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“eXtensible” Cataloging: Opportunities presented by the eXtensible Catalog (XC) Project. Jennifer Bowen [email protected] ALA Annual Conference, Anaheim, 2008. Some of my recent past lives…. Specialist cataloger (Music) Cataloging manager RDA developer. and now…. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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“eXtensible” Cataloging:
Opportunities presented by the eXtensible Catalog (XC) Project
Jennifer Bowen
[email protected] ALA Annual Conference, Anaheim, 2008
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Some of my recent past lives…
• Specialist cataloger (Music)• Cataloging manager• RDA developer
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and now….Software development project leader!
What is the eXtensible Catalog?
• www.eXtensibleCatalog.info • Set of open-source tools • Facilitate resource discovery and
metadata management• Funding from Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation and from XC partner institutions
• Software release: July 2009
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eXtensible Catalog features
• Empower libraries to customize/develop discovery solutions
• Integrate library content into various web environments
• Enable sharing of metadata and software
• Expand the role of libraries
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XC (eXtensible Catalog) Team
• Project team– 13 FTE, including6 developers
• Metadata consultants– Diane Hillmann, Jon Phipps
• XC Partners
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XC will provide…
• Compatibility with ILS, etc. via OAI-PMH
• Out-of the-box user-interface functionality
• Toolsets for customization, web application development, metadata enrichment
• Infrastructure for moving beyond MARC• The “XC Network” of services6
The XC Network
Metadata Hub
ILS
Repository
Repository
XC Metadata Services
Library
Website
Custom
App.Learni
ng Syste
m
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Enabling customization and development
• Empowers libraries• “Lowers the bar” for local development• XC works alongside network-level
applications• Focuses attention upon needs of local
users• Encourages user research
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Custom
App.
Enabling customization and development
• New roles for catalogers/cataloging– Design local applications– Engage in user research
• Challenges: – Keep an open mind– Present options, not objections– Think broadly
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Custom
App.
Integrating library content into web environments
• Bring metadata to the users• New “measures of success” for
metadata standards• Compatibility with web standards
now essential• Existing metadata may not even be
usable
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Learning
System
Integrating library content into web environments
• Challenges for catalogers– Perceived loss of control– Rethink standards development
• What’s needed– Make legacy metadata as usable as
possible
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Learning
System
The XC Network
Metadata Hub
ILS
Repository
Repository
XC Metadata Services
Library
Website
Custom
App.Learni
ng Syste
m
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XC Metadata Services
• Normalization: transform coded metadata so that it can be used/displayed
• Schema transformation: MARC, DC to XC
• FRBRization• Authority control matching
Services
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Sharing metadata
• Share “post-MARC” metadata–MARCXML, with enrichments–XC Schema
• Share user-generated metadata
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Services
Sharing software
• Share metadata enrichment services–Libraries can use an existing XC service
–Libraries can develop and share additional services
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Services
Expanding the role of libraries
• Uncover and address evolving user needs
• Facilitate the goals of the researcher–Writing, Teaching
• Participation in learning management system environments
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Exploring the role of the catalog
• Bring library metadata to users • Custom applications to meet
local needs • Seamless navigation between
applications
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Exploring new roles
for catalogers
• Design and test metadata services
• Manage flow of metadata • System/application design• User research
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More information on the eXtensible Catalog:
www.extensiblecatalog.info
Jennifer [email protected]
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