Call for Papers, IFLA Cataloguing Section

Call for Papers

IFLA Cataloguing Section

 

Session Theme: Inspired moments in cataloguing!

 

The IFLA Cataloguing Section (IFLA CATS) invites proposals for papers to be presented at the World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in Helsinki, Finland, August 11-17 2012.

 

In the 2012 open session the Cataloguing Committee wants to examine how well our rules and standards support an information infrastructure that fits user needs.

Could they even inspire new ways of using the data?

 

Proposals from all kind of users - from end users to professionals and researchers in cataloguing, cognitive science, persuasive technology, user behavior, interface design etc.– are welcome

 

Areas of interest include:

Do cataloguing rules support user needs?

Integration of metadata from different sources (avoiding silos)

OPAC integration with other discovery tools

User centered design

Learning from search engines e.g. relevance ranking, spell check,sorting, faceting, stemming …

User studies

User behavior vs FRBR user tasks

 

Four successful proposals on the topic will be identified.

 

Send a detailed abstract (1 page or at least 300 words) of the proposed paper (must not have been published elsewhere) and relevant biographical information of author(s)/presenter(s) by 31 January 2012 via email to:

 

Hanne Hørl Hansen 

Chair, Cataloguing Section

e-mail: hah@dbc.dk

 

The abstracts will be reviewed by members of the Cataloguing Section's Standing Committee. Successful proposals will be identified by 1 March 2012.

 

Full papers will be due by 1 May 2012 to allow time for review of papers and preparation of translations; papers should be no longer than 20 pages. 15-20 minutes will be allowed for a summary delivery of the paper during the Cataloguing Section's programme.

 

Please note that the expenses of attending the Helsinki conference will be the responsibility of the author(s)/presenter(s) of accepted papers.

Shanghai Conservatory of Music: Forum & Workshop

A series of events concerning music manuscripts and digital libraries is now held in Shanghai Conservatory of Music as "Forum & Workshop".

Please see the following poster:

http://gz.static.photo.sina.com.cn/show_mop.php?pic_id=552a6941gb1e7f483e567&type=orignal&pm=1

The official report of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music:

http://www.shcmusic.edu.cn/html/News/news/95423.html

and the blog post of Dr. QIAN Renping, the librarian:

http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_552a69410102dtnc.html

Video about the National Library of China

BTV (Beijing Television Station) just released a video clip about the National Library of China, as one of its series "The Most Beautiful Beijing" (最美北京):

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzIyOTY4NjQw.html

with three versions respectively in 30", 15" and 10".

Chinese Introduction of the IFLA Bibliography Section

A couple of weeks ago, I translated the introduction of the IFLA Bibliography Section into Chinese. It is now available at the section's website:

http://www.ifla.org/files/bibliography/ifla_bibliography_section_chi.pdf

Chinese Translations of WLIC 2011 Papers Related to Cataloguing

The IFLA website just released the last Chinese translation of the papers for the Cataloguing Section Programme of WLIC 2011 (IFLA General Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 2011). By now, all the four papers of the Cataloguing Section have been translated into Chinese. I also organized the Chinese translation of some papers in UNIMARC Programme.

• 编目组(Cataloguing Section)

  • Breaking barriers between old practices and new demands: the price of hesitation / MAJA ŽUMER, JAN PISANSKI, POLONA VILAR, VIKTOR HAREJ, TANJA MERČUN and KATARINA ŠVAB (Department of Library and Information Studies and Book Science, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia) = 打破传统实践和新需求之间的壁垒：犹豫的代价 / 中文翻译：李恺（首都图书馆，中国北京）
  • Data aggregation and dissemination of Authority Records through Linked Open Data / XAVIER AGENJO (Fundación Ignacio Larramendi, Madrid, Spain), FRANCISCA HERNÁNDEZ and ANDRÉS VIEDMA (DIGIBÍS, Producciones Digitales, Madrid, Spain) = 利用关联开放数据实现规范记录的数据聚合与发布 / 中文翻译：黄亮、刘丹（中国国家图书馆）
  • Comparison of metadata schemas: AACR2+ vs. ICDL's metadata schema / JIHEE BEAK and HOPE A. OLSON (School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA) = 比较元数据模式：AACR2+与 ICDL元数据模式 / 中文翻译：王璐、黄晓莉（澳门科技大学图书馆）
  • A bibliographic logistics for processing mega-medium collections: a practical system of the NCL (Taiwan) to solve the current barriers in cataloguing and services / CHINGFEN HSU and DIING-JONG YAN (Bureau of International Exchange of Publications, Taipei, Taiwan, China) = 融合處理多元媒體的書目系統：突破當前圖書館編目與服務困境所採行的創新作法 / 嚴鼎忠、許靜芬
• UNIMARC
  • UNIMARC and FRBR - can we have both? / TROND AALBERG (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway), JAN PISANSKI and MAJA ŽUMER (University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia) = UNIMARC 和FRBR——我们能两者兼顾吗？ / 中文翻译：罗翀、张蕾累（中国国家图书馆）
  • FRBRization: using UNIMARC link fields to identify Works / MANOLIS PEPONAKIS, MICHALIS SFAKAKIS and SARANTOS KAPIDAKIS (Laboratory on Digital Libraries & Electronic Publishing, Department of Archive & Library Sciences, Ionian University, Corfu, Greece) = FRBR 化：利用UNIMARC 连接字段识别作品 / 中文翻译：金文昌、朱青青（中国国家图书馆）
  • FRBRisation of Koha in the context of CMARC (a UNIMARC-derived format) / NAICHENG CHANG (General Education Center, Tatung University, Taipei, Taiwan, China) and YUCHIN TSAI (National Center for High-performance Computing, National Applied Research Laboratories, Taipei, Taiwan, China = 在CMARC（UNIMARC 衍生格式）環境實作FRBR 轉換——以Koha圖書館管理系統為例 / 張迺貞、蔡育欽

