ALA Midwinter, San Diego, 2004
FRIDAY--Jan. 9
8:30
-12:00 Convention Center -- Room 32A
Metadata Enrichment Task Force
Program:
Judy will do a few sentences to explain the various approaches and the two
parts of the program.
Questions
for vendors in program:
1. Value of clustered approach?
2. Are there alternate ways to
develop?
2. which would you use in a product?
3. what contributions your company
could make?
Goals 1. Awareness - some presnetations done
already
2. Develop functional requirements
for searcher aids using clustering techniques (user tool)
3. testing clustering techniques
4. find funding
5. test clustering techniques
6. implement clustering; hire
lexicographers to create clusters and maintain them
SAC
Semantic Interoperability link: Focus on the item in Marcia's report that
proposes that terms in clusters can be links to established vocabularies.
Design: 1. Make use of pre-existing constructs, if
possible; start with Sara Knapp's work or any other like HILT, MACS, Renardus
2. Must integrate into OPACs
3. Shoot out related terms to what
the user typed in, using Z39.50, http, etc. linking to your OPAC, various
databases, Google, etc.
4. Does the success of it depend on
technical issues of how a library vendor would be able to link to LCSH? Do we
also do searches via Z39.50, http, use a thesaurus database, e.g. Wilson?
5. Clusters should not exceed ca. 30
terms (or what a searcher can take in at a glance both cognitively and what the
computer can display)
6. Consider various designs:
movement through a tree? Topic maps? -- probably no more than 3 levels; this
needs experimentaiton
7. Make use of both computer and
human input. Have the computer harvest terms and humans (lexicographer)
determine which set(s), or tree, or topic map, etc.
8. One term can appear in multiple
clusters; viewing the term in different clusters should aid the user in
deciding which meaning they wish to follow
9. Need to address how one moves
from one cluster to another, to other thesauri, portals, etc.
10. Design should help user know
which terms in a cluster are "authorized" and which are keyword.
Note: within a particular library, the ILS suppression techniques for subjects
that have no holdings should be able to be employed
Measure
results:
1. User satisfaction compared to
other search tools
2. Log analysis
3. Pop-up to ask if satisfied
4. Focus group test - questions are
needed for this
5. Compare LC's Voyager search with
clustered approach of same search
6. Is it economically and practically
implementable?
Grants:
1. IMLS, Marcia Bates, CDL, ??? - Marcia
is willing to be PI.
Notes
from Judy (Judith R. Ahronheim jaheim@umich.edu
)
Below is an inital draft of
items composed from our discussions this morning. It has not been informed by
any notes from Amy yet. Please let me know of any inaccuracies or missing data
based on your recollections or notes. I'd also be grateful for suggestions of
clearer or more felicitous language. Thanks once again for your participation
and your help in moving this agenda forward.
Pilot Project for Enhanced
Subject Search Using a Clustered Vocabulary'
Recommended PI: Marcia
Bates
Objectives
1. Create and implement a
collection of natural language topic terms that can also be related to
structured vocabulary extant in target OPACs and databases to enhance user
searches
2. Create an example of a
clustered vocabulary by clustering the terms collected above
3. Develop an example
technical implementation of the vocabulary in a web-based system where clusters
are linked to at least two databases, one of which must be an OPAC
4. Experiment with
a. display of vocabulary using pre-existing visual
display capabilities
b. cluster size and number of cluster levels
c.
