Defining Usefulness and Facilitating Access Based on Research ApplicationsAllison Jai O'Dell
Presented at the IFLA 2016 World Library and Information Conference, Classification & Indexing Section Satellite Meeting, "Subject Access: Unlimited Opportunities"
ATALM 2013 Connecting Theory and Practice - Indigenous Librarianshipvalariek
ATALM 2013 International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Connecting Theory and Practice: New Insights and Inspired Solutions
My role included organizing and moderating this group presentation with several other SJSU SLIS Circle of Learning scholars (their slides are not included). My portion of the presentation explored the idea of indigenous librarianship and recruiting indigenous people in library and information science programs. Many thanks to Heather Devine for her support and contribution, to Linda Wynne for moderating the discussion group for my topic, and especially to my Circle of Learning colleagues who co-presented with me.
Program Description
Join graduate students from the Circle of Learning program at San Jose State University for a lively discussion about successes and challenges in tribal cultural institutions. Students will offer a fast-paced presentation about topics in tribal archives, libraries, and museums followed by discussion with the audience. This will generate awareness and facilitate collaborative learning between students and professionals who share mutual interests, helping to provide new insights into current issues in the field and inspire solutions or ideas about ongoing issues.
This document discusses how library catalogs provide subject access to works of fiction. It outlines how genre terms from the Guidelines on Subject Access to Individual Works of Fiction, Drama, Etc (GSAFD) are used in MARC records to help patrons find fiction by genre. The GSAFD list of 153 genre terms has been developed into MARC authority records. Libraries use genre headings from GSAFD in the 655 or 690 tags to help patrons identify the kind of fiction they want more easily than subject headings alone.
This document provides guidance on researching strategies and sources for a Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies course. It outlines a four part research process: 1) seeking approval for a topic and doing background research; 2) developing a thesis statement and research questions; 3) finding relevant journals and books; and 4) synthesizing data into a research proposal. It recommends specific databases and reference books for different disciplines. Boolean operators, truncation, and adjacency are defined to help construct effective search strategies. The document also provides tips for finding scholarly articles and materials not available at the university library.
This document provides an overview of the Summon discovery tool for faculty research. It defines Summon as a discovery tool from ProQuest and ExLibris that allows searching across multiple library resources. The document outlines the navigation elements within Summon, such as facets to refine searches, citation and sharing options, and links to secondary services accessible through Summon. It also reviews some basic search techniques like using wildcards and limiting to specific locations.
Defining Usefulness and Facilitating Access Based on Research ApplicationsAllison Jai O'Dell
Presented at the IFLA 2016 World Library and Information Conference, Classification & Indexing Section Satellite Meeting, "Subject Access: Unlimited Opportunities"
ATALM 2013 Connecting Theory and Practice - Indigenous Librarianshipvalariek
ATALM 2013 International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Connecting Theory and Practice: New Insights and Inspired Solutions
My role included organizing and moderating this group presentation with several other SJSU SLIS Circle of Learning scholars (their slides are not included). My portion of the presentation explored the idea of indigenous librarianship and recruiting indigenous people in library and information science programs. Many thanks to Heather Devine for her support and contribution, to Linda Wynne for moderating the discussion group for my topic, and especially to my Circle of Learning colleagues who co-presented with me.
Program Description
Join graduate students from the Circle of Learning program at San Jose State University for a lively discussion about successes and challenges in tribal cultural institutions. Students will offer a fast-paced presentation about topics in tribal archives, libraries, and museums followed by discussion with the audience. This will generate awareness and facilitate collaborative learning between students and professionals who share mutual interests, helping to provide new insights into current issues in the field and inspire solutions or ideas about ongoing issues.
This document discusses how library catalogs provide subject access to works of fiction. It outlines how genre terms from the Guidelines on Subject Access to Individual Works of Fiction, Drama, Etc (GSAFD) are used in MARC records to help patrons find fiction by genre. The GSAFD list of 153 genre terms has been developed into MARC authority records. Libraries use genre headings from GSAFD in the 655 or 690 tags to help patrons identify the kind of fiction they want more easily than subject headings alone.
This document provides guidance on researching strategies and sources for a Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies course. It outlines a four part research process: 1) seeking approval for a topic and doing background research; 2) developing a thesis statement and research questions; 3) finding relevant journals and books; and 4) synthesizing data into a research proposal. It recommends specific databases and reference books for different disciplines. Boolean operators, truncation, and adjacency are defined to help construct effective search strategies. The document also provides tips for finding scholarly articles and materials not available at the university library.