LSC annual conference held in Guiyang

The Annual Conference of the Library Society of China is now held in Guiyang, Guizhou Province.

I will chair a session for information resource development and sharing today in the morning.

Former Fudan University Librarian passed away

Prof. QIN Zengfu, former director of Fudan University Library, passed away in Shanghai, August 25, 2011.

Prof. Qin is my teacher of Mathematical Analysis when I entered the Department of Mathematics, Fudan University, in September 1980. His teaching was excellent and left deep impressions on me.

Later, I became a librarian of the National Library of China, and he became the Fudan University Librarian. We met each other several time during international and national conferences and meetings.

Prof. Qin's memorial service will be held in Fudan University Library next Thursday (September 29).

Springer's New Beijing Office opened today

I attended the opening ceremony of the new office of Springer in China.

The ceremony is a typical Hong-Kong-styled one, during which the Mr. Derk Haank, CEO of Springer, cut a roast pig (see video).

I am familiar with Springer's products, especially Lecture Notes in Mathematics series and Graduate Texts in Mathematics series, and monographs by notable Chinese mathematicians, such as Wang Yuan's Diophantine equations and inequalities in algebraic number fields and Hua Luogeng's Introduction to number theory.

Meeting with Czech National Librarian

Yesterday, I met Mr. Tomáš Böhm, Director General, National Library of the Czech Republic (generální ředitel, Národní knihovna České republiky).

During the dinner, I was surprised to know that there are quite a lot of old staff in the library with full pensions and full salaries. This is impossible in China and in many other countries.

Alex Byrne mentioned National Library of China

Technology provides new and expanding ways in which to communicate but the desire to do so is an unbroken thread of human history. That was what impressed Byrne when he visited China's national library. There he was taken into its vaults to view its greatest treasures. Before him was a series of inscribed animal bones almost 5000 years old - among the world's earliest written communication.

The Sydney Morning Herald, September 3, 2011.

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/top-shelf-20110901-1jmlu.html

BIBF

The 18th Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) is now held in Beijing. I was busy last week for forums, meetings, banquets, cultural events, etc. Many representatives from foreign publishers visited my office.

Farewell to San Juan

This morning, I will leave San Juan, Puerto Rico.

My trip will take 25 hours, including 17 hours of flight.

When I am back to China, I cannot access Blogspot, Twitter, Picasaweb, Flicker, etc., very often.

See you again somewhere else in the world.

Ross Becker, WLIC Photographer

Ross Becker is a professional photographer for the World Library and Information Congress in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

My article published in EALRGA Newsletter

Today, I found that my article "Collection Development in the Digital Age: Changing Roles of the National Library of China" is just published in EALRGA Newsletter (The newsletter of the East Asian Library Resources Group of Australia):

http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/NLA/EALRGA/newsletter1107/1107_gu.html

IFLA Journal Editorial Committee meeting

I just attended IFLA Journal Editorial Committee meeting during WLIC 2011. This is my first time to attend the meeting as a EC member. In the previous EC, Dr. WU Jianzhong was a representative of China.

News about the Newcomers Session

Today's IFLA Express reports the Newcomers Session and mentions my name.

"Ben Gu, Director of Foreign Acquisitions and Cataloguing Department of National Library of China, spoke of his many past experiences attending IFLA conferences and of the various ways new professionals can share and report on their experiences at the IFLA conference including sharing photos through Flickr, blogging, and creating professional reports and papers to share with colleagues."

