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BIBFRAME Development
Full text linkThe Library of Congress has been exploring “linked data” for over 10 years. The genesis of this development goes back to the W3C projects in the late 1990s on SGML, then XML, HTML, and finally a linked data oriented format RDF. In 2007 the Library of Congress organized a community inquiry into the “future of bibliographic control,” that became a catalyst for exploration and change. A wide ranging report was written and some major recommendations were made. Some have been acted upon, others are still on the table such as a rethinking of subject vocabularies. But two technical recommendations were ideally suited for exploration using the emerging linked data framework of the W3C: the use of technology to get broader use of library curated vocabularies and the replacement of the MARC format with a data interchange framework that makes library data more readily available on the web. The Library was investigating the linked data framework for standards and models for exposing its vocabularies such as the LCSH. Accordingly, LCSH was made publicly available as linked data in 2009 followed by name authorities, countries, languages, and many other controlled lists used in bibliographic standards such as MARC, MODS, and PREMIS. This project became the Library of Congress Linked Data Service. Its aim is to establish stable identifiers in URI form for entities and concepts that are useful for description of cultural heritage material. Then in 2011 the Library of Congress announced the start of the Bibliographic Framework Initiative (subsequently labelled “BIBFRAME”) to respond to the second major technical recommendation of the future of bibliographic control report: to replace MARC for interchange and to make library resources more visible on the web. The Library of Congress, with the library community, is tackling the challenges described above and this paper looks at main aspects of that development.The Library of Congress has been exploring “linked data” for over 10 years. The genesis of this development goes back to the W3C projects in the late 1990s on SGML, then XML, HTML, and finally a linked data oriented format RDF. In 2007 the Library of Congress organized a community inquiry into the “future of bibliographic control,” that became a catalyst for exploration and change. A wide ranging report was written and some major recommendations were made. Some have been acted upon, others are still on the table such as a rethinking of subject vocabularies. But two technical recommendations were ideally suited for exploration using the emerging linked data framework of the W3C: the use of technology to get broader use of library curated vocabularies and the replacement of the MARC format with a data interchange framework that makes library data more readily available on the web. The Library was investigating the linked data framework for standards and models for exposing its vocabularies such as the LCSH. Accordingly, LCSH was made publicly available as linked data in 2009 followed by name authorities, countries, languages, and many other controlled lists used in bibliographic standards such as MARC, MODS, and PREMIS. This project became the Library of Congress Linked Data Service. Its aim is to establish stable identifiers in URI form for entities and concepts that are useful for description of cultural heritage material. Then in 2011 the Library of Congress announced the start of the Bibliographic Framework Initiative (subsequently labelled “BIBFRAME”) to respond to the second major technical recommendation of the future of bibliographic control report: to replace MARC for interchange and to make library resources more visible on the web. The Library of Congress, with the library community, is tackling the challenges described above and this paper looks at main aspects of that development
Italian Resistance movement (1943-45) and its memoirs in the Dewey Decimal Classification
Full text linkThis article defines the main features of the Italian Resistance, and their representation in the conceptual scheme of DDC, and aims to give them a more precise classification as there is an ever-growing literary warrant. It also examines personal accounts relating to the Italian Resistance: diaries, letters, papers and memories. Since the post-war period, these unique and important documents have become the object of historical research and extensive publication.Nella presente trattazione sono stati definiti gli aspetti principali della Resistenza italiana, per poi analizzare come essi siano rappresentati all’interno dello schema concettuale della CDD, proponendone una più corretta espressione storica, in ragione di una cospicua e crescente garanzia bibliografica. Viene inoltre esaminata la memorialistica connessa al movimento politico e militare della Resistenza italiana: diari, lettere, carteggi e memorie. Testimonianze uniche e significative che furono oggetto fin dall'immediato dopoguerra di un notevole interesse storico e di una grande diffusione editoriale sino ad oggi
Research evaluation in Humanities: an empirical study on the main journal lists about History and philosophy of science