interface design to determine optimal configuration and display for user needs
Functional Requirements of
a Clustered Vocabulary Database and Interface
1. Provide a collection of
natural language topical terms used in searches
(possible
source is Sara Knapp's vocabulary, enriched by terms from searches of LC's
Voyager system)
2. Cluster the terms above
into groups of a size and display characteristics that a searcher can take in
visually and cognitively quickly and effectively for the purposes of search
2a. Enrich the clusters
with terms from standard, structured vocabularies found in the target OPACs and
databases of the pilot
3. Ability to experiment
with graphic display of cluster relationships
4. Ability to change the
number of clusters a term may appear in
5. Ability to change the
number of hierarchical levels to organize clusters in
6. Ability to integrate the
vocabulary in a manner transparent to users with search in at least two
databases, one of which should be an OPAC, plus a definition of what would be
required to integrate others
7. Incorporate techniques
or tools to match structured standard vocabularies and terms exported from OPAC
and database indexes to natural language term clusters, preferably in an
automated fashion
8. Clusters should be independently
stored from databases that are the objects of user searches, but this
distinction should not be apparent to the user
9. Pilot should be
non-proprietary, open source and use standard communication protocols
Research questions to be
answered:
1. What is a suitable
technical design for clustered vocabulary implementations?
2. What is an effective
search and interface design for clusters?
3. What management issues
arise with cooperative development and management of such a vocabulary?
4. How does the pilot
clustered vocabulary compare with other search tools in number of hits in the
OPAC or database based on comparison of random searches derived from search logs?
in user satisfaction based on comparison of result sets?
in user satisfaction with interface and overall search
experience?
5. What are the technical
requirements and cost of building and maintaining a clustered vocaulary tool?
4:30-5:30
PM Horton Grand Hotel -- Regal C
SAC
Subcommittee on Semantic Interoperability –
meeting
Shelby announced that she
wanted to reverse the order of 6 and 7. There were no other changes to the
agenda. The membership roster and guest signup sheet were circulated. Giles
moved, Tony seconded, to approve the minutes. Passed.
Shelby explained that the
Subcommittee needs to start evaluating and/or editing some of the work begun
thus far. The expectation is that small teams would take responsibility for
different tasks as Ruth and Lynn are working with the glossary. The draft
documents at least need editing.
We discussed 3) Charge
c) investigation of various concepts and the draft glossary which Ruth
Bogan and Lynn El-Hoshy have begun. Shelby noted that Bonnie Dede suggested
looking at resources such as the NISO Thesaurus task group for ideas. The
concensus at this time, is for primarily using the resources themselves. Ruth
said she has found project descriptions often have overlapping concepts with
different terms. We need to define what they really mean. She intends to
consult printed resources for definitions. A draft will be ready for next
meeting.
Next we discussed 4) Charge a) inventory of known
semantic interoperability projects and Charge b) evaluation of projects
with questions: a) who would like to help review the current draft document? b)
should any be removed? c) are there still projects that need to be added? d) is
the information currently listed adequate or is more needed? e) is the format
okay or would something else be better? Tony and Giles will begin work on the
project list. We need to check to see if
OCLC's metadata switch that Diane Vizine-Goetz is working on is listed.
Evaluation criteria is rather difficult to identify, perhaps there are several
levels: defining various mechanisms, determining what makes a particular
project successful, developing guidelines/criteria for development of systems.
We agreed we are not ready for developing guidelines or recommendations.
Perhaps we are at the stage
of characterizing the various projects. In addition to generally reviewing the
list of projects, we decided to focus on those that are still active and are
being maintained. We could also consider, did work at some level, lead to an
improved project? Did a project die for lack of attention or it was simply not
successful? We decided to survey a number of project managers with a number of
questions. These could include: what have you learned? What went right? What
went wrong? Have they evaluated the project with a document they could share?
What are their future goals or plans? What guidelines and recommendations would
they list for a successful project? This work will be done by next meeting.
Lois will send an updated
list of URLs from her paper.
Daniel Lovins had agreed to
work on criteria and had read the first draft Shelby posted. A doctoral student
contacted Shelby and said he was interested in working on developing criteria.
It was agreed he could be encouraged to participate in our work. We will need
to consider whether certain standards should be adhered to.
Next we discussed 6), the
bibliography. It needs editing, but we decided we have enough to work on by
next meeting.
Finally we discussed 7),
the program and 8) relation to Bibliographic Control of Web Resources' Action
Plan 2.3. Part 1. Judy Ahronheim will present the work of Marcia Bates on
clustering as an entry vocabulary mechanism. A set of prepared questions will
be asked of three vendors as to how they might implement a clustered approach.
