Dr. Allyson Carlyle: Course Materials
Organizing and Providing Access to Digital Materials
Readings
Session I: PowerPoint in PDF
Session II: PowerPoint in PDF
Catalog Exercise (DOC)
Contact the Instructor
Thursday, July 24
1:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Friday, July 25
11:00 am to 12:00pm
Class Descriptions/Objectives
Description
This class will address recent developments and trends in the organization of information in libraries. It will begin with an overview of recently adopted and draft standards such as FRBR, FRANAR, and the updated Paris Principles drafted by the IFLA Meetings of Experts on an International Cataloguing Code (IME ICC). It will cover of the development of the new international cataloging rules, Resource, Description and Access (RDA). It will then explore principles and standards for cataloging digital materials. The class will provide practical exercises and a list of future readings for trainees to further explore interesting issues on their own.
Objectives
Workshop participants can expect to leave these sessions with:
- an appreciation for what a conceptual document model is and why it is important for librarians to know about them, especially in the digital environment;
- a basic understanding of IFLA standards FRBR (conceptual modeling of bibliographic records) and FRANAR (conceptual modeling of authority records);
- an up-to-date view of the draft code of cataloging rules, Resource Description and Access (RDA), which will replace AACR2;
- a good grasp of what metadata is and the relationship between library cataloging standards such as RDA and other metadata standards, such as the Dublin Core metadata standard.
- insight into future possibilities in the world of bibliographic control.
These sessions will primarily be conducted in a lecture and discussion (question and answer) format. Trainees will also spend time doing practical exercises. The only assignments for these sessions will be readings.
Class Schedule:
Session I — What’s Happening Now
- Introduction and Overview
- Conceptual document modeling and current models (FRBR, FRANAR)
- Cataloging update: Resource Description and Access
- Metadata, cataloging, and the digital environment
- Practical exercise
Session 2 — Future Scenarios
- Library of Congress report on the future of bibliographic control
- Social tagging, digital documents, and libraries/library catalogs
Readings, Materials
Readings for Session I: If you have questions as you read, please bring them with you to class; I will make time to answer them.
Barbara Tillett, "What is FRBR? A Conceptual Model of the Bibliographic Universe (PDF),". Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 2003.
Allyson Carlyle and Lisa Fusco, "Understanding FRBR as a Conceptual Model: FRBR and the Bibliographic Universe (PDF)," Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, v. 33, no. 6 (August/September 2007): 12-16.
Resource Description and Access (RDA):
Review the Resource Description and Access website
Read the RDA Prospectus, pages 1-11 only
Read as much as you are interested in on the RDA FAQ
Diane Hillman, Using Dublin Core (2005).
Readings for Session II: If you have questions as you read, please bring them with you to class; I will make time to answer them.
On The Record: Report of The Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 2008.
Read: Introduction and Summaries only
Optional: Read the whole report
David Weinberger. Everything is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Order (PDF). New York: Times Books, 2007.
Read:
Prologue: "Information in Space" (pages 1-7); and
Chapter 1: "The New Order of Order" (pages 8-23)
Instructor Information
Dr. Allyson Carlyle
Associate Professor, Information School, University of Washington
MGH Suite 370, University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-2840
email: acarlyle@u.washington.edu
phone: 206-543-1887
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us at chinlib@u.washington.edu.
Last modified: Tuesday November 18 2008