NISO Webinar: MARC and FRBR: Friends or Foes?
October 10, 2012
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time)
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About the Webinar
MARC and FRBR are among the best known acronyms in today’s cataloging world. With the implementation of RDA by the US national libraries in the late winter/spring of 2013, and with other libraries already adopting the new cataloging code, a great deal of discussion is taking place about FRBR and whether it is implementable. In addition, the viability of the MARC format has been called into question. What is wrong with MARC, and what alternatives are there? Join David Lindahl and John Myers for presentations and Q&A relating to these two cataloging fundamentals.
Agenda
Introduction Whither or Wither MARC? The Challenges of 21st Century Data to a 20th Century Communications Format FRBR at Fourteen: Will Its Time Ever Come? IFLA’s Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records was published in 1998, and most library systems still have not implemented it. What is the likelihood that this data model will ever play an integral role in the design of library applications? This presentation will examine the future prospects for this data model in terms of its real impact upon libraries and library technology. David Lindahl is Chief Technology Officer and Co-Executive Director of the eXtensible Catalog Organization at the University of Rochester River Campus Libraries. David currently serves as a member of the NISO Open Discovery Initiative working group. He is a frequent speaker on next-generation discovery and metadata management systems, and on the implementation of XC software and the XC Schema. If paying by credit card, register online. If paying by check, please use this PDF form. Registration closes on October 10, 2012 at 12:00 pm Eastern. Registration Costs SAVE! Register for multiple events. Additional Information
Todd Carpenter, Executive Director at NISO
John Myers, Catalog Librarian at Union College’s Schaffer Library
Originally developed to assist in printing catalog cards, the MARC format is in its 45th year. Are today’s (and tomorrow’s) data needs and structures adequately served by this workhorse of most contemporary catalogers’ experience? What possibly could displace this reliable feature of the bibliographic landscape?
John Myers is Catalog Librarian at Union College’s Schaffer Library. He currently serves as the MARBI liaison to CC:DA, after previously serving as intern, voting member, and chair of CC:DA. He is a regional trainer and speaker on introductory cataloging and on cataloging futures.
David Lindahl, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Executive Director of the eXtensible Catalog Organization, University of Rochester River Campus LibrariesRegistration