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Password for Recording: bf_early_experimenters About the Webinar In May 2011, the Library of Congress officially launched a new modeling initiative, Bibliographic Framework Initiative, as a linked data alternative to MARC. The Library then announced in November 2012 the proposed model, called BIBFRAME. Since then, the library world is moving from mainly theorizing about the BIBFRAME model to attempts to implement practical experimentation and testing. This experimentation is iterative, and continues to shape the model so that it’s stable enough and broadly acceptable enough for adoption. In this webinar, several institutions will share their progress in experimenting with BIBFRAME within their library system. They will discuss the existing, developing, and planned projects happening at their institutions. Challenges and opportunities in exploring and implementing BIBFRAME in their institutions will be discussed as well. Agenda Introduction Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO Experimental Mode: The National Library of Medicine and experiences with BIBFRAME Nancy Fallgren, Metadata Specialist Librarian, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) To date, the work the National Library of Medicine (NLM) has undertaken is realm of enhancing understanding of the BIBFRAME model as produced by the Library of Congress and Zepheira and, more recently, trying to change those models. At NLM, tasks are focused on developing a workable, broadly acceptable BIBFFRAME model in an experimental mode -- not a production mode -- so that community buy-in and tool development can begin in earnest. NLM is are planning to do more practical experimentation, including generating new BIBFRAME data with tools developed by others by Spring 2015; however, any data produced is not likely to be stable or useful beyond providing sample data to support NLM's idea of what the BIBFFRAME model should be/how it should work. Nancy Fallgren is currently a Metadata Specialist Librarian in the Cataloging Section of the National Library of Medicine and member of the BIBFRAME Early Experimenters Group. She is also fortunate to have been a consultant to the Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control. Nancy received her MLS from the University of Maryland in 2006, following many years as a para-professional cataloger in her local public library system. In addition to working at NLM, Nancy held professional positions first as a Cataloger and then a Metadata Librarian at The Sheridan Libraries of Johns Hopkins University, and, as a Graduate Assistant at McKeldin Library, was involved in e-resource licensing for the University System of Maryland. * * * * * * * * Exploring BIBFRAME at a Small Academic Library Jeremy Nelson, Metadata and Systems Librarian, Colorado College This presentation traces the development path taken by the Tutt Library at Colorado College as its explores how BIBFRAME and other Linked-data vocabularies can be used in library systems to improve operations and provide superior access and discoverability of the library's collections. Starting with early experiments modeling bibliographic entities using Google App Engine & Solr, the library moved to using Redis as a bibliographic store for FRBR and BIBFRAME entities. Limitations with Redis lead to further experimental systems with MongoDB and Solr, leading eventually to using Fedora 4 as a Linked Data Platform supported by Elastic Search, Fuseki, and Redis that is being actively developed in the upcoming BIBFRAME Catalog for the Library of Congress. The future plans for the Tutt Library is to use the BIBFRAME Catalog a foundation for a new integrated library catalog and website. Jeremy Nelson is the Metadata and Systems Librarian at Colorado College, a four-year private liberal arts college in Colorado Springs. In addition to working 8 hours a week on the library's research help desk, providing information literacy instruction to undergraduates, and supervising the library's systems and cataloging departments, Nelson is actively researching and developing various components and open-source tools in the Catalog Pull Platform for use by Colorado College, the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries Consortium, and the Library of Congress. Nelson's previous library experience includes jobs at Western State Colorado University and the University of Utah. Prior to becoming a librarian, Nelson worked as programmer and project manager at various software companies and financial services institutions. His undergraduate degree is from Knox College and his Master of Science in Library and Information Science is from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. * * * * * * * * Working with BIBFRAME for discovery and production: Linked data for Libraries/Linked Data for Production Nancy Lorimer, Head, Metadata Dept, Stanford University Libraries This presentation will describe and provide updates on two collaborative and related linked open data projects Stanford is participating in—Linked Data for Libraries and Linked Data for Production. Both projects make use of BIBFRAME to explore and use linked data in the library environment. Linked Data for Libraries (LD4L) is a collaborative project of Stanford, Cornell, and Harvard to create a semantic information store model of scholarly resources. The goal is to bring together three large pools of data—bibliographic data (transformed from MARC to BIBFRAME); person data; and various types of usage data—and link them together through an open source ontology and engineering framework, to capture the intellectual value that librarians and other domain experts and scholars add to information resources. Active since January 2014, the project is in its second year of a two year grant. Linked Data for Production (LD4Prod) is a natural outgrowth of LD4L. The primary goal of this collaboration between 5 academic libraries (Stanford, Cornell, Columbia, Harvard, Princeton) and the Library of Congress is to actively explore metadata creation in the linked data environment using BIBFRAME, and integrating it into our technical services workflows. To that end, we will be defining specifications for tool development and infrastructure, exploring how cataloging rules mesh with BIBFRAME, and creating profiles for various subject domains. Nancy Lorimer has recently become Interim Head of the Metadata Department at Stanford University. Formerly Head of Music Technical Services, she has represented music in the Stanford Metadata Bibframe group, working with her colleagues to test and discuss Bibframe tools and issues within the greater world of linked data, and now leads the group’s discussions. On the more traditional side, Nancy is Chair of the Music Library Association Genre/Form task force, coordinator for the SACO Music Funnel, and has participated in PCC & MLA task forces related to RDA implementation and standards. A former Chair of MLA’s Bibliographic Control Committee, she is also a member of the RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee and represents Music on the Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials RDA committee.