This document provides an overview of the Summon discovery tool for faculty research. It defines Summon as a discovery tool from ProQuest and ExLibris that allows searching across multiple library resources. The document outlines the navigation elements within Summon, such as facets to refine searches, citation and sharing options, and links to secondary services accessible through Summon. It also reviews some basic search techniques like using wildcards and limiting to specific locations.
Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan was an Indian mathematician and librarian who made significant contributions to library science. He developed the Colon Classification system, a faceted classification scheme. The system uses colons to separate facets of a subject like main class, personality, matter, energy, space, and time. Ranganathan also established the Five Laws of Library Science. Though complex, the Colon Classification was highly flexible and influenced other schemes. It remains an important precursor to modern faceted classification systems.
The document outlines a research workshop that will cover search tips, the research process, and resources for research. The workshop learning goals are for students to demonstrate search techniques, critique resources, apply information to their research needs, and leave with at least one relevant resource for their annotated bibliography. The workshop will discuss searching techniques like footnote chasing, databases to search, open web resources, organization tools, and contact information for the librarian leading the workshop.
Cvm library summer research experience presentation 2017Derek Marshall
This document provides guidance on conducting a literature review for summer research. It recommends keeping a working bibliography and finding recent, scholarly articles on the topic. Students should follow citations within articles to locate related, older and landmark studies, and also identify newer articles that have cited a main source. The document reviews databases for searching, such as PubMed and CAB Abstracts, and resources for citing sources and presenting research findings. Maintaining organization and seeking library assistance are emphasized throughout the literature review process.
This document provides guidance on locating scholarly journal articles in databases. It explains that journal articles are peer-reviewed writings that outline research results and are published in scholarly journals. It describes different types of peer review processes and levels of article access, including open access, closed access, and different flavors of open access like gold, green, and black. The document lists databases available on the NCAD library website for finding primary, secondary, and tertiary sources. It provides an example search on the topic of Nan Goldin's photography from a feminist perspective to demonstrate using keywords to search databases and finding full text articles. Contact information is provided for getting help from library staff.
This document provides guidance for an art project where the student needs to find information about three artists using a variety of sources. It recommends starting with trustworthy books and online sources like encyclopedias. It emphasizes the importance of deciding what information is relevant, taking notes, and keeping accurate records of sources used to avoid plagiarism and represent independent research. Proper citation of sources in a bibliography is also discussed.
This document is a resume for Wm. Scott Rode that summarizes his education and experience. He received a Juris Doctor from the University of New Mexico School of Law and has worked as a law clerk for the Department of Workforce Solutions and Citizen Action New Mexico. He also has experience teaching British literature as an assistant professor in Japan and the United States.
This document provides an overview of a library workshop on resources for a BAFS course. It includes:
- An introduction to the library staff and what services they provide.
- An overview of the session which will cover library resources, reading lists, and finding books.
- Instructions on a task to locate references on a worksheet using the library catalog and understand citation formats for different materials like books, book chapters, journal articles, and e-books.
- Information on getting help from librarians and an overview of next week's session on evaluating information and search strategies.
S R Ranganathan's Works in Citation DatabasesAnup Kumar Das
Prentation titled "S R Ranganathan’s Works in Citation Databases" was presented in the Seminar on Philosophy and Teachings of Dr. S R Ranganathan, on 18 February 2016, at NISCAIR, New Delhi, India.
The libraries at Stevens-Henager College's Boise, Nampa, and Idaho Falls locations provide students with access to materials, databases, and librarian support. Materials include over 2,200 book and periodical titles as well as DVDs and VHS tapes. Key databases are ProQuest, SHARC, and LiLI. Designated librarians at each location, such as Rachel Hollis, Heather Lowe, and Kristi Austin, are available to help students access and use the materials and databases.
This document provides an overview of the resources and services available at a public library. It lists print and online books, reference materials, newspapers, magazines, maps, government documents, and audiovisual materials. It also describes research guides, reference assistance from librarians, subject heading books, and catalog search options like POLAR, OhioLINK, and WorldCat. Specific databases are mentioned that provide indexing, abstracts and full text for topics like education, literature, and general reference. Limiting and subject search techniques for the catalogs are also covered.
