[Yulcat-l] FW: RLG Partnership Weekly Updates: Friday, 6 November 2009

Fri Nov 6 14:37:39 EST 2009

From: RLG Announcements to Partners [mailto:RLG-ANNOUNCE-L at OCLC.ORG] On Behalf Of RLG
Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 1:59 PM
To: RLG-ANNOUNCE-L at OCLC.ORG
Subject: RLG Partnership Weekly Updates: Friday, 6 November 2009

Dear Colleagues,

This week's update contains:

·         An invitation to attend the OCLC Research Distinguished Seminar Series presentation, "Memento: Time Travel for the Web," with Herbert Van de Sompel on 19 November

·         Details about Günter Waibel's participation in the MCN 2009 Annual Conference, 12-13 November in Portland, Oregon

 *   Confirmation that the OCLC Research Survey of Special Collections and Archives in Academic and Research Libraries is now live

·         Notice that the deadline for final draft EAC schema comments has been extended to 15 November, plus links to our EAC-CPF webinar recordings
Best regards,
Melissa
Melissa Renspie
Senior Communications Officer
melissa_renspie at oclc.org
<mailto:melissa_renspie at oclc.org>
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Register to Attend the OCLC Research Distinguished Seminar Series presentation, "Memento: Time Travel for the Web," with Herbert Van de Sompel on 19 November

This OCLC Research Distinguished Seminar Series presentation is free and open to the public. You are invited to attend in person or remotely via WebEx.  The event begins with a coffee and pastry reception at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). Herbert's presentation starts at 9:00 a.m. and is followed by a question and answer session at 10:00 a.m. EST.

·         Full details are available online<http://www.oclc.org/research/dss/van_de_sompel.htm>.

·         Register<https://oclc.webex.com/oclc/j.php?ED=128216727&RG=1&UID=0> to attend online via WebEx.

·         To register to attend in person, contact Karen Disbrow at disbrowk at oclc.org<mailto:disbrowk at oclc.org> or (614) 764-6073.

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Günter Waibel to Participate in MCN 2009 Annual Conference, 12-13 November in Portland, Oregon

Program Officer Günter Waibel<http://www.oclc.org/research/people/waibel.htm> will participate in the MCN 2009 Annual Conference<https://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp> next Thursday and Friday, 12-13 November in Portland, Oregon. The Museum Computer Network (MCN) Annual meeting is one of the premier events for information professional from the museum community and beyond to discuss technologies for the digital museum.

Günter will participate in the Museum Data Exchange panel on Thursday from 1:30-3:00 p.m., which will be webcast. He will also moderate the Libraries, Archives, and Museums: From Collaboration to Convergence panel on Friday from 11:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Descriptions for these panels are available on the MCN 2009 Conference Web site under Thursday<http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=2524> and Friday<http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=2526>, respectively. Details for connecting to the webcast will be available online<http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=2625> 11 November.

In addition, Günter will rotate off of the MCN board at the conference after serving two terms over the past six years.

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OCLC Research Survey of Special Collections and Archives in Academic and Research Libraries Now Live

Invitations to participate in our OCLC Research survey of special collections and archives were sent yesterday to all RLG Partner representatives in the U.S. and Canada. The directors of libraries in ARL, the Canadian Association of Research Libraries, the Independent Research Libraries Association, and the Oberlin Group of liberal arts colleges also received invitations.

The survey instrument<http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/hiddencollections/survey.pdf> (pdf) is available on the OCLC Research Survey on Special Collections and Archives<http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/hiddencollections/default.htm> activity page. Please note that responses must be submitted via the email link sent to each library director.

This project updates and expands the survey administered by ARL in 1998, which catalyzed the special collections community and led directly to numerous high-profile initiatives to "expose hidden collections." Since then, recognition of the distinction that unique special collections bring to our institutions has become widespread.

New data is necessary in order to gauge progress within the ARL community and to create baseline data for a broader array of research libraries and archives, including the members of the RLG Partnership.  The resulting data about the North American inventory of "hidden collections" will enable both the five participating consortia and individual institutions to characterize the relative state of their collections, policies and capabilities, and to then determine appropriate actions to further expose their collections and more effectively deliver them to researchers.

Broad participation will enable each participating organization to learn about the extent of its aggregate collections, the access they provide, the nature of the user base, the status of adoption of new technologies and more.  The data will effectively support decision-making for strategic priorities and collaborative projects. Individual libraries will be able to place themselves in the context of relative norms across the community.  We will learn answers to questions such as:

·         How widespread is the implementation of new technologies in user services?

·         Are the latest approaches to archival management being widely adopted?

·         In which of the core competencies recommended by professional societies do staff need more education and training?

·         What is the current role of special collections in digital library development?

·         How much progress has been made in preservation and management of born-digital archival records?

·         How diverse is the staff of special collections libraries?

OCLC Research will publish results of the survey in mid-2010. This project is one element of our Mobilizing Unique Materials<http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/mum.htm> research activity.

Contact Jackie Dooley<mailto:dooleyj at oclc.org> with questions or comments.

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Deadline for Final Draft EAC Schema Comments Extended to 15 November; EAC-CPF Webinar Recordings Available
EAC-CPF (EAC for short) is a communications structure (XML schema) for archival contextual information. EAC records are akin to traditional MARC authority records, while also enabling inclusion of much greater contextual information, such as biographical information about people and administrative history of governmental and private organizations. EAC records would complement and be linked to EAD (Encoded Archival Description) descriptions of particular archival collections. Imagine EAC records as a new data source about entities that produce archival and manuscripts materials. In addition, they can provide meaningful links to related access points in many domains.  EAC's capabilities enable important steps toward an archival component of the Semantic Web. Learn more<http://eac.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/> about EAC, the EAC schema and the tag library.  If you haven't already done so, please review the final draft EAC schema<http://eac.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/eac-cpf-schema.html> and provide comments by 15 November 2009.
To provide additional information on EAC-CPF, OCLC Research, the RLG Partnership and the EAC Working Group recently held two EAC-CPF webinars in which archivists, authorities librarians, system developers and linked-data geeks discussed the draft EAC-CPF standard (Encoded Archival Context-Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families). In these webinars, Katherine Wisser, chair of the international EAC Working Group, introduced the EAC-CPF standard and then took questions from participants. Basil Dewhurst, Manager of Resource Discovery Services at the National Library of Australia and member of the EAC Working Group, also participated in the discussion during the 3 November webinar. Daniel Pitti, chief architect of the EAC schema, participated in the discussion of the 8 October webinar.
Links to the streaming EAC-CPF webinar recordings are available here:

·         3 November webinar<https://oclc.webex.com/oclc/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=MC&rID=36175052&rKey=e821279d60a30404> with Katherine Wisser and Basil Dewhurst

·         8 October webinar<https://oclc.webex.com/oclc/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=MC&rID=35664247&rKey=0b370096263c8c75> with Katherine Wisser and Daniel Pitti

Please note these are only temporary links. We will notify you when the persistent recordings are available on our Web site.

Contact Jennifer Schaffner<mailto:jennifer_schaffner at oclc.org> with questions or comments.

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