Applying FRBR model to bibliographic works on Al-Quran

This study explores the feasibility of applying the object-oriented Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) model to MARC-based bibliographic records on the Al-Quran. Based on the content analysis of 127 MARC-based bibliographic records on Al-Quran from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) OPAC system, this paper reports on the process of mapping FRBR entities to set of works on Al-Quran. The attributes of the bibliographic works in the MARC records were identified and grouped according to the FRBR entities. The findings suggest that, overall, most of the MARC-based bibliographic records on Al-Quran were sufficient to represent the FRBR model. However, several issues were identified as affecting the process of creating entity-relationship model for “FRBRizing” bibliographic works on Al-Quran. These include inconsistencies in romanizing records in Arabic scripts, difficulties in identifying complex works, missing fields for subject headings, and missing fields for record-object relationship identification. Thus, a major conclusion drawn is that the quality of MARC records is an important aspect in ensuring the bibliographic records are having complete, correct, and reliable data for FRBRization process

When Linked Data is (not) enough. Cataloguing Tools between Obsolescence and Innovation

The irruption of the informative space of Web, as new manner to disseminate and share information content, has imposed in the last years an important rethinking of international bibliographic production in its theoretical and methodological basis. In this paper we try to understand the evolutive way of the cataloguing tools though the identification and definition of several change factors (technical and functional): which could be in the next future the new challenges related to the creation and treatment of information?The irruption of the informative space of Web, as new manner to disseminate and share information content, has imposed in the last years an important rethinking of international bibliographic production in its theoretical and methodological basis. In this paper we try to understand the evolutive way of the cataloguing tools though the identification and definition of several change factors (technical and functional): which could be in the next future the new challenges related to the creation and treatment of information

Normativna kontrola djela i izraza : Uvid u jedno slovensko iskustvo

Cilj. Cilj je rada analizirati kako slovenski katalogizatori percipiraju normativnu kontrolu djela i izraza te dobiti uvid u novi način razmišljanja pri procesu katalogizacije u suvremenoj paradigmi bibliografskog univerzuma temeljenoj na IFLA-inom knjižničnom referentnom modelu. Pristup/metodologija/dizajn. Istraživanje je provedeno od lipnja do rujna 2018. s 20 slovenskih katalogizatora iz 4 knjižnice. U prvom djelu studije, posvećenom radu s postojećom normativnom bazom podataka CONOR.SI, korišten je intervju, dok su podaci o simuliranju rada s normativom za djela i izraze bili prikupljeni kombinacijom promatranja i protokola glasnog razmišljanja. Rezultati. Sudeći prema rezultatima, među sudionicima nije bilo značajnih razlika u postupcima pretraživanja i izrade normativnih zapisa u postojećoj normativnoj bazi podataka CONOR.SI, dok su normativne zapise za djela i izraze doživljavali vrlo različito. Međutim, rezultati simuliranja rada s normativom za djela i izraze pokazali su da većina sudionika razumije nešto drugačiji način razmišljanja u smislu normativne kontrole djela i izraza, jer su uglavnom uspješno prepoznali njihove glavne atribute i odnose. Stoga, može se zaključiti da bi katalogizatori normativne baze za djela i izraze uspješno koristili ako se primjene pravilno i s jasnim uputama. Ograničenja. Uzorak katalogizatora nije bio dovoljno velik za statistički značajne rezultate, ali je bio dovoljan za uvid u njihovu perspektivu. Osim toga, istraživanje je utemeljeno na slovenskom okruženju pa bi rezultati vjerojatno bili drugačiji u drugim okruženjima s različitom kataložnom tradicijom. Originalnost/vrijednost. Ovaj rad nastoji doprinijeti razumijevanju važnosti normativne kontrole u katalogizaciji zasnovanoj na IFLA-inom knjižničnom referentnom modelu. Rezultati istraživanja poslužili su za konceptualni dizajn prototipa sustava za katalogizaciju utemeljenog na referentnom modelu