Academic databases are searchable online collections of academic research sources like journal articles and papers that are organized by subject. They provide access to in-depth, peer-reviewed research from leading academics and allow for detailed searching. Students can access academic databases through their library subject guides which provide a link in the 'Expand your search...' section.
Reg Erhardt Library, SAIT Polytechnic, Advanced Research Skills for Faculty. Come along on a whirlwind tour of the library’s many databases and e-resources, including a review of the advanced search features and tools available to faculty. Google Scholar will also be discussed.
This document discusses different types of lists that can be implemented in HTML. It introduces lists and explains that they are used to create a well-structured document by grouping related information. It describes the two main types of lists as ordered lists, which arrange items in a queue with different numbering formats, and unordered lists, where items are not arranged and use bullet points. The document also provides code examples of how to write ordered and unordered lists in HTML.
This document discusses how to assist different types of genealogy patrons in a library setting. It outlines the challenges posed by beginners, experienced researchers, those new to the collection, and regular patrons. Key advice includes explaining unrealistic expectations, guiding patrons to conduct their own research, recommending manuals and forms, and referring patrons to other useful repositories and resources like Ancestry, HeritageQuest, Cyndi's List and local collections.
This document provides information on why some materials may not be included in WorldCat and strategies for finding resources not listed in catalogs or databases. It discusses that libraries are not obligated to add all materials to WorldCat, such as rental collections or local historical materials. Tools for alternative searching like Google Books, Google Scholar, and government portals are presented. Challenges with locating newspapers, archival materials, and journal articles are addressed, along with interlibrary loan strategies and print/online resources for reference assistance.
The document discusses the transition historians are facing with the explosion of information in non-durable digital formats and issues of reliability, accessibility, and preservation. It outlines the various media formats used historically for information storage from clay tablets to the internet and their characteristics like storage density and stability over time. The document also reviews tools available for locating historical resources, including catalogs, databases, and websites that provide access to primary sources, articles, and other materials.
This document provides resources for conducting social work research, including dictionaries, encyclopedias, reference works, databases, and websites. It recommends starting with general references to define topics and identify keywords. Several specialized social work databases are listed, such as Social Work Abstracts and SocINDEX, which index literature, journals, and other sources. Other relevant databases include PsycINFO, ERIC, and those covering related fields. Authoritative websites for social work information and Maryland agencies are also included.
This document discusses various free and open access tools for research, including periodicals, government information, archival collections, and other resources. It provides examples of open access periodical search tools like Google Scholar and Google Magazines. Examples of free government information resources included the Chronicling America newspaper database, the Virtual Technical Reports Center, and The Government Attic website. The document also discusses approaches for finding archival materials through local archives and ArchiveGrid. Other examples mentioned include the Digital Public Library of America and document collections like American Memory and Documenting the American South. The document discusses categories of open access like gold, green, and hybrid open access models and journals. It provides an overview of why open access is important and defined open
This document provides a select bibliography of genealogy resources for libraries. It lists sources for learning about available genealogy collections, key terms used, starting databases and repositories, directories for local history collections and genealogical societies, and online classes for professional development. The resources are grouped into sections on understanding collections and patron questions, language, initial databases to search, local resources, and opportunities for librarian training.
This document outlines a research workshop that will help students improve their research skills. The workshop will cover search techniques, evaluating resources, applying information to research needs, and leaving with at least one relevant source. Students will learn to start with what they know, ask questions to refine searches, and follow citations ("chase footnotes") to find related articles. The workshop will also discuss researching authors, specific databases, open web resources, organization tools, and contact information for the librarian presenting.
Enriching geo-social media through geographic contextualizationfoostermann
The document discusses using geo-social media as sensors for earth observation with uncalibrated in-situ data. It presents geo-social media as a new source of geo-information that comes from social networks and user-generated content. While offering rich, real-time data, geo-social media also poses challenges due to issues with quality, calibration, and uncertainty. Practical examples on forest fire monitoring show how geographic contextualization can help assess and enrich content from social media. The document outlines open problems and proposes future research directions such as multi-sensory data integration and crowdsourced data validation.
Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan was an Indian mathematician and librarian who made significant contributions to library science. He developed the Colon Classification system, a faceted classification scheme. The system uses colons to separate facets of a subject like main class, personality, matter, energy, space, and time. Ranganathan also established the Five Laws of Library Science. Though complex, the Colon Classification was highly flexible and influenced other schemes. It remains an important precursor to modern faceted classification systems.
