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of possible interest bobbie From: Charles Wilt
[mailto:cwilt@xxxxxxx] ALCTS
Forum at ALA Midwinter: Creating
and Sustaining Communities Around Shared Library Data. Monday,
January 26, 8-10:00 am, Colorado Convention Center, Korbel Ballroom 3C ALCTS
is sponsoring a panel discussion about sharing library-created
data inside and outside the library community, with a particular focus on
cataloging data. Panelists will share a variety of perspectives on
community norms, policies, and best practices
for accessing, using, and sharing the data that supports the
discovery and delivery of library collections. What can libraries and the
organizations that serve them learn from the open data movement and sites like
Wikipedia? What principles and practices for shared data creation and
maintenance will most help and strengthen libraries in the
future? Panelists will also be addressing the changes in the OCLC Record
Use Policy, particularly in light of the recent announcement from OCLC on the
establishment of the Review Board of Shared Data Creation and
Stewardship: http://www.oclc.org/us/en/news/releases/20092.htm Karen
Calhoun (VP, OCLC WorldCat and Metadata Services) will speak on the environment
for library data sharing and the process of revising OCLC's
21-year-old Guidelines
for the Use and Transfer of OCLC-Derived Records. Brian
Schottlaendar (University Librarian, University of California San
Diego) will consider the topic of library data sharing from his
perspective as a library leader with a background in collections and
technical services. Peter Murray (Assistant Director, New Service
Development, OhioLINK) will comment from the perspective of a library
membership organization that provides consortial access to a large union
catalog, licensed content, dissertations, and digital
media. John Mark Ockerbloom (Digital Library Planner & Architect,
University of Pennsylvania Libraries) will speak from the perspective of
a library practitioner with a keen interest in freely
accessible data and content.
[Please
distribute to your colleagues] Thank
you, Charles Charles
Wilt Executive
Director ALCTS |