Please see the address of the original page:

http://express.ifla.org/node/4848

and the address of the Chinese version:

http://express.ifla.org/node/4900

Please see also the following addresses for the photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ifla/6041475481/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ifla/6042021654/

Vide clips from exhibition opening of WLIC2011

Please see the video clips from the Opening Session of the Exhibition of the World Library and Information Congress (IFLA General Conference), Puerto Rico Convention Center, August 14, 2011.

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/Xqu4wlpbBS0/

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/l1VFFHWcVls/

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/Cjk0u0folb4/

Video clips from WLIC Opening Session

Using my iPhone4, I uploaded some video clips of musical performances from the Opening Session of the World Library and Information Congress, Puerto Rico Convention Center, August 14, 2011.

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/7vrgk3B3by8/

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/4Zued7sU2Eo/

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/syIhEr4Nh34/

IFLA RDA Satellite Meeting

Today, I attended the IFLA RDA Satellite Meeting, August 12, 2011, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

This is a pre-conference of the IFLA General Conference / World Library and Information Congress.

There are about 100 participants and 15 speakers.

Please see the following site for details:

http://lib.rc.usf.edu/ifla2011/

ISBD Consolidated Edition published

NEW IFLA Publication!

 

Just off the press as Nr 44 in the IFLA Series on Bibliographic Control:

 

ISBD: International Standard Bibliographic Description

Consolidated Edition

Edited by the Standing Committee of the IFLA Cataloguing Section

This is the new edition of the first consolidated ISBD that was published in 2007. The first years of usage have led to interesting and useful corrections and additions. Many cataloguers and practitioners worldwide will welcome this updated first class tool, which is useful and applicable for descriptions of bibliographic resources in any type of catalogue.

 

ISBD: International Standard Bibliographic Description – Consolidated Edition. Edited by the Standing Committee of the IFLA Cataloguing Section. Berlin/Munich: De Gruyter Saur, 2011. ISBN 978-3-11-026379-4. (IFLA Series on Bibliographic Control; Nr 44).

Euro 89.95 / for USA, Canada, Mexico US$ 135.00. Special price for IFLA members Euro 69.95 / for USA, Canada, Mexico US$ 105.00

 

Also available as an eBook. 

Order:

 

De Gruyter Saur Verlag                                           For the USA - Canada - Mexico

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FRSAD published

NEW IFLA Publication!

Just off the press as Nr 43 in the IFLA Series on Bibliographic Control:

Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data (FRSAD) - A Conceptual Model

The main purpose of this report by the IFLA Working Group on the Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records (FRSAR)  is to develop a framework that provides a clearly stated and commonly shared understanding of subject authority data, and how such data can facilitate user tasks.

Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data (FRSAD); a conceptual model. Edited by Marcia Lei Zeng, Maja Žumer and Athena Salaba on behalf of the IFLA Working Group on the Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records (FRSAR). Berlin/Munich: De Gruyter Saur, 2011. ISBN 978-3-11-025323-8. (IFLA Series on Bibliographic Control; Nr 43).

Euro 49.95 / for USA, Canada, Mexico US$ 75.00. Special price for IFLA members Euro 39.95 / for USA, Canada, Mexico US$ 60.00

Also available as an eBook.

Order:

De Gruyter Saur Verlag                                           For the USA - Canada - Mexico

  or

Rhenus Medien Logistik GmbH & Co. KG                 Walter de Gruyter, Inc.

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Beijing Modern Music Festival

Official Website:

http://www.bmmf.org.cn/en/index.html

The Polish New Music Orchestra Concert was held yesterday (May 23, 2011) at the Concert Hall of the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China.

Prof. JIA Daqun's "The Three Images from Washing Painting" was performed by The New Music Orchestra Concert conducted by Szymon Bywalec.

Video clips from the Concert for the 100th Anniversary of Tan Xiaolin

Tan Xiaolin's 100th Anniversary Ceremony was held in Shanghai Conservatory of Music last weekend (April 17).

Tan Xiaolin (1911-48) was a Pipa player and studied music composition at Yale with Paul Hindemith. He came back to Shanghai and became the director of the Department of Composition of SCM.

He was a pioneer of modern Chinese music composition, but he passed away at the age of 37.

The ceremony was co-organized by SCM and National Library of China, and consists of a manuscript exhibition, a concert and a workshop.

As a librarian, music lover and music history translator, I push the cooperation of National Library of China and Shanghai Conservatory of Music. I am glad that the ceremony was a great success.

The video clips for the concert for the 100th Anniversary of Tan Xiaolin can be found at:

http://www.tudou.com/playlist/txl2011

which was recorded by me with Flip Video Camera and approved by Shanghai Conservatory of Music.