The document outlines a research workshop that will cover search tips, the research process, and resources for research. The workshop learning goals are for students to demonstrate search techniques, critique resources, apply information to their research needs, and leave with at least one relevant resource for their annotated bibliography. The workshop will discuss searching techniques like footnote chasing, databases to search, open web resources, organization tools, and contact information for the librarian leading the workshop.
Cvm library summer research experience presentation 2017Derek Marshall
This document provides guidance on conducting a literature review for summer research. It recommends keeping a working bibliography and finding recent, scholarly articles on the topic. Students should follow citations within articles to locate related, older and landmark studies, and also identify newer articles that have cited a main source. The document reviews databases for searching, such as PubMed and CAB Abstracts, and resources for citing sources and presenting research findings. Maintaining organization and seeking library assistance are emphasized throughout the literature review process.
This document provides guidance on locating scholarly journal articles in databases. It explains that journal articles are peer-reviewed writings that outline research results and are published in scholarly journals. It describes different types of peer review processes and levels of article access, including open access, closed access, and different flavors of open access like gold, green, and black. The document lists databases available on the NCAD library website for finding primary, secondary, and tertiary sources. It provides an example search on the topic of Nan Goldin's photography from a feminist perspective to demonstrate using keywords to search databases and finding full text articles. Contact information is provided for getting help from library staff.
This document provides guidance for an art project where the student needs to find information about three artists using a variety of sources. It recommends starting with trustworthy books and online sources like encyclopedias. It emphasizes the importance of deciding what information is relevant, taking notes, and keeping accurate records of sources used to avoid plagiarism and represent independent research. Proper citation of sources in a bibliography is also discussed.
This document is a resume for Wm. Scott Rode that summarizes his education and experience. He received a Juris Doctor from the University of New Mexico School of Law and has worked as a law clerk for the Department of Workforce Solutions and Citizen Action New Mexico. He also has experience teaching British literature as an assistant professor in Japan and the United States.
This document provides an overview of a library workshop on resources for a BAFS course. It includes:
- An introduction to the library staff and what services they provide.
- An overview of the session which will cover library resources, reading lists, and finding books.
- Instructions on a task to locate references on a worksheet using the library catalog and understand citation formats for different materials like books, book chapters, journal articles, and e-books.
- Information on getting help from librarians and an overview of next week's session on evaluating information and search strategies.
S R Ranganathan's Works in Citation DatabasesAnup Kumar Das
Prentation titled "S R Ranganathan’s Works in Citation Databases" was presented in the Seminar on Philosophy and Teachings of Dr. S R Ranganathan, on 18 February 2016, at NISCAIR, New Delhi, India.
The libraries at Stevens-Henager College's Boise, Nampa, and Idaho Falls locations provide students with access to materials, databases, and librarian support. Materials include over 2,200 book and periodical titles as well as DVDs and VHS tapes. Key databases are ProQuest, SHARC, and LiLI. Designated librarians at each location, such as Rachel Hollis, Heather Lowe, and Kristi Austin, are available to help students access and use the materials and databases.
This document provides an overview of the resources and services available at a public library. It lists print and online books, reference materials, newspapers, magazines, maps, government documents, and audiovisual materials. It also describes research guides, reference assistance from librarians, subject heading books, and catalog search options like POLAR, OhioLINK, and WorldCat. Specific databases are mentioned that provide indexing, abstracts and full text for topics like education, literature, and general reference. Limiting and subject search techniques for the catalogs are also covered.
Academic databases are searchable online collections of academic research sources like journal articles and papers that are organized by subject. They provide access to in-depth, peer-reviewed research from leading academics and allow for detailed searching. Students can access academic databases through their library subject guides which provide a link in the 'Expand your search...' section.
Reg Erhardt Library, SAIT Polytechnic, Advanced Research Skills for Faculty. Come along on a whirlwind tour of the library’s many databases and e-resources, including a review of the advanced search features and tools available to faculty. Google Scholar will also be discussed.
This document discusses different types of lists that can be implemented in HTML. It introduces lists and explains that they are used to create a well-structured document by grouping related information. It describes the two main types of lists as ordered lists, which arrange items in a queue with different numbering formats, and unordered lists, where items are not arranged and use bullet points. The document also provides code examples of how to write ordered and unordered lists in HTML.
