From OCLC: Powered by the WorldCat knowledge base, OCLC WorldShare Metadata Collection Manager delivers WorldCat MARC records for electronic materials automatically to libraries and ensures the metadata and access URLs for these collections are continually updated, significantly streamlining the processes of managing eResources. A number of libraries in North America have already worked with OCLC [...]
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RLUK Members and OCLC Begin Six Month Worldshare Metadata Pilot
Filed by Gary Price on February 20, 2013
Update on Proposed Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Metadata Policy
Filed by Gary Price on February 15, 2013
The DPLA Board of Directors held their monthly call yesterday. The meeting included a discussion of a new draft of the proposed DPLA metadata policy. This draft was developed by the Berkman Center Cyberlaw Clinic and DPLA Secretariat. We’ve embedded the full text draft policy below. You can access it here as a MS Word [...]
GPO Cataloging Update: Full RDA Implementation Expected by April, 2013
Filed by Gary Price on December 18, 2012
From the Federal Depository Library Program Desktop: The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has created a Resource Description and Access (RDA) implementation team to ensure a smooth transition from AACR2 to RDA. GPO cataloging staff are continuing their training efforts, and are now working on sample record creation, the identification of local practices and formal [...]
“What is Metadata? A Christmas Themed Exploration”
Filed by Gary Price on December 18, 2012
Here’s a timely, interesting, educational, useful, and fun (really!) introduction to metadata from Scientific American. It was as written by Bonnie Swoger, a sci-tech librarian at SUNY Geneseo. The article might be a great resource to share at the beginning of a training session or whenever a brief intro to the topic is needed. Well [...]
New Report from OCLC Research: Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives, and Museums, Part 1: Site Reviews
Filed by Gary Price on October 3, 2011
This is a repost of an item we shared about a month ago. Title: Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives, and Museums, Part 1: Site Reviews Auhtors: Karen Smith-Yoshimura, OCLC Research, and Cyndi Shein, Getty Research Institute The report provides an overview of social metadata, including an environmental scan of 76 social metadata sites and a [...]
Filed Under: Archives, Libraries and Librarians, Social Media Tagged With: Metadata, Museums, OCLC Research
