Metasearch Initiative - TG2 - Collection Description
Standards Committee BB
Chair: Juha Hakala , Helsinki University Library
NISO SDC liaison: Patricia Stevens , NISO
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/niso-mi
Charge
Content providers (publishers, database providers) must be able to communicate information about the collections they offer in a uniform way. Task Group 2 on Collection Description is working with other organizations examining this problem to produce:
- A list of data elements needed to describe a collection;
- A document containing guidelines for maintaining and exchanging collection information;
- Recommendations on further steps needed, including development of best practices, implementation guidelines and formal standards.
Status
Visit the Task Group's WIKI to follow activities and review working copies of documents. For final versions of documents, visit the Metasearch Initiative official webpage
Members
Grace Agnew
Rutgers University Libraries
47 Davidson Road
Piscataway
, NJ
08854
USA
Phone: 732-445-5908
Email: gagnew@rci.rutgers.edu
Kristina Aston
National Archives of Canada
334 Wellington St., Rm. 1034
Ottawa
, ONTARIO
K1A ON3
CANADA
Phone: 613-995-7539
Email: kaston@archives.ca
Patricia Brennan
Thomson Scientific
3501 Market Street
Philadelphia
, PA
19104
USA
Phone: 215-386-0100 x1683
Email: patricia.brennan@thomson.com
Mary Bushing
Library Consultant and Educator
2121 S. Tracy Avenue
Bozeman
, MT
59715
USA
Phone: 406-587-4742
Email: marying@msn.com
Robina Clayphan
The British Library
Boston Spa, Wetherby
W Yorks
UK
Phone: 441 937 54586
Email: robina.clayphan@bl.uk
Larry Dixson
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave
Washington
, DC
20540
USA
Phone: 202-707-5807
Email: ldix@loc.gov
Emily Fayen
MuseGlobal. Inc.
56 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston
, MA
02116
Phone: 617-867-9990
Email: emily@museglobal.com
Juha Hakala
Chairperson
Helsinki University Library
POB 26
00014 Helsinki Univsity
Helsinki
FINLAND
Phone: +3589 191 44293
Fax: +3589 753 9514
Email: juha.hakala@helsinki.fi
Pete Johnston
UKOLN, University of Bath
Bath
BA2 7AY
UK
Phone: 44 (0) 1225 383619
Email: p.johnston@ukoln.ac.uk
Anne Karle-Zenith
Michigan State University
100 Library
East Lansing
, MI
48824
USA
Phone: 517-432-6123
Email: annekz@mail.lib.msu.edu
Vicki Miller
OCLC, Inc.
6565 Frantz Road
Dublin
, OH
43017
USA
Phone: 614-718-7400
Email: millerv@oclc.org
Julie Blume Nye
Fretwell-Downing, Inc.
44 Justin Court
Durham
, NC
27705
Phone: 919-971-2696
Fax: 919-309-0512
Email: julie.nye@fdusa.com
Judith Pearce
National Library of Australia
Australia
Email: jpearce@nla.gov.au
Juliane Schneider
NYU School of Medicine
Ehrman Medical Library
New York
, NY
USA
Phone: 212-263-8935
Email: schnej04@library.med.nyu.edu
Sarah Shreeves
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Urbana
, IL
61801
USA
Phone: 217-244-7809
Email: sshreeve@uiuc.edu
Patricia Stevens
NISO SDC Liaison
NISO
4733 Bethesda Avenue
Suite 300
Bethesda
, MD
20814
USA
Phone: 301-654-2512
Fax: 301-654-1721
Email: pstevens@niso.org
Chuck Thomas
Florida State University Libraries
105 Dogwood Way
Tallahassee
, FL
32306
USA
Phone: 850-644-3053
Email: cthomas@fsu.edu
Terry Willan
Talis Information Ltd
Knights Court, Solihull Parkway
Birmingham Business Park
Birmingham
B37 7YB
UK
Phone: +44 870 400 5000
Fax: +44 870 400 5001
Email: terry.willan@talis.com
Maja Zumer
National Library of Slovenia
University of Ljubljana
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Phone: +386 1 2411374
Email: maja.zumer@nuk.uni-lj.si
Theo van Veen
National Library of the Netherlands
Koninklijke Bibliotheek
Netherlands
Phone: 31703140658
Email: theo.vanveen@kb.nl