/me raises hand. Waves it madly.
Rob (Styles) - how far had you got in drafting your own response to
this?
Paul
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On 8 Dec 2007, at 02:15, Jonathan Gray wrote:
Hi all,
The Library of Congress has asked for comments on a draft produced
by a
Working Group they initiated on the 'Future of Bibliographic Control'.
As some of you may have seen I recently blogged about this:
http://blog.okfn.org/2007/12/06/the-future-of-bibliographic-control-and-licensing-policies-for-bibliographic-data/
The deadline for public comments is 15th December. I think it would be
great if we could submit some brief notes on the potential benefits of
openly licensing bibliographic data!
Does anyone know if any groups or individuals have already submitted
comments along these lines?
Can anyone think of any organisations/individuals who might be
interested in helping out with this?
Regards,
Jonathan
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: BIBLIOGRAPHIC WORKING GROUP ISSUES REPORT
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:13:26 -0500
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NEWS FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
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November 30, 2007
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WORKING GROUP ON THE FUTURE OF
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CONTROL RELEASES DRAFT REPORT
The Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control has released
its draft report on the future of bibliographic description in light
of
advances in search engine technology, the popularity of the Internet
and
the influx of electronic information resources.
In November 2006, Deanna Marcum, associate librarian for Library
Services at the Library of Congress, convened a group made up of
representatives of several organizations—American Association of Law
Libraries, American Library Association (ALA), Association of Research
Libraries (ARL), Coalition for Networked Information, Medical Library
Association, National Federation of Abstracting & Indexing Services,
Program for Cooperative Cataloging and Special Libraries Association—
and
vendors (Google, OCLC and Microsoft)— to examine the role of
bibliographic control and other descriptive practices in the evolving
information and technology environment, and to make recommendations to
the Library and to the larger library community.
The group's recommendations, available at its Web site at
www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/
<ttp://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/"> , emphasized the role of
the
Library of Congress not as a sole supplier, but rather as an important
leader in the cataloging world. "We recognize that you do not have the
resources to do everything," said Olivia Madison, representing ARL.
"These recommendations are not for the Library of Congress alone but
are
intended for the entire library and library vendor communities."
The report highlights five general recommendations:
* Increase the efficiency of bibliographic production for all
libraries through cooperation and sharing of bibliographic
records
and through use of data produced in the overall supply chain.
* Transfer effort into high-value activity. In particular,
provide
greater value for knowledge creation by leveraging access for
unique materials held by libraries that are currently hidden
and
underused.
* Position technology by recognizing that the World Wide Web is
libraries’ technology platform as well as the appropriate
platform
for standards. Recognize that users are not only people but
also
applications that interact with library data.
* Position the library community for the future by adding
evaluative, qualitative and quantitative analyses of resources.
Work to realize the potential of the Functional Requirements
for
Bibliographic Records (FRBR) framework.
* Strengthen the library and information science profession
through
education and through development of metrics that will inform
decision-making now and in the future.
“I am very pleased with the approach taken by the working group,"
Marcum
said. "Instead of focusing solely on the Library of Congress, the
members of the group looked at the bibliographic ecosystem and thought
deeply about the contributions that can and should be made by all of
its
parts. We are already doing in an experimental way many of the things
suggested by the Working Group in its presentation. Once the final
report is received, our challenge will be to analyze the
recommendations, decide on which ones should be implemented and move
beyond pilot projects and tests.”
The report is available for public comment through Dec. 15. The final
report will be released by Jan. 9, 2008, in time for the midwinter
meeting of the American Library Association.
# # #
PR 07-244
11-30-07
ISSN 0731-3527
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