This document discusses how to assist different types of genealogy patrons in a library setting. It outlines the challenges posed by beginners, experienced researchers, those new to the collection, and regular patrons. Key advice includes explaining unrealistic expectations, guiding patrons to conduct their own research, recommending manuals and forms, and referring patrons to other useful repositories and resources like Ancestry, HeritageQuest, Cyndi's List and local collections.
This document provides information on why some materials may not be included in WorldCat and strategies for finding resources not listed in catalogs or databases. It discusses that libraries are not obligated to add all materials to WorldCat, such as rental collections or local historical materials. Tools for alternative searching like Google Books, Google Scholar, and government portals are presented. Challenges with locating newspapers, archival materials, and journal articles are addressed, along with interlibrary loan strategies and print/online resources for reference assistance.
The document discusses the transition historians are facing with the explosion of information in non-durable digital formats and issues of reliability, accessibility, and preservation. It outlines the various media formats used historically for information storage from clay tablets to the internet and their characteristics like storage density and stability over time. The document also reviews tools available for locating historical resources, including catalogs, databases, and websites that provide access to primary sources, articles, and other materials.
This document provides resources for conducting social work research, including dictionaries, encyclopedias, reference works, databases, and websites. It recommends starting with general references to define topics and identify keywords. Several specialized social work databases are listed, such as Social Work Abstracts and SocINDEX, which index literature, journals, and other sources. Other relevant databases include PsycINFO, ERIC, and those covering related fields. Authoritative websites for social work information and Maryland agencies are also included.
This document discusses various free and open access tools for research, including periodicals, government information, archival collections, and other resources. It provides examples of open access periodical search tools like Google Scholar and Google Magazines. Examples of free government information resources included the Chronicling America newspaper database, the Virtual Technical Reports Center, and The Government Attic website. The document also discusses approaches for finding archival materials through local archives and ArchiveGrid. Other examples mentioned include the Digital Public Library of America and document collections like American Memory and Documenting the American South. The document discusses categories of open access like gold, green, and hybrid open access models and journals. It provides an overview of why open access is important and defined open
This document provides a select bibliography of genealogy resources for libraries. It lists sources for learning about available genealogy collections, key terms used, starting databases and repositories, directories for local history collections and genealogical societies, and online classes for professional development. The resources are grouped into sections on understanding collections and patron questions, language, initial databases to search, local resources, and opportunities for librarian training.
This document outlines a research workshop that will help students improve their research skills. The workshop will cover search techniques, evaluating resources, applying information to research needs, and leaving with at least one relevant source. Students will learn to start with what they know, ask questions to refine searches, and follow citations ("chase footnotes") to find related articles. The workshop will also discuss researching authors, specific databases, open web resources, organization tools, and contact information for the librarian presenting.
Enriching geo-social media through geographic contextualizationfoostermann
The document discusses using geo-social media as sensors for earth observation with uncalibrated in-situ data. It presents geo-social media as a new source of geo-information that comes from social networks and user-generated content. While offering rich, real-time data, geo-social media also poses challenges due to issues with quality, calibration, and uncertainty. Practical examples on forest fire monitoring show how geographic contextualization can help assess and enrich content from social media. The document outlines open problems and proposes future research directions such as multi-sensory data integration and crowdsourced data validation.
This document outlines a study on how people use language when naming images and boards in their personal collections on Pinterest. The study will analyze how names assigned by Pinterest users correspond to established frameworks for image categorization. It is hypothesized that board names will rely more on factual information, while pin names will incorporate more specialized knowledge. Data collection and analysis methods are described to understand this naming behavior and its implications for designing large image collections.
4B_3_Automatically generating keywods for georeferenced imagedGISRUK conference
This document discusses automatically generating geographically relevant keywords to describe image content. It presents a process that takes an image's coordinates and extracts potential visible areas from spatial data. Candidate keywords are generated by mapping visible spatial features to concepts and filtering/ranking them based on spatial extent, descriptiveness, and web search popularity. Initial results found ~40% of generated keywords were good descriptors for test images. Lessons learned include directional accuracy issues and benefits/challenges of using open data sources like OpenStreetMap for urban vs. rural areas. National mapping agencies are essential for supplementing rural coverage. The document acknowledges funding support and contributors to the research.
