Apologies for cross-posting.
CILIP Cataloguing and Indexing Group (CIG) is running two more half day
seminars on Wednesday 26th September 2007 at CILIP HQ, Ridgmount St.,
London.
Cataloguing fights back! They may be badged as metadata, ontology and
taxonomy but the defining skills of the library profession are once again
in demand. The challenge of organising and integrating information across
the spectrum of media from incunables to mash-ups is stimulating a
profound change in bibliographic standards. "RDA: Resource Description and
Access" is a content standard for the semantic web as much as for the
library, and will replace the "Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules" in 2009.
National exchange format like UKMARC have had their day - libraries and
bibliographic agencies are adopting international standards such as MARC
21 for better interoperability with industry standards such as XML and
UNICODE.
Want to know more? Then read on......
The morning seminar is Changing the record: moving to MARC 21. If you are
thinking about whether, when and why to change to MARC 21, this event will
cover the benefits and features of MARC 21, and migration and
implementation issues. It is intended for those in public libraries and
others who are considering making the change. Speakers are Andrew Coburn
and Heather Jardine.
The afternoon seminar is the Standards Forum, which will give you the
latest news on the major standards in the library world. There will be
updates on recent changes to MARC 21 and Dewey Decimal Classification,
together with reports on how the AACR/RDA work is progressing. Speakers
are: Corinne Deliot, Gordon Dunsire, Ann Chapman and Alan Danskin.
Costs: One seminar £35 (CIG members £30). Both seminars with lunch £70
(CIG members £65).
The afternoon seminar will be followed by the CIG AGM. All members are
invited to attend; registration is not required and there is no attendance
fee.
Online bookings are now open at:
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/CIG/2007/standards/
Linda Gilbert
STFC
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
Didcot
Oxfordshire
OX11 0QX
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