Knowledge organization

Since Svenonius analyzed the research base in bibliographic control in 1990, the intervening years have seen major shifts in the focus of information organization in academic libraries. New technologies continue to reshape the nature and content of catalogs, stretch the boundaries of classification research, and provide new alternatives for the organization of information. Research studies have rigorously analyzed the structure of the Anglo- American Cataloguing Rules using entity-relationship modeling and expanded on the bibliographic and authority relationship research to develop new data models (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records [FRBR] and Functional Requirements and Numbering of Authority Records [FRANAR]). Applied research into the information organization process has led to the development of cataloguing tools and harvesting ap- plications for bibliographic data collection and automatic record creation. A growing international perspective focused research on multilingual subject access, transliteration problems in surrogate records, and user studies to improve Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) displays for large retrieval sets resulting from federated searches. The need to organize local and remote electronic resources led to metadata research that developed general and domain-specific metadata schemes. Ongoing research in this area focuses on record structures and architectural models to enable interoperability among the various schemes and differing application platforms. Research in the area of subject access and classification is strong, covering areas such as vocabulary mapping, automatic facet construction and deconstruction for Web resources, development of expert systems for automatic classifica- tion, dynamically altered classificatory structures linked to domain-specific thesauri, crosscultural conceptual structures in classification, identification of semantic relationships for vocabulary mapped to classification systems, and the expanded use of traditional classification systems as switching languages in the global Web environment. Finally, descriptive research into library and information science (LIS) education and curricula for knowl- edge organization continues. All of this research is applicable to knowledge organization in academic and research libraries. This chapter examines this body of research in depth, describes the research methodologies employed, and identifies areas of lacunae in need of further research

Reaching beyond ourselves: Celebrating 40 years of CALA (1973 - 2013)

The CALA 40th Anniversary Issue, Reaching Beyond Ourselves: Celebrating 40 Years of CALA (1973-2013), is without doubt a unique collection of the Chinese American Librarians Association’s (CALA) history. It contains pictures, biographies, citations and messages from the presidents of the CALA since its very beginning in 1973, obtained from historical CALA newsletters and the presidents themselves. It records the major events in a timeline format including the establishment of the association, the merge of CALA and CLA, the California based Chinese Librarians Association, the annual conference programs and the new initiatives. It collects personal contemplations, messages and greetings from a variety of people, including CALA members and its leaders, ALA leaders, government officials, and Chinese libraries and librarian associations. It documents the effort in finding and archiving some of the CALA historical materials. It reports the endeavors of some major initiatives such as the CALA 21st Century Librarian Seminar Series and the “Think Globally, Act Globally” US-China Librarian Collaboration project. It contains a special article on Dr. Hwa-Wei Lee and the special Chinese collections in the Library of Congress; and a first-hand report on the CALA 40th Anniversary Celebration and Awards Banquet. It also includes information on the seven CALA chapters, a glimpse into CALA’s 1980 and 2013 membership and the Chinese Librarians Summer Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It concludes with a collection of pictures taken at the 40th Anniversary annual program and banquet. This publication documents the history of a professional organization and celebrates creativity, diversity and global outreach. Its presentation is pleasant to the eyes of the general public and will be a valuable source for the librarians and researchers

Principios de Catalogación de IFLA: pasos hacia un código internacional de catalogación

Durante la Primera Reunión IFLA de Expertos sobre un Código Internacional de Catalogación celebrada en Frankfurt en 2003 se discutió sobre una nueva declaración de principios de catalogación con los redactores de reglas de todo el mundo. El objetivo era aumentar las posibilidades de compartir información catalográfica a nivel internacional promoviendo normas para los registros bibliográficos y para los registros de autoridad utilizados en los catálogos de las bibliotecas con la finalidad de desarrollar una Declaración de Principios de Catalogación basándose en los informes FRBR y FRANAR. Los resultados obtenidos sentarán las bases para la creación de un Código Internacional de Catalogación

A Metadata Case Study for the FRBR Model Based on Chinese Painting and Calligraphy at the National Palace Museum in Taipei

In 1998, the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) model which is composed by four entities ( work, expression, manifestation and item) and their associative relationships ( primary, responsibility and subject) , was proposed by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). The FRBR model can be deployed as a logical framework for proceeding metadata analysis and developing metadata format. This paper presents a case study of the National Palace Museum (NPM) in Taipei to examine the feasibility of the FRBR model. With the diversified needs from various content communities, an analysis model is introduced at Academia Sinica to refine and enhance the FRBR model, in order to meet metadata requirements across diverse knowledge domains, which is composed of three facets ( function, subject domain, data type and style)and one supportive community layer

Proc. Int’l. Conf. on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications 2001 A Metadata Case Study for the FRBR Model Based on Chinese Painting and Calligraphy at the National Palace Museum in Taipei

In 1998, the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) model which is composed by four entities (work, expression, manifestation and item) and their associative relationships ( primary, responsibility and subject) , was proposed by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). The FRBR model can be deployed as a logical framework for proceeding metadata analysis and developing metadata format. This paper presents a case study of the National Palace Museum (NPM) in Taipei to examine the feasibility of the FRBR model. With the diversified needs from various content communities, an analysis model is introduced at Academia Sinica to refine and enhance the FRBR model, in order to meet metadata requirements across diverse knowledge domains, which is composed of three facets ( function, subject domain, data type and style)and one supportive community layer