Smithsonian Libraries Partnering in ResearchSCPilsk
The Smithsonian Institution Libraries partners in research by providing access to collections and expertise to support scientific research. The libraries have extensive collections in natural history, art, history, and other areas. They provide tools and resources to support taxonomic research, including digitizing publications like the Taxonomic Literature reference work to make the information more accessible and connectable through linked open data approaches. The libraries help enable new scholarship through open access to historical materials.
This presentation was provided by Liam Sweeney of THAKA S&R during the NISO event, "Building Diversity in the Workforce," held on Wednesday, November 14, 2018.
Supporting Zine Creation in MakerspacesSisi Medina
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The Future Meets the Past: Developing Collaborative Resource Sharing Workflow...Boston College
The Future of Resource Sharing
Friday, May 17
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Mercer University, Macon, GA
Presented by OCLC and Lyrasis
The world of archives and special collections has traditionally been what those both inside and outside the field would call “isolated.” The description, though commonly apt, is not intentional. Few archivists want anything more than increased access to, and greater use of, their collections. With this in mind, changes in resource sharing and the development of sophisticated tools and prescient systems and practices may offer far more to the archivist than meets the eye.
Toward that end, OCLC and Lyrasis are teaming to bring together resource sharing practitioners, systems and policy developers, archivists and librarians to share information, tackle questions and challenges, and initiate a broader discussion about access, dissemination, and cooperation. They will hold a FREE, one day conference May 17 at Mercer University in Macon.
Topics will include WorldShare (inheritor of Worldcat), metadata for cataloging, systems and tools, institutional repositories, statistics and copyright. Speakers from OCLC, Lyrasis, Atlas Systems, the Digital library of Georgia, among others will lead the discussion. Though initiated by the speakers, the discussion is meant to be as much of an open forum as possible.
Pratt Sils Knowledge Organization Fall 2008PrattSILS
The document discusses how libraries are adopting various Web 2.0 technologies like blogs, wikis, social bookmarking, and open source software to become more user-centered and engage patrons. It provides examples of each technology and how libraries are using them to disseminate information, collaborate, and interact with users in new ways that align with users' needs and behaviors online.
This document discusses librarianship's struggle with identity and purpose. It explores how librarians have long grappled with questions about their role, through examples from 1959 to present day. It also examines how personalization algorithms on the internet create "filter bubbles" that shape individuals' worldviews, and argues that librarians could serve as information curators to address this issue. In conclusion, the document asks colleagues to consider what librarians do and why, as these identity questions remain important.
The document discusses partnerships between the Smithsonian Institution Libraries and other organizations to support taxonomic research. It highlights tools and resources used by taxonomists, such as Index Animalium, Taxonomic Literature 2nd Edition, and digitization efforts to make historical literature more accessible online. Challenges include ensuring metadata and digitized content can be easily discovered. Linked open data principles are presented as a way to connect related resources and provide more context to support scholarship.
Sherborn: Pilsk, Joel Richard & Kalfatovic - Unlocking the Index Animalium: F...ICZN
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This document discusses efforts to digitize and improve access to the Index Animalium, a foundational work in natural history. It describes how the Index Animalium transitioned from paper slips to digital records, and challenges faced around metadata and connecting records to their original sources. The document envisions linking records as open, structured data to create a global digital library of natural history. It highlights several related projects and resources that can help achieve this vision.
This document discusses opportunities and challenges in mitigating bias in library catalogs. It explores how catalogers' lived experiences influence their work and the importance of bringing those experiences into cataloging. The document addresses balancing inclusion with privacy for creators and changing subject headings. Resources on ethics in name authority control and queering library classification systems are provided to engage users in improving catalogs.
The document discusses challenges in cataloging materials for art and design school libraries, noting that current standards focus too much on text and known-item searching rather than supporting visual browsing. It proposes solutions like incorporating diverse media types, using arts-friendly classification systems, and enhancing metadata and subject access through specialized vocabularies in order to better meet the informational needs and behaviors of artistic patrons.
Connecting with Patrons, Highlighting the
Collections, and Learning about the Library: Low
Cost High-Impact Makerspaces in U.S. Art Libraries
This paper will demonstrate the benefits of makerspaces for art
libraries, highlight art libraries where “making” is happening,
and provide practical examples of ways libraries can create high-impact low-cost makerspaces that engage and educate their communities.
