Layers upon layers: delving into discovery - October 2011
National Wine Centre, Adelaide - Friday 28th October, 2011
This seminar investigated the implementation of discovery layers and considered the importance of data quality in supporting successful discovery experiences.
Session 1 - Keynote address
- mp3 audio (60 minutes)
The Next Evolution of Library Cataloging: Finding Our Place in the 21st Century Information Ecology
Jenn Riley (Head, Carolina Digital Library and Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
- Powerpoint presentation
- Licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Session 2 - Ins and outs of discovery layers
- mp3 audio (92 minutes)
Panel session focussing on how libraries are setting up discovery layers; what they are (definitions) and how they work; what decisions are required.
Primo and Primo Central
David Wells (Curtin University)
- Powerpoint presentation
- Notes
- Licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Summon
Sharron Zuodar (University of South Australia)
- Powerpoint presentation
- Licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
EDS and Encore
Michelle Watson (Deakin University)
- Powerpoint presentation
- Licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY 3.0
The juggling act : repository metadata and database quality
Kate Sergeant (Repository and Archive Metadata Services Coordinator, University of South Australia)
- Powerpoint presentation
- Licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Session 3 - Lightning Talks, data cleanup
- mp3 audio (92 minutes)
Lightning Talks (10 minutes each)
Practical focus on cleaning up data
Who controls authority data?
Melissa Parent (Digital Education Services)
- Powerpoint presentation
- Licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY 3.0
Quality at SLWA
Cathy Kelso (State Library of W. A.)
- Powerpoint presentation
- Licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Data clean-up at the NLA
Steve Lacey (National Library of Australia)
- Paper
- Licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY 3.0)
Session 4 - Standards update, and Discovery layers
- mp3 audio (44 minutes)
Standards update
Presentation on recent developments with international standards including RDA, MARC, and the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC).
Kevin Marsh (State Library of Western Australia and incoming Australian representative on the JSC)
- Powerpoint presentation
- Licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY 3.0
Catherine Argus (National Library of Australia and Chair of ACOC) - no paper available
Anne Robertson (Dewey EPC representative) - no paper available
Visual discovery layers for large collections
Dr. Mitchell Whitelaw (Associate Dean, Research, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra)
Related links:
- http://visiblearchive.blogspot.com/2009/09/series-browser-screencast.htmlhttp://creative.canberra.edu.au/cex/
- http://www.naa.gov.au/visit-us/exhibitions/memory-of-a-nation/interactive.aspxhttp://visiblearchive.blogspot.com/
- Licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Seminar inquiries
For inquiries regarding the seminar program:
Catherine Argus
National Library of Australia
Email: cargus@nla.gov.au

