Future Trends In Cataloging Where No Cataloger Has Gone Before… Nicole Arbuckle, VP Metadata Services

Chang Changing Trends Processes Formats

Processing More Publishers and Distributors Providing MARC Almost instant record for your catalog Varying degrees of quality If enough of you ask for it, they will provide! Some don’t know what MARC is or that you’d want it

Processing Shared Cataloging State Systems, Consortia, Specialized Libraries Pool of skills benefits the whole Languages Formats

Processing Grouping Library 1 CJK Languages Library 3 Indic Languages Library 2 AV Materials

Vendor Cataloging Why outsource? Increasing demands on catalogers Staff reduction Using vendors can mean… New acquisitions processed more quickly and backlogs reduced Time for other duties BUT what’s the cost of quality?

Sources: Primary Research Group, Inc., “The Survey of Academic Library Cataloging Practices,” and 2013 editions.

Formats Just over half of Backstage’s library clients request that original records be done in RDA. All libraries will accept copy records in either AACR2 or RDA. Only a small percentage want RDA elements added into AACR2 copy. Publishers are slower to change to RDA – most seem to only when enough of their library clients request it!

Linked Data – linkeddata.org

OCLC has a short video introducing the concept: “Linked Data for Libraries” – on YouTube or their site

Replacement for MARC Uses RDF format – similar to XML

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“This tool is a front end input tool that can be integrated with a back end datastore to create original BIBFRAME descriptions, store them, and recall them for editing. We expect this tool to help experimenters create implementations that will test elements of the BIBFRAME model and vocabulary, in addition to linked data aspects of the BIBFRAME initiative.” – Sally McCallum, LC, to Bibframe listerv Editor demo is online: