"We'll burn that bridge when we get to it”—Technology, Metadata Standards, and Workflows in...

Jennifer A. Liss@cursedstorm #OVGTSL16

technology, metadata standards, and workflows in flux: competency as a roadmap through uncertain territory

26 May 2016Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians Annual Conference

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What are core competencies and why should I care?

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(MARC is not a competency)

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Competency is... ?


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Competency


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Core Compete

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What are core competencies?Core competencies are the collective learning in the organization, especially how to coordinate diverse production skills and integrate multiple streams of technologies.

—Prahalad and Hamel (1990)8@cursedstorm

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What are core competencies?


...aggregates of capabilities, where synergy is created that has sustainable value and broad applicability.—Gallon and Stillman (1995)


Identifying core competenciesLong-

term strategic advantag

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Gain in customer

value

Difficult for others to imitate

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Why core competencies

for cataloging?


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PlanningEducatingRecruitingAdvocatingAssessing



TECHNOLOGY

STANDARDS

WORKFLOWS

Tools for Catalogers

TECHNOLOGY


STANDARDS

WORKFLOWS

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Printed catalogILS/OPAC



STANDARDS

WORKFLOWS

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TECHNOLOGY

MARCRDA



TECHNOLOGY

Filing cardsShelf ready

WORKFLOWS

STANDARDS


Change in

cataloging tool

=Change in

core competen

cy???

Library of Congress Printed Card Service,1901



Cataloging Core Competencies in the Mid-20th Century


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Which tools are needed to work a card catalog environment?


CORE COMPETENCIES FOR WORKING IN CARD CATALOG

TOOLS

Formulates consistent data in accordance with published content standards

ALA

Collocates/disambiguates creators, contributors, and titles/series through use of data value standards

ALANAF

Analyzes resources for subject and form/genre access through use of data value standards

LCSH

Classifies library resources by subject area to facilitate access/browse

DDCLCC

OTHER: searching; facility with reference sources


Cataloging Core Competencies in the Mid- to Late-20th Century

TechnologyNetworked terminals

StandardsMARC, AACR

WorkflowsCopy cataloging



Does a shift in cataloging tools necessitate new core competencies?


CORE COMPETENCIES CARD CATALOG

NETWORKED TERMINAL

Formulates consistent data (ALA, AACR)Collocates/disambiguates creators, contributors, titles/series (AACR, NAF)Analyzes resources for subject and form/genre access (LCSH)Classifies library resources by subject area (DDC, LCC)



NETWORKED TERMINAL

Formulates consistent data (ALA, AACR)Collocates/disambiguates creators, contributors, titles/series (AACR, NAF)Analyzes resources for subject and form/genre access (LCSH)Classifies library resources by subject area (DDC, LCC)Adds visual elements for printing (ISBD)Encodes machine-actionable data (MARC)


Cataloging Core Competencies in the Late-20th Century


Does a shift in cataloging tools necessitate new core competencies?



NETWORKED TERMINAL OPAC

Formulates consistent data (ALA, AACR)Collocates/disambiguates creators, contributors, titles/series (AACR, NAF)Analyzes resources for subject and form/genre access (LCSH)Classifies library resources by subject area (DDC, LCC)Adds visual elements for printing (ISBD)Encodes machine-actionable data (MARC)


Cataloging Core Competencies in the Early 21st Century


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What has changed since the time that catalogs first went online?


FRBR. RDA. MARC.


CORE COMPETENCIES NETWORKED TERMINAL OPAC LINKED LIBR.

DATAFormulates consistent data (ALA, AACR)Collocates/disambiguates creators, contributors, titles/series (AACR, NAF)Analyzes resources for subject and form/genre access (LCSH)Classifies library resources by subject area (DDC, LCC)Adds visual elements for printing (ISBD)Encodes machine-actionable data (MARC)Encodes relationships between creators, works, etc. (RDA, BIBFRAME)


LC Linked Data Serviceid.loc.gov

http://id.loc.gov/


id.loc.gov


BIBFRAME.


The semantic web is already here.


The web is a different place…


The web is a different place…AAA Anyone can say

Anything about Any topic


The web is a different place…AAA Anyone can say


Open world

Some statements haven’t been said yet


World WILD WebAAA Anyone can say


Open world

Some statements haven’t been said yet

Nonunique naming

An entity may be known by more than one name


CORE COMPETENCIES NETWORKED TERMINAL OPAC LINKED LIBR.

DATAFormulates consistent data (ALA, AACR)Collocates/disambiguates creators, contributors, titles/series (AACR, NAF)Analyzes resources for subject and form/genre access (LCSH)Classifies library resources by subject area (DDC, LCC)Adds visual elements for printing (ISBD)Encodes machine-actionable data (MARC)Encodes relationships between creators, works, etc. (RDA, BIBFRAME)


We are not the tools we

use.

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Image creditsSlide 1 [hands holding map] by Sylvia BartyzelSlide 3 More Bridge Work by Thomas HawkSlide 4 Kanincheneule by Martin TeschnerSlide 5 Hierarchy of Competence, Igor KokcharovSlide 6 WAVE Typing, Indiana University Photographic ServicesSlide 7 WAVES Typing Class, Indiana University Photographic

ServicesSlide 12 Square-peg-round-hole-21, Yoel Ben-AvrahamSlide 14 [driving on dirt road], Forrest CavaleSlide 15 [field notes], HelloquenceSlide 20 People working in Card Division, Library of Congress, Washi

ngton, D.C.Slide 22 Students using card catalog, IU News BureauSlide 26 Beehive Model 105 terminal from 1978, Betsy ButlerSlide 30 Information Online Celebration, IU New BureauSlide 33 linked data, Elco van Staveren@cursedstorm

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Allemang, D., & Handler, J. (2011). Semantic web for the working ontologist: Effective modeling in RDFS and OWL (2nd end.). Waltham, MA : Morgan Kaufmann Publishers.

Cutter, Charles A. (1904). Rules for a Dictionary Catalog (4th ed.). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

Gallon, M.R., & Stillman, H.M. (1995 May-June). Putting core competency thinking into practice. Research Technology Management 38(3), 20-28.

Prahalad, C.K., & Hamel, G. (1990 May-June). The core competence of the corporation. Harvard Business Review, 79-91.

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Thank you!Jennifer A. LissHead, Monographic Image CatalogingIndiana University, Bloomington [email protected]

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