[Yulcat-l] FW: [BIBFRAME] BIBFRAME model document announcement

[Arakawa, Steven]

As a follow-up, Patricia has forwarded some additional news regarding testing of the model, as posted on the BIBFRAME list.

Steven Arakawa
Catalog Librarian for Training & Documentation
Catalog & Metadata Services, SML, Yale University
P.O. Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520-8240
(203)432-8286 steven.arakawa at yale.edu

From: Thurston, Patricia
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 9:56 AM
To: Arakawa, Steven
Subject: FW: [BIBFRAME] BIBFRAME model document announcement

Hi Steven,

I hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving holiday. The weather was so nice that day.

I’m catching up, and thinking you’ve probably seen this message, but thought I’d touch base with you anyway. I think I can make it to the update session at ALA Midwinter. I’ll put it on my calendar.

All the best,
Patricia

From: Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative Forum [mailto:BIBFRAME at LISTSERV.LOC.GOV] On Behalf Of Sally McCallum
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 4:19 PM
To: BIBFRAME at LISTSERV.LOC.GOV
Subject: [BIBFRAME] BIBFRAME model document announcement


The Library of Congress is pleased to report that we have reached two important milestones with respect to our Bibliographic Framework Initiative:  the introduction of a draft data model for web-based bibliographic description and a first meeting of a small group of early experimenters currently exploring the feasibility of the proposed model.  The new model is simply called BIBFRAME, short for Bibliographic Framework.

The model document is a high-level view of the BIBFRAME model - a primer.  Although the model is a draft and expected to change, we want to share it now with the community not only so that you are informed of progress being made but also to engender conversation and constructive feedback.   The URL for the document  Bibliographic Framework as a Web of Data: Linked Data Model and Supporting Services is:  http://www.loc.gov/marc/transition/pdf/marcld-report-11-21-2012.pdf

As the document states in its introduction, much remains to be done, but it is important to remember that this model, like MARC, must be able to accommodate any number of content models and specific implementations of the broader information community, but still enable data exchange between libraries.

Our second milestone was partnering with six organizations to join us in testing and experimenting with this new model.  We call these organizations the Early Experimenters and they are:  British Library, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, George Washington University, National Library of Medicine, OCLC, and Princeton University -- and of course LC.   We met in Washington, DC for two days in October and since then we have all be investigating how past and future data might fit into the model.  After a follow-up meeting in December, they have agreed to share the experience and results with the wider community with the expectation it will stimulate broader explorations.  The Library of Congress will be doing the same, on both counts.

To that end we are again planning an update session at ALA in Seattle.  It will be on Sunday, January 27, 2013 (10:30-12:00, in the Conference Center of the Washington Convention Center, Room 304).

Sally McCallum
Beacher Wiggins

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