Calhoun future of metadata japanese librarians4Karen S Calhoun
Reports on the future of metadata in academic libraries and national research information infrastructures. A shorter version of this presentation was given at a September 8 post-conference of the OCLC Asia Pacific Regional Conference, Sept. 6-6, 2010, at Waseda University.
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An accompaniment to the Programming Historian lesson on "Understanding Regular Expressions," http://programminghistorian.org/lessons/understanding-regular-expressions
Big Metadata: Mining Special Collections Catalogs for New KnowledgeAllison Jai O'Dell
This document discusses mining metadata from library catalogs to gain new insights. It defines metadata as "data about data" and notes that catalog metadata was traditionally stored in card catalogs. It describes how large amounts of semi-structured metadata can be analyzed as "big metadata" using techniques like data mining, topic modeling, visualization and pattern matching. A variety of tools are mentioned that can be used to perform these analyses in order to create discovery experiences and drive new insights from existing metadata. The goal is to leverage metadata already present in catalogs to benefit researchers.
Special Collections, Special Thesauri: Managing and Publishing Local Vocabula...Allison Jai O'Dell
Discusses the management of local vocabularies in special collections libraries. Ideas for publishing local vocabularies as Linked Open Data and building user interfaces.
Research with Primary Sources: Finding Evidence in Special CollectionsAllison Jai O'Dell
This document provides an overview of primary sources and how to analyze them using the Lollie Johnson Papers collection at UTSA Libraries as an example. Primary sources offer first-hand accounts that provide facts and feelings about the past. The Lollie Johnson Papers contain photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other materials documenting Johnson's life as a bartender and club owner in San Antonio's gay community from the 1970s-1990s. Researchers can use these primary sources to learn about social conditions, emotions, and culture by analyzing attributes like date, locality, authorship, and credibility.
Designing Metadata to Meet User Needs for Special CollectionsAllison Jai O'Dell
Users need subject and keyword access, relevance ranking, comprehensive coverage, and awareness of collections. To meet these needs, metadata should support controlled vocabularies, semantic search, and arrangement of items. Metadata should also be shared outside library systems through APIs, linked data, and data dumps to increase awareness of collections.
Part of a co-presentation given at the Society of Florida Archivists 2014 Annual Meeting titled "Exploring EAC-CPF with the Remixing Archival Metadata Project (RAMP)." This section introduces EAC-CPF as a format for encoding creator records.
Studying the book arts in the 21st century: using Linked Data to enhance know...Allison Jai O'Dell
This document discusses using linked data and metadata standards like EAC-CPF to enhance access to information about creators of book arts. It describes projects that link authority records of creators to additional resources like catalogs, datasets and biographies. The document advocates applying linked data practices and creator metadata to provide more context and connections regarding people involved in the production of books and other cultural artifacts.
Descriptive Cataloging for Special Collections, University of Miami LibrariesAllison Jai O'Dell
A mini crash course on Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials alongside University of Miami Libraries cataloging guidelines for the Special Collections Department
06-04-2024 - NYC Tech Week - Discussion on Vector Databases, Unstructured Data and AI
Discussion on Vector Databases, Unstructured Data and AI
https://www.meetup.com/unstructured-data-meetup-new-york/
This meetup is for people working in unstructured data. Speakers will come present about related topics such as vector databases, LLMs, and managing data at scale. The intended audience of this group includes roles like machine learning engineers, data scientists, data engineers, software engineers, and PMs.This meetup was formerly Milvus Meetup, and is sponsored by Zilliz maintainers of Milvus.
4th Modern Marketing Reckoner by MMA Global India & Group M: 60+ experts on W...Social Samosa
The Modern Marketing Reckoner (MMR) is a comprehensive resource packed with POVs from 60+ industry leaders on how AI is transforming the 4 key pillars of marketing – product, place, price and promotions.
Predictably Improve Your B2B Tech Company's Performance by Leveraging DataKiwi Creative
Harness the power of AI-backed reports, benchmarking and data analysis to predict trends and detect anomalies in your marketing efforts.
Peter Caputa, CEO at Databox, reveals how you can discover the strategies and tools to increase your growth rate (and margins!).
From metrics to track to data habits to pick up, enhance your reporting for powerful insights to improve your B2B tech company's marketing.
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This is the webinar recording from the June 2024 HubSpot User Group (HUG) for B2B Technology USA.
