Tag Archives: Classification

VALA2008 Session 12 Dellit

VALA Peer Reviewed PaperCollecting the best data: improving cataloguing systems

VALA 2008 CONCURRENT SESSION 12: ILMS
Thursday 7 February 2008 11:55 – 12:30
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2008-proceedings/vala2008-session-12-dellit

Alison Dellit

Metadata Librarian, National Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au

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VALA2008 Session 12 Dellit Paper 112.21 KB
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Abstract

As libraries come to grips with enormous changes in information-seeking behaviour, many institutions are seeking to build “new generation” catalogues, which make resource discovery simple and fun. To fully take advantage of these changes, libraries also need to re-think what data we should be recording about our collections; and how we are recording it. The National Library of Australia is developing a new tool to streamline the process of selecting a correct subject heading. In the future, an even more radical approach to subject analysis and classification may be required to efficiently catalogue the increasing amount of born-digital information.

VALA2006 Session 10 Meitar

VALA2006 Questions of terminology and classification in digitising a Jewish Culture Heritage Collection

VALA 2006 CONCURRENT SESSION 10: Resource Capture and Access
Thursday 9 February 2006, 14:00 – 14:30
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2006-proceedings/vala2006-session-10-meitar

VALA Peer Reviewed PaperAnat Meitar

Collections Assistant, Jewish Museum of Australia
http://www.jewishmuseum.com.au

Susan Faine

Curator, Collections, Jewish Museum of Australia
http://www.jewishmuseum.com.au

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VALA2006 Session 10 Meitar Paper 81.17 KB
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Abstract

In working toward a comprehensive computerised database of its collection, the Jewish Museum of Australia has been redefining its terminology and classification systems. These definitions have played a central part in determining inner relationships between collection items in an electronic environment, and thereby support the museum and the wide diverse range of communities searching the collection. Facilitating the multilingual requirements of the cultural collection is of high importance. This paper proposes to establish an online thesaurus for the international Jewish museums communities, in which they could name and identify their object’s terminology.

 

VALA2006 Session 9 Kiorgaard

VALA2006 A rose by any other name?: from AACR2 to Resource Description and Access

VALA 2006 CONCURRENT SESSION 9: Metadata
Thursday 9 February 2006, 14:35 – 15:05
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2006-proceedings/vala2006-session-9-kiorgaard

VALA Peer Reviewed PaperDeidre Kiorgaard

Director, Bibliographic Standards, National Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au

Ebe Kartus

Coordinator, Metadata, The University of Melbourne
http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au

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Abstract

Resource Description and Access (RDA) is a new standard for description and access, designed for the digital world. The paper charts the drivers that are shaping RDA’s development. It explains why simply revising AACR2 is no longer an option. It discusses the relationship between RDA and other international standards developments, such as IFLA’s draft statement of International Cataloguing Principles; the influence of models such as FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) and FRAR (Functional Requirements for Authority records). The timeline for the publication of RDA is outlined, and information given on how you can influence the development of RDA.