RDA in a Day – Report

RDA in a Day report by Karl Fairhurst

I was thrilled to learn that I had won a bursary for the RDA in a Day event, not least because I am new to the profession but also new to cataloguing!  Cataloguing experience is difficult to come by as a new professional and I saw this as a valuable opportunity to get to grips with my new passion and the new standard before starting a CILIP accredited course in September.

Turning up at CILIP HQ, I was delighted to meet librarians from the BBC, Natural History Museum and Royal Zoological Society.  It was interesting to hear how cataloguing fits into their roles and how much of RDA they were already familiar with.  With a tea in hand, we were briefed by Alan Danskin and Lesley Firth of the British Library on the day ahead.  They detailed how we will create catalogue records using RDA and RIMMF, learn to navigate the RDA toolkit, discuss the FRBR model and understand how RDA and MARC can be used together.

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RLS-athon – final call and programme

RLS-athon – RDA, RIMMF & Robert Louis Stevenson, 9^th November, Edinburgh

There are still places available at the world’s first RLS-athon – a hackathon for RDA metadata about Robert Louis Stevenson and his works, organised by the Cataloguing & Indexing Group in Scotland (CIGS), Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA (JSC), and The Marc of Quality (TMQ)

RLS-athon details

• Date: Monday 9 November 2015
• Time: 10.30 am – 4.00 pm
• Venue; Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation [http://edinburghcentre.org/Venue.html]
•  Cost: £60.00 (including VAT)

 Programme

• 10:30 Introductions, Outline of the Day, and Setup
• 10.45 Brief review of RIMMF functionality
• 11.15 RLS-athon
• 13.00 Lunch
• 14.00 Workshop on “national interests”
  • Presentations and participation on specific aspects of RDA and digitization, data quality improvement, and access to cultural heritage. Gordon Dunsire, Chair of the RDA Steering Committee, and colleagues discuss lessons learned during experiments with linked data, RDA, and RIMMF in national libraries.
• 15:00 Discussion on issues for RDA, RIMMF, and linked data
  • What issues arose during the RLS-athon? What strengths and weaknesses of RDA were revealed? How does this fit with linked data initiatives such as BibFrame and Dublin Core? An opportunity for informal discussion with members of the RDA Steering Committee, developers of RIMMF, and linked data experts.
• 16:00 End
• Informal discussion

Registration [http://rballs.info/topics/p/rls/rlsathon1/RLSCIGSReg1.pdf] includes:

• 2-hour RIMMF training webinar on 27 October 2015 (1-3 pm UK; 9-11 am EDT), and access to RDA Toolkit until the end of the year.
• The opportunity to be coached by Deborah Fritz, one of the developers of RIMMF, and members of the new RDA Steering Committee
• Lunch and refreshments.

Special topics for RIMMFing include

• Pirates! A focus on Treasure Island in print and digital formats.
• The Scottish book sculptures, and especially Treasure Island.
• Scots! A focus on Kidnapped, Catriona, and The Master of Ballantrae.
• National collections. A focus on RDA for RLS as a national figure.
• Rare materials and RDA.
• MARC in, MARC out. A focus on RIMMF as a metadata FRBRization and quality improvement tool.

Attendees can expect to learn more about RDA, the global standard for resource discovery, and its application to multiple versions of print and digital resources, and have fun doing it.

Before registering, please refer to preparatory work expected for participation in the event – this is highly recommended to fully benefit from attendance.

More details are available at https://catandindexgroup.wordpress.com/2015/10/12/rls-athon-9th-november-edinburgh-update/ and we look forward to seeing you in November!

RLS-athon – 9th November, Edinburgh – Update

Places are still available for the RLS jane-athon, taking place in Edinburgh on the 9th of November – workshop update below.

Want to experience RDA: Resource Description and Access without wearing MARC glasses? Want to see how WEMI is supposed to work? Want to put the fun back into cataloguing? Are you ready to RIMMF?

Come to the world’s first RLS-athon – a hackathon for RDA metadata about Robert Louis Stevenson and his works, organised by the Cataloguing & Indexing Group in Scotland (CIGS), Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA (JSC), and The Marc of Quality (TMQ)

Based on the successful jane-athon formula ( http://rballs.info/topics/p/jane/janeathon.html ) the RLS-athon will bring cataloguers together to use the RDA editor RIMMF to experiment with pure RDA data and to discuss the good and bad points of the RDA instructions. RIMMF (RDA in Many Metadata Formats) is available for free download ( http://www.rdaregistry.info/rimmf/ ). It comes with comprehensive self-guided web-based tutorials.

