Chris Oliver: Moving forward with RDA

The Journal of the National Library of China just published Chris Oliver's article "Moving forward with RDA: Based on the presentation given at the National Library of China, October 26, 2015". The original English version is available at:

http://gtxk.nlc.cn/ch/reader/create_pdf.aspx?file_no=201601014&flag=1&journal_id=jtnlc&year_id=2016

and the Chinese version is available at:

http://gtxk.nlc.cn/ch/reader/create_pdf.aspx?file_no=201601013&flag=1&journal_id=jtnlc&year_id=2016

European Conference on Information Literacy - ECIL 2016

The Third Call for Papers for the ECIL 2016 has been published. The main topic of ECIL 2016 is "Information Literacy in the Inclusive Society". Please, visit conference website: http://ecil2016.ilconf.org for details on the subtopics and information about submissions.

 

European Conference on Information Literacy - ECIL 2016 will take place in Prague, Czech Republic, from 10 - 13 October, 2016. ECIL 2016 is co-organized by the Department of Information Management of Hacettepe University, Department of Information and Communication Sciences of Zagreb University and Association of Libraries of Czech Universities – ALCU.

 

The keynote speaker for ECIL 2016 is Tara Brabazon. Tara is the Dean of Graduate Research and the Professor of Cultural Studies at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia.  She is the author of 17 books and over 200 refereed articles and book chapters.  She is also a columnist with the Times Higher Education.  Her best known books include Digital Dieting:  From Information Obesity to Digital Fitness (2013), Unique Urbanity (2014), Enabling Universities (2015) and Play: a theory for learning and change (2015).

 

Information Literacy in the Inclusive Society being the main theme, ECIL 2016 aims to bring together researchers, information professionals, media specialists, educators, policy makers, employers and all other related parties from around the world to exchange knowledge and experience and discuss current issues, recent developments, challenges, theories, and good practices.

 

The deadline for abstract submissions has been extended until March 1, 2016.

 

Prague, Czech Republic, is proudly expecting all the ECIL 2016 conference participants and ready to provide a complex conference experience: interesting and full conference program with the side of city tours, library excursions, comprehensive "Tour Prague as the locals" guide and many other possibilities to get as much as possible out of your ECIL 2016 participation.

 

If you have any further questions regarding the conference or the call for papers, please, refer to the relevant contact person: http://ecil2016.ilconf.org/contact/

We are very excited to be preparing another ECIL conference for you! Any suggestions, comments and recommendations are welcome. Also, we are looking forward to your abstract submissions.

 

Sincerely,

Serap Kurbanoglu (General Co-Chair)

Sonja Špiranec (General Co-Chair)

Hana Landova (Chair of the Local Organizing Committee)

Chinese versions of RDA terms and definitions appear in Open Metadata Registry

The National Library of China tested out how to add the Chinese translations of the RDA element labels, definitions, and scope notes, and the Glossary labels and definitions into the RDA registry. The work was done in the end of 2015 by the RDA translation team of the NLC.

Finally, the Chinese versions of RDA terms and definitions appear in the Open Metadata Registry (http://metadataregistry.org/) on January 5, 2016.

The NLC staff organized the Chinese translation of RDA (Resource Description & Access) published in April 2014, and is still making efforts to apply the new cataloging rules to local practices.

Visiting Japan

Yesterday, I arrived in Japan in the afternoon with my colleagues. This is my second time in Japan.
Everything is well-organized and efficient.
13 years passed since my last visit in 2002, and not many changes happened. I hope to see more during the week of visit invited by the National Diet Library.

Chris Oliver visited the National Library of China

Chris Oliver visited the National Library of China on Monday (October 26, 2015), and gave a lecture "RDA moving forward: challenges and future directions". There was an audience of about 120 staff of NLC and librarians from other libraries in Beijing.

Chris Oliver worked for McGill University Library from 1989 to 2014, and is now Head of the Resource Description and Metadata Services, University of Ottawa Library. She is also a member of the Standing Committee on Classification and Indexing (2013-2017), IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions), and the present chair of IFLA FRBR Review Group. She was responsible for rewording of RDA during 2011-2013.

Her lecture covers various aspects related to RDA (Resource Description and Access), including Implementation challenges and Future directions.

During her visit to NLC, RDA Chinese translation team discussed with her about RDA issues in details.

Book Reviews

I finished a new book review today, and sent it to the newspaper editor.

As a librarian, I also like music and book reading. In the past several years, I read about 30 books each year. Although the number (30) is not very large, it is comparatively large to many Chinese readers.

This year, I have written quite a lot of book reviews for various newspapers. Book reviews are usually not very long, but writing book reviews is time-consuming. If I become a professional book reviewer, I don't think I can earn enough money for my daily life.

Italian translation of RDA will be completed this year

According to the paper of Mauro Guerrini in JLIS.it, Vol. 6, n. 3 (September 2015). Art. #11479 p. 4, Italian translation of RDA (Resource Description and Access) will be completed this year and will be available on RDA Toolkit.

Congratulations to Mauro!

Please see the full text of the paper at: http://jlis.it

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4403/jlis.it-11479