Full text linkL’articolo si concentra sull’uso di liste di riviste per la valutazione della ricerca nell’ambito delle Scienze umane e in particolare nel settore di Storia e filosofia della scienza.A un panorama delle principali problematiche inerenti l’uso delle liste di riviste con particolare attenzione alle iniziative di valutazione della ricerca in Italia segue uno studio che ha messo a confronto le liste di riviste ERIH, Norwegian list, CIRC e ANVUR.Nelle conclusioni vengono proposte considerazioni sull'uso delle liste di riviste per la valutazione della ricerca del settore considerato, anche in relazione al dibattito internazionale originato dal Manifesto di Leiden, e alcune riflessioni sui database internazionali e gli strumenti in uso nel sistema della valutazione scientifica in Italia.The article focuses on journal lists oriented to research evaluation in Humanities, specifically concerning History and philosophy of science. It begins with an overview of main issues concerning the use of journal lists, especially in connection to the Italian research evaluation initiatives, and afterwords it presents a study about a comparison between ERIH, Norwegian list, CIRC e ANVUR journal lists In conclusion the article gives some opinions about the use of journal lists in research evaluation of considered field of study, also related to international debate caused by Leiden manifesto, and about international databases and tools used in Italian research evaluation system
Paper engineers e dispositivi cartotecnici dei libri animati tra Otto e Novecento
Full text linkL’articolo esamina l’evoluzione dei pop-up books destinati all’infanzia, nel periodo compreso tra la fine del Settecento e la fine del Novecento e, in particolare, la personalità artistica di alcuni editori/paper engineer (Dean and Son, Lothar Meggendorfer, Ernest Nister, S. Louise Giraud, Vojtĕch Kubăsta). Il contributo illustra inoltre il funzionamento di alcuni dispositivi cartotecnici da loro progettati e realizzati. Resta deliberatamente escluso dall’indagine il pop-up book digitale, che presenta caratteristiche e problematiche diverse rispetto al libro cartaceo e che pertanto esulano dall’ambito di interesse del saggio.The article examines the evolution of pop-up children books in the period from the late eighteenth century and the end of the twentieth century and, in particular, the artistic personality of some publishers/paper engineer (Dean and Son, Lothar Meggendorfer, Ernest Nister, St. Louise Giraud, Vojtech Kubăsta ). The contribution also illustrates operation of some devices. It remains deliberately excluded from the survey the digital pop-up book, which has different characteristics and problems compared to the printed book
L'archivio digitale: un esempio di conservazione a lungo termine. La situazione delle università in Spagna
Full text linkQuesto articolo presenta il lavoro svolto dalla Conferenza degli Archivisti delle università spagnole in tema di conservazione a lungo termine e di accesso ai record digitali prodotti dalle università per mezzo di archivi digitali sicuri. Vengono illustrate, inoltre, le modalità di gestione dello schema di metadati utilizzato per garantire la long-term digital preservation.This presentation summarizes the work of the Conference of Spanish University Archivists on long-term preservation and access to the electronic records of our universities through secure digital repositories. It also includes the management of the metadata schema to ensure long-term preservation
La realizzazione di RDA
Full text linkL'autore ripercorre lo sviluppo di RDA dal principio, nel 2005, fino alla sua prima pubblicazione, nel 2010. L'impegno di sviluppo è inserito nel contesto di un ambiente digitale in evoluzione che trasforma sia la produzione sia la diffusione delle risorse informative e delle risorse utilizzate per creare, immagazzinare e accedere ai dati che descrivono tali risorse. L'autore esamina l'interazione tra l'impegno strategico ad allineare RDA con i nuovi modelli concettuali, le strutture di database emergenti e lo sviluppo dei metadati nelle comunità alleate, da una parte, e la compatibilità con l'eredità di AACR2 e dei database esistenti dall'altra. Gli aspetti esaminati comprendono la strutturazione di RDA come linguaggio di descrizione delle risorse, l'organizzazione del nuovo standard come uno strumento di lavoro e il raffinamento delle linee guida e delle istruzioni per la registrazione dei dati secondo RDA.The author revisits the development of RDA from its inception in 2005 through to its initial release in 2010. The development effort is set in the context of an evolving digital environment that was transforming both the production and dissemination of information resources and the technologies used to create, store, and access data describing those resources. The author examines the interplay between strategic commitments to align RDA with new conceptual models, emerging database structures, and metadata developments in allied communities, on the one hand, and compatibility with AACR2 legacy databases on the other. Aspects of the development effort examined include the structuring of RDA as a resource description language, organizing the new standard as a working tool, and refining guidelines and instructions for recording RDA data.