When: Monday 9 November 2015, 10.30 am – 4.00 pm

(registration 10.00-10.30 am; informal discussion 4.00-5.00 pm)

Where: Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation ( http://edinburghcentre.org/Venue.html )

Cost: £60.00 (including VAT)

Registration includes:

• 2-hour RIMMF training webinar on 27 October 2015, and access to RDA Toolkit until the end of the year.
• The opportunity to be coached by Deborah Fritz, one of the developers of RIMMF, and members of the new RDA Steering Committee.
• Lunch and refreshments.

Special topics include

• Pirates! A focus on Treasure Island in print and digital formats, including translations, e-texts, and audio books. Team members are encouraged to wear pirate gear, for example striped shirts, cut-off jeans, parrots, etc. This topic is recommended for those new to RDA and RIMMF.
• The Scottish book sculptures, and especially Treasure Island. More pirates, but poetry too, and an unusual cataloguing challenge.
• Scots! A focus on Kidnapped, Catriona, and The Master of Ballantrae. The Master of Ballantrae base r-ball provides examples of RDA applied to multiple digitized versions of multiple editions of a single Work. It exposes a number of issues relating to mass digitization strategies and the utility of RDA in resolving them. Team members are encouraged to wear tartan, kilts, heather, etc. This topic is suitable for those with some knowledge of RDA or digital formats, including JPEG, PDF, DAISY, Kindle, etc.
• National collections. A focus on RDA for RLS as a national figure. The National Library of Scotland is experimenting with RIMMF to apply the benefits of RDA in bringing together the metadata for its format-based collections, including manuscripts, sound and film recordings, print, and digital. This raises issues of identity and authority, legacy data, and strategies for the future, as well as exposing areas for RDA and RIMMF development.
• Rare materials and RDA. This topic is associated with the international seminar on RDA and rare materials on 6 Nov 2015, and uses RIMMF to discuss the issues raised.
• MARC in, MARC out. A focus on RIMMF as a metadata FRBRization and quality improvement tool. RIMMF can import a MARC 21 record and automatically FRBRize it into RDA Work, Expression, and Manifestation data. RIMMF can also export a MARC 21 record from RDA data. This team will use RIMMF to discuss the opportunities afforded by digitization projects to improve legacy data in legacy systems, while future-proofing it for RDA and linked data systems.

Attendees can expect to learn more about RDA, the global standard for resource discovery, and its application to multiple versions of print and digital resources, and have fun doing it.

Registration

Before registering, please refer to preparatory work expected for participation in the event – this is highly recommended to fully benefit from attendance – rballs.info/xathons/getmost/

To book your place on the RLS-athon, please supply the following details to CIG Scotland at cigscot@gmail.com

• Your name
• Your institution
• Invoice address (or state that you will pay on the day)
• Any special dietary requirements
• Confirmation that you have read and understand the expectations for participation in the RLS-athon.

Please note that invoices will be issued after the event. Enquiries regarding purchase orders, payment or invoicing should be directed to the CIGS Treasurer at cigscot@gmail.com

Registration closes 30th October. Please note that cancellations after this date will be charged at the full price.

Further information will be posted on the RLS-athon web pages at http://rballs.info/topics/p/rls/rlsathon1/

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RLS-athon – RIMMF, RDA & Robert Louis Stevenson

Want to experience RDA: Resource Description and Access without wearing MARC glasses? Want to see how WEMI is supposed to work? Want to put the fun back into cataloguing? Are you ready to RIMMF?

Come to the world’s first RLS-athon – a hackathon for RDA metadata about Robert Louis Stevenson and his works, organised by the Cataloguing & Indexing Group in Scotland (CIGS), Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA (JSC), and The Marc of Quality (TMQ)

Based on the successful jane-athon formula [ http://rballs.info/topics/p/jane/janeathon.html ] the RLS-athon will bring cataloguers together to use the RDA editor RIMMF to experiment with pure RDA data and to discuss the good and bad points of the RDA instructions. RIMMF (RDA in Many Metadata Formats) is available for free download [ http://www.rdaregistry.info/rimmf/ ]. It comes with comprehensive self-guided web-based tutorials.

RLS-athon details & registration

When: Monday 9 November 2015, 10.30 am – 4.00 pm – (registration 10.00-10.30 am; informal discussion 4.00-5.00 pm)

Where: Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation [ http://edinburghcentre.org/Venue.html ]

Cost: £60.00 (including VAT)

Registration includes:

• Free 2-hour RIMMF training webinar in advance of the event
• Free access to RDA Toolkit until the end of the year
• The opportunity to talk to, and be coached by, Deborah Fritz, one of the developers of RIMMF
• The opportunity to talk to members of the Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA, including the Chair and Secretary.
• Lunch and refreshments

Attendees can expect to:

• Learn more about RDA, the global standard for resource discovery.
• Learn more about the FRBR model and its application to multiple versions of print and digital resources.
• Learn more about the bibliographic complexity of one of the 26 most translated authors in the world.
• RIMMF the RLS r-ball.  
• Have fun!

