddha Rinzler walks into the office http://id.loc. http://www. gov/authorities/na http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/creator worldcat. mes/n2011023258. org/oclc/86363253 html 6 RDF Triple in XML <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE rdf:RDF PUBLIC "-//DUBLIN CORE//DCMES DTD 2002/07/31//EN" "http://dublincore.org/documents/2002/07/31/dcmes-xml/dcmes-xml-dtd.dtd"> <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc=" http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/ "> <rdf:Description rdf:about=" http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/863632536"> <dc:title>The Buddha walks into the office : a guide to livelihood for a new generation</dc:title> <dc:creator >http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2011023258.html</dc:creator > <dc:publisher>Boston : Shambhala</dc:publisher> <dc:date>2014</dc:date> </rdf:Description> </rdf:RDF> Image source: http://www.linkeddatatools.com/introducing-rdf/ Graph data structure The Buddha No mud, no walks into the lotus office Spiritual Life -- Thích Nhất Lodro Rinzler Buddhism Hạnh The Buddha walks into the bar CHARLES AMNI CUTTER (1876) PURPOSES OF A CATALOG 1. TO ENABLE A PERSON TO FIND A DOCUMENT OF WHICH ● THE AUTHOR, OR ● THE TITLE, OR ● THE SUBJECT IS KNOWN 2. TO SHOW WHAT THE LIBRARY HAS ● BY A GIVEN AUTHOR ● ON A GIVEN SUBJECT ● IN A GIVEN KIND OF LITERATURE 3. TO ASSIST IN THE CHOICE OF A DOCUMENT ● BIBLIOGRAPHICALLY (E.G. EDITION, FORMAT, ETC.) ● AS TO ITS CHARACTER (I.E. LITERARY OR TOPICAL) RDF Triple - another example Predicate Subject Object is CreatorOf Paul Otlet Traite ́ de documentation http://id.loc. http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/creator http://www. gov/authorities/na worldcat. mes/n90646362 org/oclc/2294082 Linked Data expresses relationships! The five laws Traité de subject of library created Documentation science subject created Library Ranganathan, S. R. (Shiyali Otlet, Paul, science Ramamrita), 1868-1944 1892-1972 Linked Data expresses relationships for machine processing. http://purl. http://www. http://purl. http://www. org/dc/elemen org/dc/ele ts/1.1/subject worldcat. ments/1. worldcat. 1/creator org/oclc/22940 org/oclc/18730 http://purl. http://purl. org/dc/ele 82 org/dc/elemen 828 ments/1. ts/1.1/subject 1/creator http://id.loc. http://id.loc. http://id.loc. gov/authoritie gov/authoritie gov/authorities s/subjects/sh8 s/names/n500 /names/n9064 5076723 6362 53919 Linked Data is all about more relationships! The five Traité de laws of subject created Documentation library subject science created Ranganatha Library n, S. R. Otlet, Paul, (Shiyali 1868-1944 Science Ramamrita), 1892-1972 lifespan:1898-1944 Twentieth Century lifespan:1892-1972 birthplace:Brussels (Belgium) birthplace:Sīrkāzhi (India) occupation:Librarian occupation:Author flieldOfActivity:Pacifists flieldOfActivity:Mathematics gender:male Men gender:male Linked Data links all the relationships! http://purl. http://purl. org/dc/elemen The five org/dc/ele ts/1.1/subject laws of ments/1. Traité de 1/creator subject created http://purl. Documentation http://purl. library org/dc/ele org/dc/elemen ts/1.1/subject ments/1. subject science 1/creator created Ranganatha Library n, S. R. Otlet, Paul, (Shiyali 1868-1944 Science Ramamrita), http://id.worldcat.org/fast/997916 http://id.loc. 1892-1972 gov/authorities/names/n9064 http://id.loc. 6362 gov/authorities/names/n5005 3919 lifespan:1898-1944 Twentieth Century lifespan:1892-1972 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1159810 http://id.loc. birthplace:Brussels (Belgium) gov/authorities/names/n8007271birthplace:Sīrkāzhi (India) http://id.loc. 2 gov/authorities/names/n79013830 occupation:Librarian occupation:Author http://id.worldcat.org/fast/997301 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/821688 flieldOfActivity:Mathematics flieldOfActivity:Pacifists http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1012163 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1050133 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1015978 gender:male Men gender:male http://rdaregistry.info/termList/gender/1002 http://rdaregistry.info/termList/gender/1002 RDF Triple in XML <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE rdf:RDF PUBLIC "-//DUBLIN CORE//DCMES DTD 2002/07/31//EN" "http://dublincore.org/documents/2002/07/31/dcmes-xml/dcmes-xml-dtd.dtd"> <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc=" http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/ "> <rdf:Description rdf:about=" http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2294082 "> <dc:title>Traite ́de documentation : le livre sur le livre, thee orié et pratique</dc:title> <dc:creator> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90646362 </dc:creator> <dc:publisher>Editiones Mundaneum</dc:publisher> <dc:date>1934</dc:date> <dc:subject> http://id.worldcat.org/fast/997916 </dc:subject> </rdf:Description> <rdf:Description rdf:about=" http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18730828 "> <dc:title>The five laws of library science</dc:title> <dc:creator> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50053919 </dc:creator> <dc:publisher>Asia Pub. House</dc:publisher> <dc:date>1963</dc:date> <dc:subject> http://id.worldcat.org/fast/997916 </dc:subject> </rdf:Description> </rdf:RDF> Photo by bdesham - Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License https://www.flickr.com/photos/48763139@N00 Created with Haiku Deck Primary Descriptive Cataloging Model (in Libraries) and their Rules Structure Standard ● ISBD, MARC, FRBR,
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