Cataloging/Metadata: "The Search for a Minimum Viable Record"

A new article from O’Reilly Radar by Audrey Watters.

It’s cool to see that topics that were not to long ago primarily of interest to information pros and the information industry continue to breakout and become of interest to others like the developers and other info techies who frequent O’Reilly Radar.

This article provides an interview with George Oates from the Open Library/Internet Archive (she’s also responsible for the new design at The Wayback Machine) where Oates responds to the question:

“What are some of the challenges that libraries and archives face when compiling and comparing records?”

Barbara Tillett, Chief of the Policy and Standards Division at the Library of Congress and metadata expert Karen Coyle are mentioned in the article.

Interesting

For those of you who would like to take a look at lists of new or modified Library of Congress Subject Headings, LC’s Cataloging Policy and Support Office (CPSO) Home Page makes the weekly lists available.

Direct to Weekly Lists

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