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No full textDigital technology is changing the way we learn, interact, work and entertain, for its unlimited potential in penetrating all spheres of life. The digital revolution is transforming education industry worldwide. In recent years, extensive debate and research are exploring digital technology, focusing on developing a clear understanding of its capabilities as a platform for making social sciences and humanities applicable to the cyber environment of the twenty first century. The widespread use of social media supported by a rapid growth of the digital culture is making learning ubiquitous by creating, capturing and sharing knowledge. This is enhancing students’ engagement and learning efficiency. It is also improving the learner-instructor interaction by engaging students in a more meaningful participation in their own education and academic achievement. To accomplish this, both students and instructors need to have the skills and expertise in capturing the positive effect of the digital technology and engaging in the new learning environment.This paper reflects on the new learning environment supported by a curriculum reflecting the digital technology era.It discusses how students at the department of archives at the University of Constantine 2 build on the digital capabilities of social media to engage in independent learning by creating and sharing knowledge.Digital technology is changing the way we learn, interact, work and entertain, for its unlimited potential in penetrating all spheres of life. The digital revolution is transforming education industry worldwide. In recent years, extensive debate and research are exploring digital technology, focusing on developing a clear understanding of its capabilities as a platform for making social sciences and humanities applicable to the cyber environment of the twenty first century. The widespread use of social media supported by a rapid growth of the digital culture is making learning ubiquitous by creating, capturing and sharing knowledge. This is enhancing students’ engagement and learning efficiency. It is also improving the learner-instructor interaction by engaging students in a more meaningful participation in their own education and academic achievement. To accomplish this, both students and instructors need to have the skills and expertise in capturing the positive effect of the digital technology and engaging in the new learning environment.This paper reflects on the new learning environment supported by a curriculum reflecting the digital technology era.It discusses how students at the department of archives at the University of Constantine 2 build on the digital capabilities of social media to engage in independent learning by creating and sharing knowledge
No full textThe international conference Selling and collecting: printed book sale catalogues and private libraries in early modern Europe, that it took place in Cagliari in September 2017, introduced to some greater projects and researches about book sale, purchase, collection and circulation during the 16th century. The essay presents the most important topics of the conference, identifying in two areas: the commercial book trade, with its essentially economic features, and the private collecting both as expression of cultural interest at the time and as characteristic element of strong relationships between customers and sellers.The international conference Selling and collecting: printed book sale catalogues and private libraries in early modern Europe, that it took place in Cagliari in September 2017, introduced to some greater projects and researches about book sale, purchase, collection and circulation during the 16th century. The essay presents the most important topics of the conference, identifying in two areas: the commercial book trade, with its essentially economic features, and the private collecting both as expression of cultural interest at the time and as characteristic element of strong relationships between customers and sellers
No full textThe Director of the Central Institute for the Union Catalogue of Italian libraries (ICCU) provides an updated overview on some of the several activities of the Institute, with special regard to the adaptation, translation and dissemination of international standards for bibliographic description among a variegated national library community.The Director of the Central Institute for the Union Catalogue of Italian libraries (ICCU) provides an updated overview on some of the several activities of the Institute, with special regard to the adaptation, translation and dissemination of international standards for bibliographic description among a variegated national library community
Zen and the art of archival maintenance. Hybrids and resilients
Full text linkIl contributo propone una riflessione sulla manutenzione dell’archivista contemporaneo, in modalità ibrida e resiliente. Ibrida perché la sana contaminazione con l’informatica, la giurisprudenza, la diplomatica del documento digitale è condizione imprescindibile per affrontare consapevolmente la professione di archivista e records manager. Resiliente perché la comprensione e l’adattamento a un mondo digitale – o un mondo che si muove sempre più verso strumenti digitali – costituisce una chiave di contemporaneità e di tutela alla memoria. Il testo illustra quanto il confronto fra i saperi sia la chiave per realizzare progetti consapevoli di formazione, didattica, aggiornamento e valorizzazione professionale. Il contributo analizza alcuni casi studio: il corso MIP Paperless PA, i PoliDe Politecnico Dematerializzazione, Archimista e Ibridamente.Reflection on the maintenance of the contemporary archivist, in hybrid and resilient manner. Hybrid because the healthy contamination with computer science, jurisprudence, archival diplomatics and digital records is an indispensable condition to consciously face the profession of archivist and records manager. Resilient because the understanding and adaptation to a digital world - or a world that is increasingly moving towards digital tools – is key to contemporaneity and protection of memory. The text illustrates how the comparison between knowledges is the key to realize conscious projects of training, teaching, updating and professional development. The paper analyzes some case studies: the MIP Paperless PA course, the projects PoliDe Politecnico Dematerializzazione, Archimista and Ibridamente