Part 2. Lois will present the work she and Marcia Zheng have done. Pat Kuhr
(Wilson), Jean-Frederic Juslin (MACS), and Diane Vizine-Goetz (OCLC) will
present their work. There will be a short break between the parts. Each speaker
will have about 20 minutes with about 15-20 minutes for questions at the end.
Draft
documents on the web, see: http://www.und.nodak.edu/dept/library/Departments/abc/subjhead.htm#SACSEM
8:00-10:00PM Wyndham San Diego at Emerald Plaza
-- Opal
Room
SAC Exec ??? - not necessary since
written report was submitted
7:30-10:00PM Convention Center
-- Room
11A
OLAC Cataloging Policy Committee
See agenda.
SMD's
terminology discussions. We seem to need a standard list compatible with common
language. LCRI for ch. 9 is to allow conventional terminology. For ch. 6 and 7,
LC will not follow.
John Attig reported on three items MARBI will be
discussing related to OLAC: 752, incipits, and postal description.
Cathy and Iris put a proposal together to ask CC:DA for
permission for membership.
CAPC plans to update the Source of Title Note for
Internet Resources. The plan is to use more information, screen captures,
include new material related to new ch. 9 and rev. AACR2. The purpose is to
help catalogers and enhance record-sharing.
21.29 proposal for non-humans as added entry, needs to be
put in the CC:DA request format. Needs to be done soon to get into AACR3
LC 25.5B uniform titles for motion pictures, TV and radio
- much better than the first proposal.
Discussed creating a FAQ page and general web page
reorganization.
SATURDAY--Jan 10
7:30-8:30 San Diego Marriott & Marina -- Marina Ballroom D
H.W. Wilsons "what's
new" breakfast -- RSVP'd
They discussed WilsonWeb and
"10 great new things about H.W. Wilson". Much of this related to
modernizing index terms, extending back files, smart-search (to achieve
relevancy, it first searches subjects, then abstracts, then full-text),
WilsonLink through SFX, task bar so you don't get lost on the page, etc. I was
curious about appropriateness of any new features for CFL - didn't seem
"special"
8:30-12:30 U.S. Grant -- Horton A -- my report: 9:30
ALCTS -- Present Program with Judy
Title: Enriching subject
access.
Part 1. Metadata Enrichment for Subject Access (1:30-3:30) Presentation by
three speakers proposing methods for clustering subjects as an aid to searching
followed by a response from vendors. (From Judy Ahronheim: LC Action 2.3 / METF
plans to have someone from METF speak about Marcia's proposal, with vendors
responding to the questions we listed. Currently, Michael Kaplan of ExLibris
has agreed to sit on the panel of responders and representatives from Endeavor
and OCLC have been contacted, but have not agreed to speak. In general, while
we may not yet have specific speakers committed, you can assume that there will
be an METF speaker and a vendor panel).
Part 2. Bringing subject access together through interoperability (3:30-5:30)
Linking, mapping and managing are methods used to improve user retrieval across
various languages, subject vocabularies and classification schemes. An overview
will be followed by speakers addressing specific projects and how they solve
the problems of semantic interoperability.
Part 2. Semantic
Interoperabilty (SAC Subcommittee on Semantic Interoperability)
Speaker 1: Lois Mai Chan and/or Marcia
Zeng will provide an overview of methods used to achieve semantic
interoperability of subject and/or classification vocabularies to improve
searching and retrieval of appropriate resources. Issues addressed will include
mapping and linking equivalent terms occurring at different levels, among the
source vocabularies, among assigned subject headings or index terms, linking
between searching terms and index terms, and mechanisms for managing the
links.0
Speakers 2-4: These speakers would be asked to address: 1) description of their
project; 2) what techniques underlie their structure; 3) evaluation/stage of
development of their project; 4) cost (dollars and/or labor and/or time)
Speaker 2: Representative from MACS - a project involving multilingual issues
Jean-Frédéric Jauslin, CENL Chairman, Director Swiss National Library
Speaker 3:
Representative(s) of multi-vocabulary or multi-thesaurus project – Pat Kuhr,
Wilson Company
Speaker 4: Representative of authority control, thesauri registry, etc. – Diane
Vizine-Goetz, OCLC
It is scheduled for Saturday, June 26,
1:30-5:30
10:00-12:00 Wyndham
San Diego -- Diamond I
OCLC - CONTENTdm
OCLC
presenter, Tony Chirakos.