纪念谭小麟先生百年诞辰音乐会
Concert for 100th Anniversary of Tan Xiaolin
时间：2011年4月17日下午2:00-3:15
Date: April 17, 2011
地点：上海音乐学院
Venue: Shanghai Conservatory of Music
一、艺术歌曲(Art Songs)
1. 《小路》（内蒙古民歌，钢琴编配；1947）
2. 《自君之出矣》（唐·张久龄诗）
——演唱：张稚；钢琴：蔡孟熏
3. 《正气歌》（宋·文天祥诗摘句；1947）
4. 《彭浪矶》（宋·朱希真词）
——演唱：李研；钢琴：崔岚
5. 《别离》（郭沫若词；1946）
6. 《春雨春风》（宋·朱希真词）
——演唱：郑斌；钢琴：马思红
二、室内乐(Chamber Music)
1. 《小提琴与中提琴二重奏》（1943）
Duet for Violin and Viola
——小提琴：申丹枫；中提琴：吕翔
2. 中提琴与竖琴《浪漫曲》（1944）
Romance for Viola and Harp
——中提琴：蓝汉成；竖琴：彭佳
3. 《弦乐三重奏》（1945）
String Trio
——小提琴：申丹枫；中提琴：吕翔；大提琴：何思昊
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上海音乐学院与国家图书馆联合主办的《纪念谭小麟先生百年诞辰系列学术活动：手稿展、音乐会、研讨会》
Manuscript Exhibition, Concert and Roundtable for the 100th Anniversary of Tan Xiaolin: Art Songs and Chamber Music
Organized by Shanghai Conservatory of Music and National Library of China

Tan Xiaolin's 100th Anniversary Ceremony to be held in Shanghai

Tan Xiaolin's 100th Anniversary Ceremony is to be held in Shanghai Conservatory of Music next weekend (April 17).

Tan Xiaolin (1911-48) was a Pipa player and studied music composition at Yale with Paul Hindemith. He came back to Shanghai and became the director of the Department of Composition of SCM.

If he lived longer, he would have deeper impacts on modern Chinese music composition.

The ceremony is co-organized by SCM and National Library of China, and consists of a manuscript exhibition, a concert and a workshop.

Web Chat: Popular E-Books in U.S. Public Libraries: Successes and Challenges

PROGRAM SCHEDULE (Click here to confirm your local program time.) 

Web Chat: Popular E-Books in U.S. Public Libraries: Successes and Challenges
Date: Friday, April 1
Time: 06:00 EDT (10:00 GMT/12:00 Rome)
Location: http://bitly.com/CONXrome 

Description: Discuss the future of reading and learn how e-books are changing today's public libraries.

Format: This will be a video web chat in English.

Charlene Chou's RDA lecture at PKU

Yesterday, we attended Charlene Chou's lecture about RDA testing at Peking University Library.

There were about 150 people in the audience. I met many familiar catalogers from various libraries in Beijing.

More about Charlene's lecture, please download her PPT file:

http://www.columbia.edu/~cc179/RDA_test_CALIS.ppt

NLC middle managers meet in a suburb of Beijing

Department directors of National Library of China attend a two-day meeting today and tomorrow in a suburb of Beijing.

During the meeting, the plan for the whole year will be discussed.

About 80 department directors, deputy directors and assistant directors are present.

NLC Miniblog opens

The official miniblog (a Chinese counterpart of Twitter at Sina.com) of National Library of China opened last week and has attracted about 8,000 fans.

Welcome to visit the following site:

http://t.sina.com.cn/1964077187

Last day before the Lunar New Year

Today is the last work day before the Chinese Lunar New Year (February 3).

Many colleagues take leaves to go their hometowns for family reunion.

NLC section chiefs announced yesterday

The appointment of about 200 section chiefs of National Library of China was announced yesterday.

According to the middle management rotation policy of National Library of China, department directors and deputy directors were appointed respectively in early December and late December 2010.

All the procedures for the selection of section chiefs took about a week.

In my department (Foreign Acquisitions and Cataloging Department), there are 5 newly promoted chief (or vice-chiefs) among the 14 positions of the 7 sections.

As the Lunar New Year approaching, many colleagues will return to their home towns to see their parents in the next week.

New Position in the New Year

I became the director of the Foreign Acquisitions & Cataloging Department, National Library of China, on January 1, 2011.

It is my new position, but not quite new. Because I used to be in charge of foreign acquisitions and cataloging work from 1987 to 2004, and in charge of all acquisitions and cataloging work from 2004 to 2007.

During the last three year, I had the position of the director of the Chinese Acquisitions & Cataloging Department, which was split from the former Acquisitions & Cataloging Department in 2008.

Now I am back to my old office, and talk with my old colleagues.

I hope I will enjoy the new position in the next three years.