The gap between users and cataloguers: perception of importance of bibliographic data for required reading and leisure reading

This paper provides some insight into cataloguers’ and end users’ perception of the importance of bibliographic data for fiction for two purposes: required reading for school and leisure reading. To obtain information about opinion of cataloguers and users, we used multiple data collection methods: observation, think aloud protocol and in-depth interviews. Four studies were conducted: among 30 cataloguers in June 2014 and 32 cataloguers in February and March 2016, and among 105 high school students in November 2011 and 108 adults in July 2012. The focus was on Slovenian catalogers and users. The results revealed similarities between users’ and cataloguers’ view of the most important bibliographic data for fiction. Finally, we propose attributes, considered as important from cataloguers’ as well as users’ standpoint. Most of them could be included in the bibliographic record, regardless of the cataloguing rules and practice

L'espace documentaire en restructuration (l'évolution des services des bibliothèques universitaires.)

Le catalogue occupe une place privilégiée dans l offre de service des bibliothèques universitaires, pivot de l intermédiation. Depuis 10 ans, il traverse une crise grave, voyant les usagers le délaisser à la faveur des moteurs de recherche généralistes. Le web, plus qu un sérieux concurrent, devance aujourd hui les systèmes d information documentaires, et devient le point d entrée principal pour la recherche d information. Les bibliothèques tentent de structurer un espace documentaire qui soit habité par les usagers, au sein duquel se développe l offre de service, mais celle-ci se présente encore comme une série de silos inertes, sans grande possibilité de navigation, malgré de considérables efforts d ingénierie et des pistes d évolution vers les outils de découverte. La profession, consciente de cette crise profonde, après avoir accusé les remous occasionnés par la dimension disruptive du numérique, cherche des moyens pour adapter et diversifier son offre, fluidifier la diffusion de l information, et se réinvente un rôle d intermédiation en cherchant à tirer profit des nouvelles pratiques des usagers, de leurs nouvelles attentes, et de nouvelles perspectives. Les bibliothèques placent leur espoir dans de nouveaux modèles de données, tentent d y ajouter un niveau d abstraction favorisant les liaisons avec l univers de la connaissance. L évolution vers le web sémantique semble une opportunité à saisir pour valoriser les collections et les rendre exploitables dans un autre contexte, au prix d importants efforts que cette analyse tente de mesurer. Une approche constructiviste fondée sur l observation participante et le recueil de données offre une vision issue de l intérieur de la communauté des bibliothèques sur l évolution des catalogues et des outils d intermédiation, et ouvre des perspectives sur leurs enjeux.The catalog takes up a special position in the supply of services of academic libraries, as a pivot for the intermediary between users and information professionals who carry the responsibility for building up collections. For 10 years, through a serious crisis, they ve been seeing their patrons preferring the general or commercial search engines. The Web is more than a serious competitor today, ahead of the document information systems, and became the main access point for information retrieval. Libraries are trying to structure an information space that is temporarily or permanently inhabited by users, in which the service offering is developed, but it is still presented as a series of silos, with few opportunities of navigation between them despite considerable engineering efforts and a perspective of evolution towards discovery tools. The profession, having become aware of this deep crisis after accusing eddies caused by the breakdown of the digital switch, looking for ways to adapt and diversify its offering, streamlines the dissemination of information, and reinvents its roles, trying to take advantage of new practices of users, new expectations and new prospects. Libraries put their hope in new data models, trying to add a level of abstraction promoting links with the world of knowledge. The evolution towards the Semantic Web seems to be a valuable opportunity to enhance the collections and make them usable in another context, at the expense of significant efforts sized up by this analysis. A constructivist approach based on participant observation and data collection offers a vision of the outcome within the library community on the development of catalogs and intermediation tools, and an outlook on their issues.PARIS-CNAM (751032301) / SudocSudocFranceF

