Describing resources in a web services world
National Library of Australia, Canberra
Thursday 21st October, 2010
Invitation from Ebe Kartus, Chair, Australian Committee on Cataloguing
Registrations are now open for the Describing resources in a web services world
seminar to be held from 9.30 am to 4.30 pm on 21 October 2010 at the National Library of Australia, Canberra. The seminar is being organised by the Australian Committee on Cataloguing and will be of interest to all librarians, especially cataloguers and metadata creators. The seminar will be held on the day after the Libraries Australia Users’ Forum so if you will be in Canberra for the Forum please consider staying on to attend the Describing resources in a web services world seminar.
Program summary
Cataloguing is changing as never before. RDA is moving cataloguing guidelines into the web services world; a world where standards are used to link software, databases and library tools. Discovery layers are becoming the normal front end to the library's resources whether digital or physical. These developments provide opportunities to gain additional value from our investment in metadata but also require us to consider whether current metadata and metadata production processes are up to the task.
This seminar will highlight cataloguing changes and will demonstrate why it is such an exciting time to be a cataloguer. We are fortunate that David Lindahl, Co-Executive Director of the eXtensible Catalog project, will be the seminar’s keynote speaker. The eXtensible Catalog (http://www.extensiblecatalog.org) is open source, user-centred, next generation software for libraries. It comprises four software components that can be used independently or combined to provide an end-to-end discovery system.
Other speakers include: Karen Stone and Monika Szunejko who will look at the value of cataloguing in the discovery layer and in the web services world, and Kent Fitch who will challenge us to re-evaluate resource description.
The seminar will also include a session devoted to lightning talks where cataloguers will describe exciting developments in their own local environments.
Full details of the seminar program
Papers
Seminar presentations will be provided where possible on this web site following the Seminar. View presentations currently available.
Venue
The seminar will be held in the Theatre, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
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Registration fees
ALIA members $150
Non-ALIA members $200
Student ALIA members $90
Student non-ALIA members $120
Registrations closed on Friday 8 October.
Seminar enquiries
For registration and sponsorship inquiries:
Events Manager
Australian Library and Information Association
Email: kamara.buchanan@alia.org.au
Phone: (02) 6215 8214
Fax: (02) 6282 2249
For inquiries regarding the seminar program:
Ebe Kartus
Chair, ACOC
Email: kartus13@gmail.com


