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Germany on Track for International Standards: RDA

This seminar highlights the importance of international standards in libraries for reliable information retrieval. It discusses the need for collaboration and the role of libraries in setting up a worldwide web of bibliographic information. Topics include the transition to international standards, the adoption of MARC 21, critical review and annotations to RDA, and future prospects for libraries in the digital age.

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Germany on Track for International Standards: RDA

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  1. 1 Renate Gömpel Germany on Track for International Standards:RDA

  2. 2 Deutsche NationalbibliothekGerman National Library | EURIG-JSC Seminar on RDA, Copenhagen, August 8, 2010

  3. 3 German LibraryNetworks Bavarian State Library Berlin State Library Austrian Library Network (ONB) Swiss National Library German Research Foundation Public Libraries ekz, services for libraries Kultusminister-konferenz German National Library Cooperative library standardization Committee for Library Standards Office for Library Standards | EURIG-JSC Seminar on RDA, Copenhagen, August 8, 2010

  4. 4 Organisational structure | EURIG-JSC Seminar on RDA, Copenhagen, August 8, 2010

  5. 5 Why international? Globalisation of information is indispensable | EURIG-JSC Seminar on RDA, Copenhagen, August 8, 2010

  6. 6 Many changes • Rapid information & communications technology and media development • Web environment worldwide • New web technologies, upcoming Semantic web • User behavior • New role for libraries • Need to reduce costs | EURIG-JSC Seminar on RDA, Copenhagen, August 8, 2010

  7. 7 Our motivation Identification, selection and contextualization of objects are more than ever essential for the future of information retrieval - and of indexing Libraries have to take up their task to set up a world wide web of reliable (bibliographic) information Weaving a world wide web needs world wide collaboration based on international standards | EURIG-JSC Seminar on RDA, Copenhagen, August 8, 2010

  8. 8 Standards in Germany and Austria • Paris Principles (1961) • ISBD (1974) • RAK (1977), RSWK (1986) • GKD (1980), SWD (1988), PND (1995) • MAB (1976) | EURIG-JSC Seminar on RDA, Copenhagen, August 8, 2010

  9. 9 From national to international standards • FRBR, FRAD • Intern. Cataloguing Principles • RDA in German • GND VIAF • MARC 21 • RAK • GKD, PND, SWD • MAB | EURIG-JSC Seminar on RDA, Copenhagen, August 8, 2010

  10. 10 Towards international standards – beyond MARC 21 and RDA • Research into FRBR and FRAD • Participation in the VIAF project • Contribution to IME-ICC kick-off and participation in the development • Research into metadata standards • Research into Semantic web standards • Research into URIs and persistent identifiers | EURIG-JSC Seminar on RDA, Copenhagen, August 8, 2010

  11. 11 Move to MARC 21 • MARC 21 as the unique exchange format • Project (Mapping, Translation) • Adaptation for German needs (local fields) • MARBI | EURIG-JSC Seminar on RDA, Copenhagen, August 8, 2010

  12. 12 AACR2/RDA • Harmonisation of entities • Critical review of drafts • Comments to drafts | EURIG-JSC Seminar on RDA, Copenhagen, August 8, 2010

  13. 13 German annotations to RDA: selected comments • RDA as an international code • Language-independent codes where appropriate • No country-specific rules in the international code • Suitability for machine-processing • Rules for bibliographic description must enable to share data from the supply chain or from other data providers • Suitability for information retrieval • No rules on case-by-case basis • Authority data / controlled forms for access points | EURIG-JSC Seminar on RDA, Copenhagen, August 8, 2010

  14. 14 German annotations to RDA: selected comments • Web suitability • URIs to identify and link entities and relationships and provide access to resources • Compatibility with other international standards • ISBD as a core element set standard • Alignment to and between FRBR, FRAD, Statement of ICP • Alignment to and between MARC 21 and Semantic web standards | EURIG-JSC Seminar on RDA, Copenhagen, August 8, 2010

  15. 15 What have we done so far? • Translation of RDA prospectus • Roundtable with then-chair of JSC Deirdre Kiorgaard • Presentations of international speakers and the chairs of JSC at the German annual conferences • Information sessions for library networks in Germany • Set-up of a project within the German National Library | EURIG-JSC Seminar on RDA, Copenhagen, August 8, 2010

  16. 16 DNB‘s RDA project • Data analysis • Translation of RDA • Application rules • Registry • Tests • Training • Implementation • Public relations | EURIG-JSC Seminar on RDA, Copenhagen, August 8, 2010

  17. 17 Open tasks • Decision to implement RDA • Translation of RDA • Working out application rules • international application rules • German application rules • Implementation of German application rules • Training materials • Education and training of catalogers and other library staff | EURIG-JSC Seminar on RDA, Copenhagen, August 8, 2010

  18. 18 What do we need for the future? • Less details to catalogue but the right ones • Increase the visibility of libraries on the web • Find out what the users need that Google is not able to offer • Enhance the autority data and offer them on the web ranking high in Google search results | EURIG-JSC Seminar on RDA, Copenhagen, August 8, 2010

  19. 19 Thank you! r.goempel@d-nb.de | EURIG-JSC Seminar on RDA, Copenhagen, August 8, 2010

  20. 20 Sources Slide 5http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:BlankMap-World-noborders.pngSlide 9http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Globe.png | EURIG-JSC Seminar on RDA, Copenhagen, August 8, 2010

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