The following Friday, 13 November, is RLS Day [ http://robert-louis-stevenson.org/rls-day/ ], celebrating the anniversary of the author’s birth in Edinburgh in 1850

Registration

Before registering, please refer to preparatory work expected for participation in the event – this is highly recommended to fully benefit from attendance – rballs.info/xathons/getmost/

To book your place on the RLS-athon, please supply the following details to CIG Scotland at cigscot@gmail.com

• Your name
• Your institution
• Invoice address (or state that you will pay on the day)
• Any special dietary requirements
• Confirmation that you have read and understand the expectations for participation in the RLS-athon

Refreshments and sandwich lunch are included.

Please note that invoices will be issued after the event. Enquiries regarding purchase orders, payment or invoicing should be directed to the CIGS Treasurer at cigscot@gmail.com

Registration closes 30th October. Please note that cancellations after this date will be charged at the full price.

Further information will be posted on the RLS-athon web pages at rballs.info/topics/p/rls/rlsathon1/

Enjoy!

 

Ag-athon: Fun with Agatha, Deborah, Gordon and RIMMF

The CILIP Cataloguing and Indexing Group (CIG) is pleased to invite you to this rare opportunity to experience using RIMMF (RDA in Many Metadata Formats) with Deborah Fritz (RIMMF co-developer) and Gordon Dunsire (Chair, Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA).

RIMMF is a training tool designed and created by Deborah and Richard Fritz to help cataloguers think in RDA terms and see how RDA might look in the future.

Would you like to learn more about RIMMF? Want to take part in hands-on and collaborative session? Want to contribute your data to the R-ball? Want to find out how many alter-egos Agatha Christie had? Would you relish the chance to take part in a discussion with the creator of RIMMF? Then come along to this exciting event.

The programme for the event will be:

14.30-14.50 Welcome, introductions, and RIMMF refresher

14.50-16.20 The London Ag-athon

16.20-17.00 Feedback and discussion (can include general JSC/RDA issues)

You will need to do a little preparation beforehand. All the information can be found on our website.

The event will be led by Deborah Fritz and Gordon Dunsire with assistance from Anne Welsh (Programme Director MA Library and Information Studies at University College London), Dunia García-Ontiveros (Head of Bibliographic Services at The London Library) and Natalia Garea Garcia (Student Systems Developer, UCL Department of Information Studies).

This is an introductory session aimed at library cataloguers and others involved in metadata and resource discovery. A familiarity with FRBR concepts such as WEMI is assumed. Attendance is limited to 30. Participants will have free access to the RDA Toolkit for 30 days beginning on the day of the event and each attendee will receive a complimentary USB drive.

Date: Friday 22 May 2015

Time: 14.30-17.00

Venue: University College London. Arts and Humanities Common Room, G24 Foster Court, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT

Cost: £25 + VAT (CIG members), £30 + VAT (non-CIG members)

To book your place please contact Dunia Garcia-Ontiveros: dunia.garcia-ontiveros@londonlibrary.co.uk

CIG Scotland AGM & RIMMF Seminar – 20th May, Edinburgh

The Chair of CIG Scotland warmly invites members and non-members to the 2015 Annual General Meeting, which will take place at the National Library of Scotland Map Library, Edinburgh, on Wednesday 20th May – further details below.

If you are interested in joining the committee, or wish to raise items for the agenda, please contact CIGS Secretary, Paul Cunnea, at p.cunnea@nls.uk

Post AGM Seminar: RIMMF 3 & RDA data balls (Deborah Fritz & Gordon Dunsire)

Want to know more about RDA, RIMMF and r-balls? Book your place now!

We are delighted to welcome back Deborah Fritz of TMQ, who will give a presentation on RIMMF3. RIMMF (RDA in Many Metadata Formats) is a free editor for pure RDA data that can be used as an RDA visualisation and training tool. Deborah will provide a practical demonstration of version 3 , and explain how the tool can help support RDA-MARC mapping, linked data export, and give us an insight into future of cataloguing.

Deborah will be followed by Gordon Dunsire (Chair of the Joint Steering Committee on RDA) who will delve into the mysteries of RDA data, r-balls, and Jane-athons.

Both the AGM and seminar are free to attend, but registration is required. To book a place please contact CIGS Secretary, Paul Cunnea, at p.cunnea@nls.uk

Further Details

• Date: Wednesday 20th May
• Time: The AGM will start at 1pm, with the seminar following at 1.30pm
• Venue: National Library of Scotland Map Library, Causewayside, Edinburgh, EH9 1PH

Tea & Coffee will be available.

Directions to the NLS Map Library are available at: http://www.nls.uk/info/locationmap/index.cfm#cb

We look forward to seeing you at the AGM and seminar – and look out for other RDA events in May!