[SOA] Register for the Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians 2018 annual conference

Wed Mar 7 18:38:52 EST 2018

From: OH Valley Group of Technical Svcs Librarians <OVGTSL at LSV.UKY.EDU> On Behalf Of Nastia Guimaraes
Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 4:46 PM
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Subject: REMINDER: Register for the Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians 2018 annual conference

Do not miss your chance to attend the Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians (OVGTSL) annual conference! Please note that the conference schedule is now posted on the web site and includes some excellent programming on variety of topics.

Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians Conference

May 13 – May 15, 2018

University of Notre Dame

Hesburgh Library

Notre Dame, Indiana

Please join us May 13 – 15, 2018, in South Bend, IN for the Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians Conference. The theme for this year’s conference, hosted by the University of Notre Dame Hesburgh Libraries, is Traditional Strengths, Transformational Growth.

Registration includes Sunday night reception, Monday breakfast, breaks, lunch, and dinner, Tuesday breakfast, break, and lunch and a tour of the Better World Books. Registration will close on April 1, 2018.

We look forward to seeing you in May!

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Questions?

Monica Crabtree

(574) 631-2516

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Decisions, Decisions: How to Determine the Appropriate Method of Cataloging Special Collections in the 21st Century
Many academic libraries are examining and finding different ways to make collections visible and accessible. How do librarians/catalogers determine what method is appropriate for materials to be cataloged or made available? When do we use batch loading and when do we use traditional cataloging? When do we create OCLC records or minimal records in the local ILS? I will examine some of the questions to ask and look at the ways we are making determinations for projects at my institution.

Ethical Concerns in Cataloging
Catalogers employ classification schemes, controlled vocabularies, and name authority files to support the discovery of information resources. However, metadata standards are not neutral; value judgments are hard-coded into these standards. Are we aware of the biases that are built into the metadata standards we use? How do catalogers counter unconscious bias in our metadata decisions? In an interactive guided discussion, presenters will share examples and emerging best practices and discuss the perils of implicit bias in a linked data environment. Participants are encouraged to submit their questions and ethical cataloging dilemmas before the presentation.

InDiPres: Distributed Digital Preservation for the Hoosier State
Libraries digitize rare and unique materials to improve access and to “preserve” the originals by creating digital surrogates for use by patrons both remotely and on site. These digital representations and other born-digital files are far more vulnerable to loss than their paper-based counterparts. The cost of preserving digital files is frequently beyond the means of small and mid-sized institutions. This presentation discusses Indiana Digital Preservation (InDiPres) as a collaborative approach by Indiana cultural memory organizations to provide low cost and secure storage in the MetaArchive Cooperative’s distributed digital preservation network.

Using OmekaS for Linked Data
Technical services departments and special collections are partnering to explore cutting edge technology for digital description and curation. Linked Open Data (LOD) is one technology that offers a new way to describe and present materials using uniform resource identifiers (URI) and triples to establish relationships between items. Finding tools to leverage LOD can be hard for smaller institutions or institutions with limited technical knowledge or support. Our institution has started using OmekaS, a new version of the popular digital publishing platform for a LOD project; staff members will discuss their experiences working with this technology to enhance collection access.

Using Product Owners to Move a Project Forward
During a recent redesign of the Hesburgh Libraries’ website, product owners, a component of Agile Software Development, played a key role. This project involved many stakeholders from across the organization, but originally lacked a clear owner. After POs were added to the project, they served as the main communication point between the team and the web developers, and did the majority of the user acceptance testing, a process to determine if the website was meeting the goals outlined. In this presentation, we will describe the benefits of having product owners, particularly having product owners from different parts of the organization.

What is ‘Other’? Documenting the Use of MARC 368 $c in Personal Name Authority Records
The amount and type of information that librarians record about a person in personal name authority records has changed significantly under RDA. Authority records now regularly contain MARC fields designating a person’s occupation, field of activity, affiliations, and even gender. While some of these RDA elements are self-explanatory and easily accommodated in MARC, there is one category that remains ambiguous: ‘Other Designation Associated with Person’. In an attempt to shed light on the meaning of ‘other’, Thomas Whittaker will present original research surveying the current usage of MARC 368 $c for personal name authority records in the LC/NACO Authority File.

Xposing the Archives
Xavier University began using the OhioLINK EAD finding aid creation tool in 2012. The Archives Librarian and Cataloging Librarian worked through the processes in coding of the EAD fields, which would allow for conversion to MARC record data for cataloging and visibility in the library’s public catalog (XPLORE). In 2016, the library hired a new Archives Librarian and the EAD to MARC conversion project grew as the Archives Librarian began reviewing archival collections, tackling new processing projects, and strategizing to enhance user self-sufficiency. In this presentation, Daphne & Anne will discuss their work on this project of review, and the strategies they used to make the process to request and gain access for use of archival materials more streamlined, visible, & user friendly. The results of the project will be evaluated in spring 2018 by a first year seminar class on Xavier University history that requires students to locate archival material using the library catalog.

Nastia Guimaraes

Project Management Librarian

426 Hesburgh Library
o: 574-631-3558
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