Watch the video recording at https://youtu.be/5vjwGfPN9lw
Sign up for future HUG events at https://events.hubspot.com/b2b-technology-usa/
The Ipsos - AI - Monitor 2024 Report.pdfSocial Samosa
According to Ipsos AI Monitor's 2024 report, 65% Indians said that products and services using AI have profoundly changed their daily life in the past 3-5 years.
The Building Blocks of QuestDB, a Time Series Databasejavier ramirez
Talk Delivered at Valencia Codes Meetup 2024-06.
Traditionally, databases have treated timestamps just as another data type. However, when performing real-time analytics, timestamps should be first class citizens and we need rich time semantics to get the most out of our data. We also need to deal with ever growing datasets while keeping performant, which is as fun as it sounds.
It is no wonder time-series databases are now more popular than ever before. Join me in this session to learn about the internal architecture and building blocks of QuestDB, an open source time-series database designed for speed. We will also review a history of some of the changes we have gone over the past two years to deal with late and unordered data, non-blocking writes, read-replicas, or faster batch ingestion.
End-to-end pipeline agility - Berlin Buzzwords 2024Lars Albertsson
We describe how we achieve high change agility in data engineering by eliminating the fear of breaking downstream data pipelines through end-to-end pipeline testing, and by using schema metaprogramming to safely eliminate boilerplate involved in changes that affect whole pipelines.
A quick poll on agility in changing pipelines from end to end indicated a huge span in capabilities. For the question "How long time does it take for all downstream pipelines to be adapted to an upstream change," the median response was 6 months, but some respondents could do it in less than a day. When quantitative data engineering differences between the best and worst are measured, the span is often 100x-1000x, sometimes even more.
A long time ago, we suffered at Spotify from fear of changing pipelines due to not knowing what the impact might be downstream. We made plans for a technical solution to test pipelines end-to-end to mitigate that fear, but the effort failed for cultural reasons. We eventually solved this challenge, but in a different context. In this presentation we will describe how we test full pipelines effectively by manipulating workflow orchestration, which enables us to make changes in pipelines without fear of breaking downstream.
Making schema changes that affect many jobs also involves a lot of toil and boilerplate. Using schema-on-read mitigates some of it, but has drawbacks since it makes it more difficult to detect errors early. We will describe how we have rejected this tradeoff by applying schema metaprogramming, eliminating boilerplate but keeping the protection of static typing, thereby further improving agility to quickly modify data pipelines without fear.
Analysis insight about a Flyball dog competition team's performanceroli9797
Insight of my analysis about a Flyball dog competition team's last year performance. Find more: https://github.com/rolandnagy-ds/flyball_race_analysis/tree/main
Beyond the Basics of A/B Tests: Highly Innovative Experimentation Tactics You...Aggregage
This webinar will explore cutting-edge, less familiar but powerful experimentation methodologies which address well-known limitations of standard A/B Testing. Designed for data and product leaders, this session aims to inspire the embrace of innovative approaches and provide insights into the frontiers of experimentation!
Natural Language Processing (NLP), RAG and its applications .pptxfkyes25
1. In the realm of Natural Language Processing (NLP), knowledge-intensive tasks such as question answering, fact verification, and open-domain dialogue generation require the integration of vast and up-to-date information. Traditional neural models, though powerful, struggle with encoding all necessary knowledge within their parameters, leading to limitations in generalization and scalability. The paper "Retrieval-Augmented Generation for Knowledge-Intensive NLP Tasks" introduces RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), a novel framework that synergizes retrieval mechanisms with generative models, enhancing performance by dynamically incorporating external knowledge during inference.
Challenges of Nation Building-1.pptx with more important
Cataloging Zines in an RDA Environment
1. Cataloging Zines in an
RDA Environment
ALCTS Cataloging & Classification Research Interest Group
26 June 2016, ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition
@AllisonJaiODell
2. Images from the University of Miami Zine
Collection and the Firefly Zine Collection
Zines?
4. How does RDA stack up?
Allison Jai O’Dell, “RDA and the Description of Zines:
Metadata Needs for Alternative Publications,” Journal
of Library Metadata 14, nos. 3-4 (2014): 255-280.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19386389.2014.978235
5. How does RDA stack up?
title changes, collaborations, pseudonyms,
pirated content, privacy needs, copyleft,
social context and audiences, handmade
materials, discourse among communities…