One can import digital objects,
provide Web access to special collections, and manage all kinds of digital
assets.
Ease
of use:
Requirements:
Project
steps:
Metadata
fields:
Other:
2003
enhancements:
2004:
Contact
MINITEX for further info. OCLC: 1800-848-5878 X6222
Sample
Projects: (see handouts)
Pomona Public Library http://contentdm.cl.pomona.ca.us
·
Wanted a complete package, easy to use
·
Worked with if for several months in-house to become
familiar with it
·
Applied for a $50,000 grant including training
·
Used California's LSTA digital projects manual (on Web)
·
Found it very easy to use: to digitize and edit metadata,
swap out images, import from other sources
·
They were able to quickly get online
·
It conforms to standards
Louis (Louisiana) http://louisdl.louislibraries.org
·
Consortia of public and academic libraries
·
They had HAD a system that was requiring increasing
maintenance and that had resources in all kinds of formats
·
CONTENTdm allowed use of all kinds of files
·
It allowed searching across all collections or just within
one collection
·
Can put source institution on screen so users know where
they are
·
There is a favorites folder for user
·
They wanted tech support - OCLC provides it
·
Wanted Web harvesters to easily find their pages
·
Wanted to easily convert Dublin Core to MARC
·
They bought 2 servers; 1 for traning and one for use
·
They used PowerPoint to train teachers how to incorporate
digitized materials in classes
·
They scan using archival tiff and store a copy on a server
and on a CD
·
Louis web page gives the PowerPoint plugin that teachers can
use to import whatever images they want in their classroom presentations
·
They collect statistics on domain search came from,
collection use, terms searched
University
of Utah http://www.lib.utah.edu
Geri
Bunker Ingram
2:00-5:30 Convention Center – Room 6D
CC:DA – Liaison
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/tas/jca/ccda/agen0401.html
LC report. See handout. See ONIX/TOC explanation on
p.3. To date, the project has created about 43,000 ONIX TOC records and 64,000
ONIX description records. 6173 H-net reviews have also been added. LC will suspend addition of headings and
summaries for non-fiction juvenile titles. Will continue to receive regular CIP
cataloging with adult LCSH as appropriate. New KF and Q coming out. IFLA has
just issued new Paris Principles
ALA publishing. The process is:
Infobase -> Word -> JSC -> edit web XML for JSC. A concise AACR2 may
be available.
9.
Colored illustrations.
Follow-up
on proposed revision to Appendix D, Glossary - Coloured illustration
We decided on: An illustration containing any color.
Black or white or shades of grey are not to be considered color.
10.
Rules for early printed monographs
Forward to JSC for their information It is
prepartory to discussions about rare book cataloging. Matthew Beacom thought we
should add CC:DA answers to encourage better JSC discussion. [LITA - only
discussion]
11.
see report Report of the ALA
Representative to the Joint Steering Committee: Beacom.
The
report discusses the actions at the last JSC meeting.
11b.
Proposal for the incorporation of authority control in AACR.
The proposal is to add a Part III. Part II will be
choice of access. Part II will be split between the two parts. LC will be
revising the document with information on series and uniform titles. ALA should
wait til ready in Feb. [LITA - later]
11c. "Considered to be important"
The phrase shows up often in the rules. The
introduction will contain an explanation of what it really means.
11d. Punctuation in
language examples.
This
proposed better ways to punctuate examples throughout the rules to make them
clearer.