Lo spazio nella biblioteca. Una riflessione metodologica
Full text linkThe space in the library is realized through the contribution of various figures, among which the main actors are librarians and architects. A relationship of skills that is always dialectical, finds its roots in history, and has designed better solutions the stronger the level of collaboration has been. In this context the library building also becomes an essential component of Library Science, and takes on new significance in the context of the digital canon.Nell'articolo vengono analizzati alcuni aspetti che relazionano lo spazio della biblioteca nella sua dimensione fisica e digitale attraverso uno sguardo che attraversa gli ambiti biblioteconomici e architettonici. Partendo dall'istituto librario nella sua identità fisica in relazione alle risorse elettroniche viene messo in rilievo il rapporto tra architetti e bibliotecari nella realtà del nostro Paese, che presenta caratteri contrastanti rispetto ad altre realtà europee e non solo. In un rapporto tra elementi della tradizione passata e presente vengono presentati infine alcuni elementi di attualità che tentano di configurare il canone bibliotecario attuale nel contesto disciplinare
No full textThe concept of average as the ideal became an epidemic in the twentieth century. We developed standardized production lines, standardized intelligence exams, and cataloging rules to create ideal metadata descriptions for standard library resources. RDA’s emphasis on flexibility and relationships, as well as its readiness to be expressed in linked open data, opens the door to its use in describing rapidly evolving resource types and making them discoverable on the Semantic Web. Stanford's recent Mellon grant, Linked Data for Production, will explore the transition of traditional technical services workflows to linked data and RDA’s place in that process.The concept of average as the ideal became an epidemic in the twentieth century. We developed standardized production lines, standardized intelligence exams, and cataloging rules to create ideal metadata descriptions for standard library resources. RDA’s emphasis on flexibility and relationships, as well as its readiness to be expressed in linked open data, opens the door to its use in describing rapidly evolving resource types and making them discoverable on the Semantic Web. Stanford's recent Mellon grant, Linked Data for Production, will explore the transition of traditional technical services workflows to linked data and RDA’s place in that process
No full textThe Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) is an international cataloging community that seeks to create trusted, high quality metadata to meet user needs. Part of that mission includes developing best practices for emerging information systems as well as maintaining current standards. This paper sheds light on the works of the PCC task groups involved with developing best practices for linked data in the last couple of years, Task Group on URIs in MARC and BIBFRAME.The Task Group on URIs conducted a pilot test, compiled findings and comments that served the foundation of several MARC proposals at the 2016 and 2017 American Library Association Annual and Midwinter meetings. The goal of the proposed refinements and expansion of usage of these MARC subfields, e.g. 4, is to prepare and extend the richness of library data to the wider information world with little programmatic intervention.The BIBFRAME Task Group’s charge is to develop community standards and practice for linked data, focusing on BIBFRAME. The group's initial efforts focus on mapping elements from the CONSER Standard Record (CSR) and BIBCO Standard Record (BSR) BIBFRAME version 2 ontology.Both Task Groups’ efforts are to benefit and assist information professionals and researchers conducting their work utilizing Web as a service (WaaS) beyond the traditional library data silos.The Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) is an international cataloging community that seeks to create trusted, high quality metadata to meet user needs. Part of that mission includes developing best practices for emerging information systems as well as maintaining current standards. This paper sheds light on the works of the PCC task groups involved with developing best practices for linked data in the last couple of years, Task Group on URIs in MARC and BIBFRAME.The Task Group on URIs conducted a pilot test, compiled findings and comments that served the foundation of several MARC proposals at the 2016 and 2017 American Library Association Annual and Midwinter meetings. The goal of the proposed refinements and expansion of usage of these MARC subfields, e.g. 4, is to prepare and extend the richness of library data to the wider information world with little programmatic intervention.The BIBFRAME Task Group’s charge is to develop community standards and practice for linked data, focusing on BIBFRAME. The group's initial efforts focus on mapping elements from the CONSER Standard Record (CSR) and BIBCO Standard Record (BSR) BIBFRAME version 2 ontology.Both Task Groups’ efforts are to benefit and assist information professionals and researchers conducting their work utilizing Web as a service (WaaS) beyond the traditional library data silos
New ways of creating and sharing bibliographic information: an experiment of using the Wikibase Data Model for UNIMARC data
