1. Cataloging in digital age Li Sun Asian Languages Cataloger Metadata Librarian Cataloging and Metadata Services Rutgers University Libraries CEAL Annual Conference, March 25, 2009, Chicago

2. Digital initiatives are everywhere Changes in library users’ behavior –Increasing reliance on digital resources (e.g., article databases, e- journals, etc.) –Decreasing usage of library physical collection (e.g., library visitor and circulation numbers) –Preference on virtual reference through live-chat, email, etc. –Utilizing digital libraries and repositories Changes in library services –Purpose (1): to respond to users’ needs –Purpose (2): to lead changes –Coverage: in almost everywhere in library services, for example, in cataloging, collection development, reference, etc. –Consequences: more on digital

3. Digitization projects99% Institutional repositories36% Web content management28% Datasets23% Subject-based repositories18% (Jin Ma, Metadata in ARL Libraries, ALA Midwinter Presentation 2009, Denver) Other popular digital initiatives Metadata registries Digital media resources EAD finding aids E-books and e-journals Electronic theses and dissertations Other Digital initiatives in libraries

4. Major types of digital resources (Jin Ma, Metadata in ARL Libraries, ALA Midwinter Presentation 2009, Denver)

5. Libraries’ responses to digital trends Increasing involvement in cataloging metadata by catalogers –66% librarians believed that catalogers created both MARC and non-MARC metadata –79% librarians believed that creating non-MARC metadata has been part of their routine job Ayers, Leighann, et al., What We’ve Learned from the RLG Partners Metadata Creation Workflows Survey, OCLC Research Report (January 2009) Resulting in the change of job titles –Position titles –Department names –Changed responsibilities

6. Challenges in digital shifts in cataloging Organizational Structure –Library infrastructure –Traditional vs. non-traditional work Personal attitude –Old generations of catalogers Knowledge, skills, and training Team work –Collaborations with other library teams –Collaborations with external organizations Applications –Lack of universal platforms (like OCLC for traditional cataloging)

7. Introduction to OpenWMS (Workflow Management System) We need a good application that can handle digital cataloging Current existing applications are mostly locally developed This Rutgers product is unique for its extended functionality for digital cataloging with –metadata creation and management tool –a complete metadata creation system for analog and digital materials –Unicode compliant –full METS support –exporting digital object in METS/XML Wrapper

8. More on OpenWMS (Workflow Management System) –Web accessibility –Platform independent –Can be either standalone application or integrated with other systems or repositories –Mapping and batch-loading metadata and digital files from standard and in-house formats –Ability to customize and add vocabularies to data elements –Grant based project –Open source for free download and easy customization https://lefty64.scc-net.rutgers.edu/openwms/test/dwms_aa/aa/index.php?client_portal=

9. The look of OpenWMS

10. Rutgers Repository Workflow repository

11. OpenWMS Function: administration

12. OpenWMS Function: utility configuration

13. OpenWMS Function: set up templates

14. OpenWMS Function: metadata creation and file handling

15. OpenWMS Function: Vocabularies control

16. OpenWMS Function: mapping and batch-loading

17. OpenWMS Function: Structure map

18. OpenWMS Function: ingest metadata/digital files to repository or edit metadata in repository

19. A final product of image

20. Demonstration of a digital East Asian Collection http://lefty64.scc-net.rutgers.edu/rucore/search/index.php?PProfile=DLRlefty64.scc-net.rutgers.edu/rucore/search/index.php?PProfile=DLR

21. Thank you Here is more information about OpenWMS http://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/open/projects/openwms/index.php