Re: [CODE4LIB] LCSH and Linked Data

On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 7:40 AM, Simon Spero wrote: The main study on this subject was the Michigan study performed/led by Karen Markey (some reports were written as Karen M. Drabenstott.  The final report of the project is available at http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/57992 .  T

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Re: [CODE4LIB] Why does the MARC to DC crosswalk refuse to use Creator?

I don't actually know why, but I can imagine a plausible answer: the MARC record does not distinguish between contributors and creators sufficiently well to separate out the x00 fields between them. Either everyone is a creator, or everyone is a contributor, or the main entry (100) is treat

Re: [CODE4LIB] Why does the MARC to DC crosswalk refuse to use Creator?

It looks like it's using Contributor instead. So I'm guessing the sticking point is that it's hard to figure out what Contributors are primary, so it's safer to just punt and put them all in Contributor instead. -Esme -- Esme Cowles "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the

[CODE4LIB] Why does the MARC to DC crosswalk refuse to use Creator?

I am mystified by the discovery that the MARC to DC Crosswalk does not map *any* MARC tag to the DC Creator element! http://www.loc.gov/marc/marc2dc.html Does anyone know the reasoning behind this strange decision? -- Luciano Ramalho programador repentista || stand-up programmer Twitter: @lucia

Re: [CODE4LIB] LCSH and Linked Data [cataloging]

Oh jeez, I'm not sure I'd suggest AutoCat. Even I can't bear that. But the RDA-L list has a fair amount of discussion that still dusts off the traditional issues and tries to figure out what sill matters. Diane Hillmann On Apr 17, 2011, at 10:58 AM, Bill Dueber wrote: OK, so I've been tr

Re: [CODE4LIB] LCSH and Linked Data

For FAST, see Chan and O'Neill (2010). There are large parts of FAST where the editors wisely opted to punt on the more intractable parts. Simon Chan, Lois Mai and O'Neill, Ed (2010). FAST, Faceted Application of Subject Terminology: Principles and Application. Libraries Unlimited. ISBN: 978159

[CODE4LIB] Fwd: Programme: Classification and Ontology, 19-20 , September, The Hague

Of possible interest... ranti. -- Forwarded message -- From: Aida Slavic Date: Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 10:58 AM Subject: [oss4lib-discuss] Programme: Classification and Ontology, 19-20 , September, The Hague To: oss4lib-disc...@lists.sourceforge.net *** CONFERENCE PROGRAMME ANNOU

Re: [CODE4LIB] LCSH and Linked Data

On 4/17/2011 10:58 AM, Bill Dueber wrote: At the same time, I'm finding it hard to determine if we're converging on "when trying to turn LCSH into reasonable facets, here's what you need to do" or "when trying to turn LCSH into reasonable facets, you've haven't got a freakin' prayer". Can someon

[CODE4LIB] Fwd: [dm-l] Postdoctoral Fellowship at MARGOT, University of Waterloo

-- Forwarded message -- From: Christine McWebb Date: Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 7:36 AM Subject: [dm-l] Postdoctoral Fellowship at MARGOT, University of Waterloo To: d...@uleth.ca University of Waterloo – Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Digital Humanities With apologies for cross-

Re: [CODE4LIB] LCSH and Linked Data [cataloging]

On Apr 17, 2011, at 10:58 AM, Bill Dueber wrote: > OK, so I've been trying to follow all of this, and have to say, I'm finding > it all very interesting. I want to give a special shout-out to the cataloger > who have joined in; I (and, I think, much of code4lib) need this kind of > input on a much