Library Cataloging
The latest podcast from the Library 2.0 Gang, The Semantic Web and Linked Data by Karen Coyle is well worth a listen. One statement I found interesting, not sure if I agree but it got me thinking, was that MARC is a markup language rather than a data model or schema. One reason it was created was to automate the production of catalog cards. Interesting. Maybe something for a discussion in cataloging class.
- Linked Data And Libraries: What? Why? How? (ncompass Live)
On Wednesday, January 11, 2012, 10-11:00 a.m. Central Time NCompass Live presents the webinar Linked Data and Libraries: What? Why? How? In October of 2011, the Library of Congress released a statement outlining its efforts to move away from the MARC...
- The Molecule Of Data
Karen Coyle spoke with David Weinberger for this week?s LibraryLab/ThePodcast. How can libraries use the power of metadata ? those little molecules of information that help describe the greater work ? to help users get more out of their search for resources?This...
- Library Linked Data
Karen Coyle writes on Coyle's InFormation that "There will soon be a call for reviews of the draft report by the W3C Incubator Group on Library Linked Data." This is a longish document. It might be best to start reading and considering it now to make...
- Linked Data Catalogs
The column Cataloging Horizons by Karen Coyle in the latest American Libraries discusses "Navigating the bibliographic space with linked data".Library catalogs have evolved over time as technology has changed. The last 150 years have seen a progression...
- Opml
OPML (Outline Processor Markup Language) is interesting. There are better formats out there to do the same thing, XOXO (Extensible Open XHTML Outlines) for example. However, it works well with RSS, and seems to have become the most widespread of the formats....
Library Cataloging
MARC for Mark-up
The latest podcast from the Library 2.0 Gang, The Semantic Web and Linked Data by Karen Coyle is well worth a listen. One statement I found interesting, not sure if I agree but it got me thinking, was that MARC is a markup language rather than a data model or schema. One reason it was created was to automate the production of catalog cards. Interesting. Maybe something for a discussion in cataloging class.
- Linked Data And Libraries: What? Why? How? (ncompass Live)
On Wednesday, January 11, 2012, 10-11:00 a.m. Central Time NCompass Live presents the webinar Linked Data and Libraries: What? Why? How? In October of 2011, the Library of Congress released a statement outlining its efforts to move away from the MARC...
- The Molecule Of Data
Karen Coyle spoke with David Weinberger for this week?s LibraryLab/ThePodcast. How can libraries use the power of metadata ? those little molecules of information that help describe the greater work ? to help users get more out of their search for resources?This...
- Library Linked Data
Karen Coyle writes on Coyle's InFormation that "There will soon be a call for reviews of the draft report by the W3C Incubator Group on Library Linked Data." This is a longish document. It might be best to start reading and considering it now to make...
- Linked Data Catalogs
The column Cataloging Horizons by Karen Coyle in the latest American Libraries discusses "Navigating the bibliographic space with linked data".Library catalogs have evolved over time as technology has changed. The last 150 years have seen a progression...
- Opml
OPML (Outline Processor Markup Language) is interesting. There are better formats out there to do the same thing, XOXO (Extensible Open XHTML Outlines) for example. However, it works well with RSS, and seems to have become the most widespread of the formats....