SUNDAY--Jan. 11
7:30-8:30 Hyatt -- Manchester G-1
OCLC breakfast
OCLC reiterated its goals: be the leading global library cooperative, help
libraries serve people, provide economical access to knowledge, etc. The are
45,000 libraries in 84 countries with 34.432 US libraries. FRBR: work-set
algorith toolkit is avialbe on their web pages for libraries to use in their
OPACS. For the Virtual International
Authority File, VIAF, metadata will be harvested regularly from varioius
authority files. OCLC published Pattern recognition discussing the near
future vision. Italy, France, Japan, US and Canada spend 75% of dollars spend
worldwide on libraries. By 2005 OCLC plans to be Oracle-Unicode compliant to
enable better world-wide connection.
Open WorldCat Pilot. Over 12,000 institutions are participating. 160,000 of
2 million partial records have been harvested by Google
See
handouts.
8:30-11:00 Hyatt -- Manchester
C
SAC - General Meeting
See agenda and documents.
During the LC report, there was discussion of 650 indicators and the
possibility of actually using the 1st indicator to indicate primary vs.
secondary heading. This would help link to the call number, particularly since
some ILSs resort headings. The Library of Congress has a web page with links to
thesauri they use: http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-thesauri.html
The Library of Congress catalog will be added to the ClassWeb correlation for
subjects and classification. Name authorities will be available at an
additional price. It would be updated weekly. A new and improved LCC outline
has been published. In LCC, "( )" means formerly valid, now obsolete;
"[ ]" not used at LC, see other number. Botany and Zoology should
only be subdivided geographicall for discussions of the discipline in a place.
The IFLA report has lots of links. See report. [Review]
Sears report. The report has extensive discussion of Sears (but
theoretically applicable in other lists) decisions of how to apply topical and
geographic headings to individual works of literature, fiction, poetry, etc.
One thing they concluded was it is best to not string ideas together, but
rather make separate headings. This is primarily because cross references don't
work with $v Fiction in the authority structures. [Review]
Exhibits
Stopped
by several booths. Two of most interest:
Brodart: I asked for more
information on number of labels that can be run through a Dymo printer before
it wears out. Also, what is the longevity of the lables. She said, for sure
need UV protector like we already use. These are individual printers that can
be set up to work with Aleph.
Baker & Taylor/Yankee. I talked
with the person who is working with MIT to figure out how to use their web page
for ordering and get brief bibs into acquisitions orders in Aleph. A sales
person should contact me.
ALA Store - Cartographic materials: a manual of
interpretation for AACR2 - buy
----
should be in Catalogers' Desktop - buy if not there or easy to use
2:00-5:30 San Diego
Marriott - Mariott
Hall 2
ALCTS/LITA
Authority Control in the Online Environment IG -- includes update by Ann Della
Porta, Quiang Jin, Marlena Frackowski, Jimmi Lundgren, Stephen Hearn
Program at annual will
be: FAST, slow and Z39.19, June 25.
Music authority
control - Marlena Frackowski. Types of compositions for use in music uniform
titles (ch. 25) will be on the MLA web site (Currently at Yale's site). Problem
- local systems don't seem able to handle name/title headings - they can't be
corrected properly, sort properly, etc. MARS (OCOC service) can't fix a heading
unless it is an exact match. Music catalogers would like to be able to add 680
information to assist catalogers in determining correct heading. Various
composers may have generated various versions of a work - LC is not trying to
differentiate. They want to be able to search incipts to differentiate (MARBI
is dicussing). Future projects: Joint MOUG - Authority Subcommittee to address
issues, Public notes in NAR (680), Musical incipits in authority records be
searchable, English collective titles.
SACO program
development. See handout.
Ann Della Porta. See
handout. For foreign headings, they want to be able to have non-roman in 1XX
with romanized in 4XX. Non-filing change - don't count diacritics because now
they come after… MARC8 repertoire of characters deals with Cyrillic and JACKPHY but misses other scripts. UTF8 version of Unicode covers more.
BFM (NACO) still need to report many to one, one to many; don't need to 1)
repot one-to-one changes or 2) duplicate headings.