1) Prospects for enhancing discovery of Voyager records for materials in non-Roman alphabets by adding available vernacular data in key fields Until recently, it was practice in LTS to routinely strip vernacular from MARC records before loading into Voyager, except for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean language material. That policy has changed, but there are still large numbers of Voyager records for items in non-Roman alphabets that have no vernacular data. How prevalent are non-Roman alphabets other than CJK in Cornell's Voyager records? If we wanted to retrospectively enhance existing records by adding parallel MARC fields in vernacular, would WorldCat provide a good source for such data and if so, for which alphabets? Is the available vernacular in WorldCat from trustworthy cataloging sources? 2) Evaluation of the process for improving class-on-receipt and minimal level records in Voyager LTS has established procedures for periodically comparing our less than full cataloging level records against WorldCat records for potential upgrades by pulling in missing fields, especially subject headings. Historically, which records have been getting (or not getting) upgrades in WorldCat, and do they have identifiable characteristics? Does the encoding level provide a reliable indicator of which records have been upgraded? What upgrades are available and which institutions have been responsible for the upgrades? Are any changes in cataloging or batch processing procedures indicated? Rich will also discuss use of WorldCat web service APIs in support of these investigations.

Password for recording: ORCID_ISNI_VIAF About the Webinar In the world of authority control, it is a bit of an alphabet soup of acronyms. ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID), which is a system to uniquely identify scientific and other academic authors; ISNI (International Standard Name Identifier), which identifies the public identities of contributors to media content such as books, television programs, and newspaper articles; and VIAF (Virtual International Authority File) a system that combines multiple name authority files into a single authority service, hosted by OCLC, all have their place when discussing identifiers for authority control. Identity issues and disambiguating authors, researchers, other content creators, and their institutional affiliations are crucial as we move into a world of linked data. In this webinar, presenters will cover the implications and differences between ORCID, ISNI, and VIAF, what is the proper use of each, and some of the benefits that come with using authority files and making that information available on the Web. Agenda Introduction Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO ORCID identifiers in research workflows Simeon Warner, Director of Repository Development, Cornell University Library ISNI: How It Works And What It Does Laura Dawson, Product Manager, ProQuest VIAF and its Relationships with Other Files Thomas Hickey, Chief Scientist, OCLC

This forum addressed the application of embedded metadata in visual and audio resources. Our speakers discussed the definition, role, and creation of embedded metadata in addition to offering thoughts on its merits and demonstrating tools for import and export. Speakers: Mira Basara – The Role of Embedded Metadata in Visual Resources This presentation will talk about what embedded metadata is, how to create it, and why it matters. There will also be a presentation of one of the tools used to import-export embedded metadata for images. Bill McQuay – Embedded Metadata for Audio: Standards, Structure and Tools The development of standards for the embedding of metadata in audio is an ongoing effort involving professional organizations, equipment manufacturers and preservationists. We will look at some of the proposed standards and the tools that have been developed for their implementation.