Full text linkStarting from the consideration that UNIMARC (and in general the MARC) is in fact an ontology, this contribution proposes to make it explicit and to convert it – only at a syntactic level – in Linked Data / RDF structures through the use of the Wikibase data model. The outcome could therefore become not only the publication of data as LOD, but also an environment for the production of bibliographic data, that allows different ontological approaches. We illustrate the possibility to achieve a restructuring of the UNIMARC record into distinct items by data type (potentially referred also to the different FRBR entities), retaining the possibility to recover all the information of the original format. Then we highlight the Wikibase solutions that become exploitable for the MARC: “usable version” of the record, with explicitation of the encoded values, and definitions connected to the data in the same system; identification of univocal data with URIs, as required in the context of the semantic web; source of the data recorded for each field; statistics on the presence of fields and subfields; new storage format natively designed for collaborative editing; export of all elements in standard RDF; support of modification via open API.Starting from the consideration that UNIMARC (and in general the MARC) is in fact an ontology, this contribution proposes to make it explicit and to convert it – only at a syntactic level – in Linked Data / RDF structures through the use of the Wikibase data model. The outcome could therefore become not only the publication of data as LOD, but also an environment for the production of bibliographic data, that allows different ontological approaches. We illustrate the possibility to achieve a restructuring of the UNIMARC record into distinct items by data type (potentially referred also to the different FRBR entities), retaining the possibility to recover all the information of the original format. Then we highlight the Wikibase solutions that become exploitable for the MARC: “usable version” of the record, with explicitation of the encoded values, and definitions connected to the data in the same system; identification of univocal data with URIs, as required in the context of the semantic web; source of the data recorded for each field; statistics on the presence of fields and subfields; new storage format natively designed for collaborative editing; export of all elements in standard RDF; support of modification via open API
Wikipedia (and his brothers) to network and improve services
Full text linkSolamente cinque anni fa, i bibliotecari, archivisti e operatori museali italiani erano sia interessati sia scettici di collaborare, come professionisti dell’organizzazione della conoscenza, con Wikipedia. Tuttavia, oggi ci sono numerose iniziative e progetti in quest’area, dunque è possibile trovare un terreno comune. I professionisti sono stati coinvolti direttamente come editori, rendendo maggiormente visibili le proprie collezioni tramite la digitalizzazione in Commons e Wikisource, e come mediatori, aiutando i propri utenti a diventare Wikipediani. Recentemente sono nate alcune esperienze con l’obiettivo di integrare i servizi tradizionali (cataloghi, servizi di reference, etc.) e i progetti Wikimedia. La tecnologia dei linked open data incrementa questa possibilità. L’organizzazione dell’enciclopedia libera è piuttosto differente dal funzionamento e dal contesto istituzionale. Sarebbe necessario il monitoraggio delle reciproche influenze. Il coordinamento MAB è stato creato per integrare i servizi e le capacità professionali di musei, archivi e biblioteche. Il MAB è il luogo giusto per professionisti di differente tipologia che vogliano condividere le proprie esperienze. L’articolo presenta i progetti sviluppati in Toscana negli ultimi due anni, principalmente nelle biblioteche e nei musei. Only five years ago, the Italian librarians, archivists and museologists where both curious about and skeptical in order to collaborate, as knowledge organization professionals, with Wikipedia. However, nowadays there are many initiatives and projects in this area, so it is possible to find a common ground. Professionals are involved directly in Wikipedia as editors, making more visible their collections through digitization in Commons and Wikisource, and as mediators helping their users to become Wikipedians. Recently, some experiences have been implemented with the purpose of integrating traditional services (catalogues, reference service, etc.) and Wikimedia projects. Linked open data technology increases this possibility. The free encyclopedia organization is very different from institutional functioning and background. The monitoring of mutual influences is necessary. MAB coordination was created to integrate the services and professional skills of museums, archives and libraries. MAB is the proper place for different types of professionals to share their experiences. The article presents the projects developed in Tuscany in the last two years, mainly in libraries and museums
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No full textThis issue of JLIS.it is made up of two separate sections: the first, as usual, lists essays and contributes of different nuances of library and archival science. The second hosts the papers of the conference Selling & Collecting: Printed Book Sale Catalogues and Private Libraries in Early Modern Europe, held at the University of Cagliari (Italy) on September 20-21, 2017.We decided to published some papers selected out of those presented at the conference; the theme is the core of the EMoBookTrade, a project devoted to investigating bookselling in Early Modern History and funded by the ERC. All papers did pass JLIS.it selection, and assessment steps and all of them successfully passed the peer-review. JLIS.it decided to open to themes related to book and library history examined with innovative methods and an interdisciplinary approach: a novelty in the course of the journal we hope our readers will appreciate.Questo numero di JLIS.it è costituito da due distinte sezioni: la prima, come di consueto, accoglie saggi e contributi che coprono differenti sfere d’interesse di ambito biblioteconomico e archivistico; la seconda, invece, ospita gli atti di un convegno di studi intitolato Selling & Collecting: Printed Book Sale Catalogues and Private Libraries in Early Modern Europe, che si è tenuto presso l’Università di Cagliari il 20 e 21 settembre 2017.Abbiamo pertanto deciso di pubblicare i contributi selezionati dal Comitato scientifico del convegno, il cui tema è al centro del progetto, EMoBookTrade, dedicato al commercio librario nella prima età moderna e finanziato dal Consiglio europeo della ricerca. I saggi sono stati sottoposti alle procedure previste da JLIS.it per la selezione e la valutazione, e tutti hanno superato il processo di peer review.JLIS.it ha, dunque, ritenuto opportuno dare spazio a un filone di ricerca che affronta tematiche proprie della storia del libro e della biblioteca con un metodo innovativo e un taglio investigativo di tipo interdisciplinare: una novità, nella storia editoriale della nostra rivista, che ci auguriamo possa accogliere il favore e l’interesse dei nostri lettori