Bibliographic Framework and Future Scenarios for RDA Records Dr. Barbara B. Tillett Chief, Policy & Standards Division, Library of Congress & Chair, Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA For LIANZA (Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa) September 2012

LC’s Bibliographic Framework Initiative (BFI) US RDA Test results: MARC seen as barrier to achieving benefits of RDA –Recommended evidence of credible progress towards a replacement for MARC Mappings or services to enable easy use of both new structures and MARC

Led by Roberta Shaffer, Associate Librarian of Congress for Library Services –Internal steering group at LC Initiative to –Analyze present and future environment –Identify components of the framework to support users –Plan for evolution from present framework to future

Contractor May 22, 2012 LC announced contract with Zepheira (Eric Miller and company) Report in September 2012 –Internal LC discussions –January 2013 Open Forum at American Library Association Conference

Issues to be Addressed Aspects of current metadata encoding standards to retain or evolve –or replace with something more compatible with Internet Benefits of Semantic Web and linked data technologies for adjusting current models Maximum re-use of library metadata so users exposed to more quality metadata in innovative ways

Issues, continued Navigate relationships among entities in library catalogs and the broader Internet Displays of metadata beyond MARC- based Identify risks of action and inaction, assess acceptable pace of change Plan for bringing existing metadata into new bibliographic systems

The Process Fully collaborative Consult –Partners –Customers –Standards experts –Systems designers and builders using library metadata Host meetings to gather input from all interested parties –Associations, organizations, “town hall” –Invitational meetings in 2012 and 2013

How to get involved Web site discussion list

Database/format Scenarios Bib record (flat-file) Lee, T. B. Cataloguing has a future Spoken word. 1 sound disc 1. Metadata Donated by the author. Based on Gordon Dunsire ’ s slide Z L

Database/format Scenarios Bib record (flat-file) $a Lee, T. B $a Lectures on metadata 500 $a Spoken word. 300 $a 1 sound disc $a Metadata $a Donated by the author. Based on Gordon Dunsire ’ s slide

Database/format Scenarios Bib record (flat-file) Author: Title: Content type: Carrier type: Provenance: Subject: Lee, T. B. Cataloguing has a future Spoken word Audio disc Metadata Donated by the author Name authority record Name: Subject authority record Identifier: … Label: Identifier: … Bib record (description) Item information Manifestation information Expression information Work information FRBR record RDA content type registry Label: Identifier: … Spoken word RDA element registry RDA carrier type registry Future record ONIX FRBR registry (IFLA) Based on Gordon Dunsire ’ s slide Work title: Cataloguing has a future

12 Author: Title: Content type: Carrier type: Provenance: Subject: Lee, T. B. Lectures on metadata Audio disc Metadata Donated by the author Name authority record Name: Subject authority record Identifier: … Label: Identifier: … Item information Manifestation information Expression information Work information RDA content type registry Label: Identifier: … Spoken word RDA carrier type registry Linked Data Work Title: Lectures on metadata

13 Author: Title: Content type: Carrier type: Lectures on metadata Package for displays Future display Lee, T. B. Spoken word (Audio disc) ( )

Structures for Descriptions Shakespeare Hamlet 260 Mexico City Hamlet México City 2008 English Spanish French German Shakespeare Library of Congress Copy 1 Green leather binding Romeo and Juliet Stoppard Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead Movies …

Identifiers Elements and controlled vocabularies –Easy display of terms in languages preferred by the user (linked through shared URIs – Universal Resource Identifiers) Rdavocab/RDAcarriertype/1004 STORED AS URIDISPLAY AS TEXT audio discEng

RDA Element Set and Controlled Vocabularies Open Metadata Registry for the RDAvocabulary.info namespace URIs for each element and controlled term –Universal Resource Identifiers

RDA Carrier Types URI

VIAF 6 ‎ 葛飾, 北斎, Katsushika, Hokusai,

VIAF Virtual International Authority File (creative re-use of data) viaf.org

Cervantes

MARC 21 Cervantes

RDF Cervantes

26 March 2012 Internet “Cloud” Web front end Services VIAF Databases, Repositories LCSH