Manon
Theroux - PCC Task Group on Function of the Authority File. Item 1, SCS will
recommend names for the authority file; 2-3 were approved. The rest of the
recommendations are in limbo though PCC is generally supportive. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/tgauthrpt_fin.pdf
Stephen
Hearn - NISO Z39.19. They are expanding the scope of the standard for thesauri,
taxonomy is mapped, synonym rings, etc. They have found indexing, metadata, and
library communities don't mean the same thing by the same terminology in their
communities and that makes it hard to work on thesauri.
2:00-5:30 Convention Center –
28E
MARBI
Agenda: http://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/mw2004_age.html
Proposal 2004-01:
Making Subfields $e, $f, and $g Repeatable in Field 260 of the MARC 21
Bibliographic Format. -- Accepted
Proposal 2004-02:
Defining New Field Link Type Codes for Subfield $8 (Field link and sequence
number) in the MARC 21 Bibliographic and Holdings Formats. -- Accepted
Proposal 2004-03:
Designating the Privacy of Fields 541, 561 and 583 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic
and Holdings Formats. -- Approved with indicator added: blank=no, 0=private,
1=non-private
Discussion Paper
2004-DP03: Changing the Mapping for the Double-Wide Diacritics from MARC8
to Unicode/UCS from the Unicode/UCS Half Diacritic Characters to the
Unicode/UCS Double-Wide Diacritic Characters -- More discussion in Orlando
Report:
Assessment of Options for Handling Full Unicode Character Encodings in MARC 21
-- Part 1: New Scripts -- http://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/2004/2004-report01.pdf
Discussion Paper
2004-DP02: Applying Field 752 (Added Entry – Hierarchical Place Name) for
different purposes in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format -- Will come back
with both6XX and 7XX options explored; will also propose BT and NT and any
relation to authorized headings; anything beyong US?
Proposal 2004-04:
Definition of Field 258 (Philatelic Issue Data) in the MARC 21 Bibliographic
Format -- Accepted.
Discussion Paper
2004-DP01: Changes Needed to Accommodate RISM Data--Music Incipits --
Will be rebusmitted as a proposal. RISM will clean up to be sure it is right
6:00-8:00 San Diego
Aerospace Museum
Ex Libris reception - Balboa Park, 2001
Pan American Plaza
7:00-9:00 U.S. Grant -- Pavillion Ballroom
PCC -- Participant's meeting. Discussion on contribution
levels
Add
link from online report here:
MONDAY--Jan. 12
8:30-12:30 Marriott
–Marina
Ballroom G
CC:DA -- Liaison
15. Report from the Task Force on Rule 21.0D
Modified wording. When desirable for purposes of
identification, collocation or file arrangement to show explicity the
relationship between a person or coproated body named in a heading to the
resources being cataloged, add to a heading a term or other designation of
function to show the relationship clearly.
16. Rule revision proposal
from Croissant - revision of Appendix A, A. 40 German.
Approved.
Basically, capitalize nouns and words used as nouns. Capitalize adjectives,
pronouns, and numerals used as part of a name or title. Do not capitalize
adjectives, pronouns, adverbs, verbal phrases, and fractions.
12. Task Force on FRBR
Terminology.
Four
documents were reviewed at the meeting. Task Force on FRBR Terminology's
CC:DA/TF/FRBR Terminology/8 (4JSC/LC/60) needs further discussion. Problematic
terms will be disucssed via email.
Bibliographic
resource. In the definition, "object" not "thing" but
rather the object of what we are considering; entity is an acceptable term.
"generic entity" was selected in JSC discussion to be used when the
cataloger is not sure about whether they are dealing with manifestations, work,
etc. Via email, terminology/8 will discuss particular terms.
[LITA LATER]
17. Turkish word
'bir". Voted to delete from Appendix E.
18. Report from MARBI (see
MARBI)
19. Task Force on
Consistency
Discussion issues are either disagreements with JSC or
additional concerns.
Area 3: John proposed not using "edition statement'
Area 4: 1.4D4 Changed of publishers
in multip-part is not distinguisable from multple publishers in a single part
Area 6. series statement structure is still in discussion
Prototype:
At this point it is illustrative and put together to be a reasonable number of
examples
Need to watch see references
Felt examples that apply in specific
areas can also be included in ch. 1 - need to make sure some examples turn out
to be prescriptive
Area
7:
At this point, not deleting notes
from specific chapters
9.7 B1
(physical 538) not decided yet
Still "half-baked"
Wondered about rules for
notes for works, notes for manifestations, etc and/or in the order of area;
probably copy-specific should be last
1.7A5 needs to be moved up and try to rewrite
to meet FRBR needs
First, notes contain useful information in
addition to other areas of description
Sentiment was in favor of some consistency
22. Web presence and Web
publications
There will be two task forces. One on the web presence of
CC:DA and another for web publications, especially maintaining currency of the
Appendix of major and minor changes.
23.
Liaisons
Proposed changes to CC:DA
membership, in particular to broaden representation by non-ALA organizations
pertinent to the work of CC:DA.
24.
Liaison to the ALCTS Metadata Enrichment Task Force report, LC Action 2.3
A summary of Marcia Bates'
"Improving User Access to Library Catalog and Portal Information" was
given. The project will start with topicals to create a cluster of similar
natural language terms approach, with the intention to move to names and geographics.
Also discussed in the report is "bibliographic familes" where the
idea is to create a database of families (linking, FRBR)
25.
SMDs
If this represents CC:DA sentiment
adequately, that is okay. Task Force will need to continue work. Need to focus on
principles. What need is there for consistency across materials? Describe the
purpose of GMDs. What are their functions? Or do different classes of materials
require differences in function and relation to other parts of the rules? What
is the relation to GMD?
26.
NISO standards
Price indexes for library materials
and PDF as a preservation format (ISO is addressing) are new. OpenURL will soon
be up for ballot as will Z39.7 - library statistics.
ISO 15836:2003 is Dublin Core as a proposed new standard.
Extent of holdings - should there be ability to expand
into holdings?
Z39.71 - Holdings Statements is up for review. CC:DA
comment was sought by NISO. CC:DA is in favor of the revision of the standard
[i.e. contiuation but suggests changes]. Comments made addressed 5.4 General
Holdings Area noting several are confusing and need excessive table navigation
to apply. "Supplements and indexes" can be improved. Need more
guidelines for new formats.
27. CCS policy
Review of CC:DA is a part of CCS normal procedures. It
began in Dec. 2003. General discussion thus far: No other committee contributes
as thoroughly to the rule revision process. CC:DA has co-sponred programs. They
have published - "Differences … " Members are a limited small group, but
the roster is large - could review that. Amount of work is huge and mostly done
online which violates ALA general meeting policy. ALCTS provides little of the
needed organizational support for maintaining documents and web page.
28. Other
Co-sponsoring program with MARBI: Back to the
Future: Understanding the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records
Model (FRBR) and its Impact on Users, OPACS, and Knowledge Organization
Idea for 2005 program: the new International Cataloging
Code (B. Tillett)
Next meeting June 26, 2-5:30 and June 28, 8:30-12:30
2:00-4:00 Convention Center - Room 11B
SAC -- General meeting
Conference
on Bibliographic Control in the New Millennium (Library of Congress) action
plan and recent papers are available at: http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/bibcontrol/whatsnew.html
Bates' report on p. 30 mentions authorized subject headings.
Report from
the SAC representative to the NISO Advisory Group for the Revision of NISO
Standard Z39.19 - the thesaurus standard. They are working with Amy Warner.
They are looking at simple lists, taxonomies with hierarchies, synonym rings
(similar to the cluster)
David Miller
reported the report on Reference Structures will be turned into an article.
Proposed
SACO program will be similar to NACO, but probably two levels of participation.
Members would have to be active; participants could propose just a few headings
and use a utility-based method of submission (like NACO on OCLC) [Review]