Academic Libraries
BIBFRAME Primer (Survey)
Hello metadata/cataloging friends,
I am gathering observations and technical information at a larger scale on BIBFRAME with this survey – which is intended to see where folks and institutions are with BIBFRAME, its implementation in Sinopia, how departments are getting trained, and like questions. In fact, this will become, I hope, the beginning of a broader education and research project.
I am titling this project: ‘BIBFRAME Metadata Production : A Primer’
And is being funded, in small part, by a grant by AALL (American Association for Law Libraries) – which covers the acquisition of a few resources.
The Survey is 10 (ten) questions, most will be relevant, in some way, to each metadata/cataloging department in libraries doing any significant metadata production in their respective institutions. Feel free to write as much for each question as is needed to answer it.
Link to survey here.
Large Libraries Provide Reading Potential
Just a quick note – now that I have changed cities and jobs…
‘Tis so good to have access to such a large academic library collection – my reading is not met with any significant limits. Yes, I know, not every library has every book by every author. Not even Library of Congress has EVERY book (and they have the largest collection in the world).
I have found some obscure theological works, books on physics and time, international literature, as well as some of the best apologetic books in history. If by chance, something is not available in the collection, I make use of the fabulous ILL department (which, by the way, is one of the busiest in the United States).
I guess then I will keep reading.
