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Cataloging in digital age Li Sun Asian Languages Cataloger Metadata Librarian Cataloging and Metadata Services Rutgers University Libraries CEAL Annual Conference, March 25, 2009, Chicago

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Page 1: Cataloging in digital age Li Sun Asian Languages Cataloger Metadata Librarian Cataloging and Metadata Services Rutgers University Libraries CEAL Annual

Cataloging in digital age

Li SunAsian Languages Cataloger

Metadata LibrarianCataloging and Metadata Services

Rutgers University Libraries

CEAL Annual Conference, March 25, 2009, Chicago

Page 2: Cataloging in digital age Li Sun Asian Languages Cataloger Metadata Librarian Cataloging and Metadata Services Rutgers University Libraries CEAL Annual

Digital initiatives are everywhere

• Changes in library users’ behavior

– Increasing reliance on digital resources (e.g., article databases, e-

journals, etc.)

– Decreasing usage of library physical collection (e.g., library visitor and

circulation numbers)

– Preference on virtual reference through live-chat, email, etc.

– Utilizing digital libraries and repositories

• Changes in library services

– Purpose (1): to respond to users’ needs

– Purpose (2): to lead changes

– Coverage: in almost everywhere in library services, for example, in

cataloging, collection development, reference, etc.

– Consequences: more on digital

Page 3: Cataloging in digital age Li Sun Asian Languages Cataloger Metadata Librarian Cataloging and Metadata Services Rutgers University Libraries CEAL Annual

Digitization projects 99%

Institutional repositories 36%

Web content management 28%

Datasets 23%

Subject-based repositories 18%(Jin Ma, Metadata in ARL Libraries, ALA Midwinter Presentation 2009, Denver)

Other popular digital initiatives

Metadata registries

Digital media resources

EAD finding aids

E-books and e-journals

Electronic theses and dissertations

Other

Digital initiatives in libraries

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Major types of digital resources

(Jin Ma, Metadata in ARL Libraries, ALA Midwinter Presentation 2009, Denver)

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Libraries’ responses to digital trends

• Increasing involvement in cataloging metadata by catalogers

– 66% librarians believed that catalogers created both MARC and

non-MARC metadata

– 79% librarians believed that creating non-MARC metadata has

been part of their routine jobAyers, Leighann, et al., What We’ve Learned from the RLG Partners Metadata Creation Workflows Survey, OCLC

Research Report (January 2009)

• Resulting in the change of job titles

– Position titles

– Department names

– Changed responsibilities

Page 6: Cataloging in digital age Li Sun Asian Languages Cataloger Metadata Librarian Cataloging and Metadata Services Rutgers University Libraries CEAL Annual

Challenges in digital shifts in cataloging

• Organizational Structure

– Library infrastructure

– Traditional vs. non-traditional work

• Personal attitude

– Old generations of catalogers

• Knowledge, skills, and training

• Team work

– Collaborations with other library teams

– Collaborations with external organizations

• Applications

– Lack of universal platforms (like OCLC for traditional cataloging)

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Introduction to OpenWMS (Workflow Management System)

• We need a good application that can handle digital cataloging

• Current existing applications are mostly locally developed

• This Rutgers product is unique for its extended functionality for

digital cataloging with

– metadata creation and management tool

– a complete metadata creation system for analog and

digital materials

– Unicode compliant

– full METS support

– exporting digital object in METS/XML Wrapper

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More on OpenWMS (Workflow Management System)

– Web accessibility

– Platform independent

– Can be either standalone application or integrated with

other systems or repositories

– Mapping and batch-loading metadata and digital files from

standard and in-house formats

– Ability to customize and add vocabularies to data elements

– Grant based project

– Open source for free download and easy customization

https://lefty64.scc-net.rutgers.edu/openwms/test/dwms_aa/aa/index.php?client_portal=

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The look of OpenWMS

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Rutgers Repository Workflow

repository

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OpenWMS Function: administration

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OpenWMS Function: utility configuration

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OpenWMS Function: set up templates

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OpenWMS Function: metadata creation and file handling

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OpenWMS Function: Vocabularies control

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OpenWMS Function: mapping and batch-loading

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OpenWMS Function: Structure map

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OpenWMS Function: ingest metadata/digital files to repository or edit metadata in repository

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A final product of image

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Demonstration of a digital East Asian Collection

http://lefty64.scc-net.rutgers.edu/rucore/search/index.php?PProfile=DLR

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Thank you

Here is more information about OpenWMS

http://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/open/projects/openwms/index.php