Building an Open Dissemination System

COPIM's Work package 5 (WP5) is developing technical protocols and infrastructure to better integrate OA books into institutional library, digital learning, and repository systems. This will support wider discovery and dissemination of OA books. Existing print and ebook distribution channels are difficult for new or OA publishers to engage with, requiring submission of metadata in multiple different formats (e.g. MARC, ONIX, KBART), and many platforms requiring multiple different metadata submissions; In addition, existing distribution channels are not well suited to OA content, while entirely new discovery and dissemination platforms are emerging (e.g. Google Books/Scholar). Guided by the perspective of new and emerging not-for-profit OA presses that have not yet been sufficiently integrated into existing discovery systems, knowledge bases, and supply routes, the aim of WP5 is to develop methods and systems to better integrate the catalogues of OA publishers into curated research records. The implementation of “best practices” workflows for OA book publishers will allow their catalogues to be better integrated into the scholarly record (discoverability, reach, persistence), increasing the impact of OA books. WP5 will build an Open Dissemination System (ODS) for OA books and a shared “best practices” digital catalogue. The ODS will be built as a decentralised system, using open source code, open protocols and standards and distributed databases—all under collective control. Doing so will ensure the system cannot be operated for the benefit of a single entity (either commercial or not). The ODS is currently under development under the project name Thoth. It consists of a metadata management system and a suite of exporting functions to allow publication metadata to be exported to all main metadata formats and data transfer with all relevant major platforms in the library and book selling supply chain. This scoping report is a key deliverable of WP5, in order to support the creation of the ODS. The report itself will discuss the distribution of books via the traditional library supply and new forms of digital dissemination before looking at metadata in depth. Metadata creation and types will be investigated in order to form a number of key recommendations for WP5. These recommendations are noted throughout the report before being grouped and discussed further in the recommendation section (see 9.0). Rather than publishing this report at the outset of the work package, it was decided to publish a time-stamped version, while simultaneously continuing to develop the report as the project progressed over time, and to encourage comment from the community. Version 1.0 of this report is available here and on Zenodo as a PDF (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3961564), and on the COPIM documentation site as a living document

Audiovisual and Chill: An Evaluation of Video Digital Libraries and Catalogues

Research Problem: This research investigates how well video digital libraries and catalogues used in academic libraries meet user expectations. This is in the context of increasing use and demand for online audiovisual content by the wider community, as well as growing use of audiovisual materials for teaching, learning, and research at academic institutions. It also aims to give an understanding of how well libraries are meeting the challenges of delivering audiovisual materials to users in an on-demand world. Methodology: Twelve platforms—developed between 1996 and 2015—are evaluated against 23 user-centred criteria, divided into four core areas: retrieval functionality, user interface, collection qualities, and user support. Results: The study found that not one of the platforms evaluated met all the evaluation criteria, and identified three key areas in the usability of the video digital libraries and catalogues: search and retrieval, technology, and structure, scope, and strategy. Implications: From this we gain an understanding of performance and usability of video digital libraries and catalogues currently in use by academic libraries. We also learn about the difficulties those working with audiovisual materials are facing, and also of the solutions that are being proposed. Findings of this study could help influence decision making, development of future platforms, and influence policies for delivering audiovisual materials to users

Formation continue des personnels de bibliothèque universitaire au numérique. État des lieux et perspectives (La)

Mémoire de fin d\u27étude du diplôme de conservateur, promotion DCB 21, portant sur la formation continue des personnels de bibliothèque universitaire à l\u27heure du numérique

Métadonnées pour la science ouverte : rôle et action des bibliothèques et des professionnels de l\u27information scientifique et technique

Mémoire de fin d\u27étude du diplôme de conservateur, promotion 29 cherchant à mettre en lumière les défis et les évolutions du numérique ainsi que le rôle des bibliothèque dans le renforcement de la qualité et de l\u27ouverture des métadonnées