Monthly Archives: July 2012

ALA Annual 2012: MARBI (Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information) meetings

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Haiyun

10:30am-12:00pm, Sat. June 23; 1:00pm-5:00pm, June, 24, 2012 Matthew Wise, the committee Chair, announced the statement from ALCTS. The ALCTS Board approved to dissolve MARBI as of the conclusion of Annual 2013 and create a joint ALCTS-LITA Metadata Standards Committee … Continue reading →

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Linking Data Across Libraries, Archives, and Museums

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Kim Durante

ALA Annual 2012: Linking Data Across Libraries, Archives, and Museums Sponsor: Committee on Libraries, Archives and Museums (CALM) Speakers Martin Kalfatovic, Asst. Director, Digital Services Division, Smithsonian Institution Patricia Harpring, Managing Editor, Getty Vocabulary Program, Getty Research Institute Richard Wallis, … Continue reading →

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Digital Public Library of America at the ASCLA/ICAN Collaborative Digitization IG

Posted on July 13, 2012 by rmarker

ASCLA/ICAN/Collaborative Digitization Interest Group June 23, 2012, 4:00-5:30  pm Hyatt Regency Orange County – Harbor Room Jason Kucsma (Metropolitan New York Library Council), chair of the IG, convened the meeting at which about twenty people were present.  Emily Gore (Associate … Continue reading →

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Presentations available: Data Management: What is the library’s role? (2012 Annual sponsored program)

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Jason Kovari

The presentations from the MIG and LITA sponsored program: “Data Management: What is the library’s role?” have been posted to ALA Connect: http://connect.ala.org/node/183000 These include: “developing practical metadata services for data management programs”. Kevin M. Chair (Penn State) “Beyond Data … Continue reading →

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ALA Annual 2012: Digital Special Collections Discussion Group

Posted on July 6, 2012 by img7u

4:00pm to 5:30pm Digital Special Collections Discussion Group Location: Disneyland Hotel, Monorail A Sponsor: ACRL/RBMS Moderated by Jason Kovari, the Digital Special Collections Discussion Group met on Saturday afternoon in a standing-room only session.  The discussion addressed three major topics: … Continue reading →

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ALA Annual 2012: Intellectual Access to Preservation Metadata Interest Group Meeting

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Chelcie Rowell

Intellectual Access to  Preservation Metadata Interest Group Meeting June 23, 2012, 4:00-5:30 PM ALA Annual Conference The Metadata Interest Group held a series of two presentations on the topic of embedding and extracting metadata from digital objects. Full presentations, when … Continue reading →

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ALA Annual 2012: Metadata Interest Group Meeting

Posted on July 4, 2012 by admin

Metadata Interest Group Meeting June 24, 2012, 8-10 AM ALA Annual Conference The Metadata Interest Group held a series of four presentations on the topic of transforming cataloging workflows through collaboration. Full presentations, when available, are posted on ALA Connect: … Continue reading →

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