Adozione di RDA alla Library of Congress
Full text linkThe process of implementation of RDA by Library of Congress, National Agricultural Library, and National Library of Medicine is presented. Each phase of development, test, decision, preparation for implementation of RDA and training about RDA is fully and accurately described and discussed. Benefits from implementation of RDA for the Library of Congress are identified and highlighted: more flexibility in cataloguing decisions, easier international sharing of cataloguing data, clearer linking among related works; closer cooperation with other libraries in the North American community, production of an online learning platform in order to deliver RDA training on a large scale in real time to catalogers
Towards the integration of archives, libraries and museums
Full text linkWithin the MAB Toscana a working group has been created to reflect on the possibilities of making the descriptive standards adopted in museums, archives and libraries interoperable and to test ways of cooperation and sharing of information, thus favoring usability. To this end, some significant experiences, both at national and international level, were examined. Furthermore, the possibilities and the problems arising from the introduction of models such as FRBR and RDA (as tools intended for the description of different types of documents) were investigated. This analysis is preliminary to a desirable test phase to be held in Italy, in order to verify any critical issue and develop joint projects between institutions that hold documentary collections of various kinds This cooperation is currently in an embryonic state, but a considerable potential can be already foreseen for the quality improvement of their services and the enhancement of their cultural heritageNell’ambito del MAB Toscana è nato un gruppo di lavoro per riflettere sulle possibilità di integrazione tra standard descrittivi adottati in musei, archivi e biblioteche e per sperimentare modalità di cooperazione e condivisione di informazioni favorendone la fruibilità. A questo scopo, sono state esaminate alcune esperienze significative a livello italiano ed internazionale, analizzando le possibilità e le problematiche derivanti dall'introduzione di modelli come FRBR e di linee guida come RDA, che si propongono come strumenti di lavoro per la descrizione di tipologie documentali diverse. Questa analisi è preliminare ad un'auspicabile fase di sperimentazione da svolgersi in Italia, per verificare eventuali criticità sul campo e rafforzare progetti comuni di lavoro tra istituti che conservano collezioni documentali di varia natura Questa cooperazione è ad oggi ad uno stato embrionale, ma è già intuibile il potenziale per il miglioramento dei servizi e la valorizzazione dei rispettivi patrimoni culturali.
The international diffusion of RDA: a wide overview on the new guidelines
Full text linkQuesto fascicolo di JLIS.it è dedicato a RDA, Resource Description and Access. Alla luce di una crescente diffusione internazionale di questo nuovo standard per la catalogazione di contenuti, la redazione di JLIS.it auspica di cogliere lo scenario nel quale RDA si sta sviluppando e le implicazioni della sua realizzazione fino a oggi. Questo fascicolo speciale offre un'ampia panoramica su queste nuove linee guida, a partire dalla loro nascita fino alla loro diffusione nel mondo.This issue of Jlis.it is focused on RDA, Resource Description and Access. In light of increasing international acceptance of this new cataloging content standard, the editors of Jlis.it wish to capture the background of how RDA came to be and the implications of its implementation at this time. This special issue offers a wide overview on the new guidelines from their making to their spreading around the world
RDA: the Emperor’s New Code
Full text linkArgues that the RDA was an unnecessary waste of time and money. The few improvements it makes in catalogue records could have been accomplished far more cheaply, promptly, and easily by modifying AACR2. Argues that RDA's abandonment of the ISBD is a retrograde and damaging step.L'autore sostiene che le nuove linee guida RDA sono un inutile spreco di tempo e denaro. I pochi miglioramenti realizzati per le registrazioni catalografiche avrebbero potuto essere realizzati in maniera più economica, immediata e più semplice, modificando AACR2. Nell'articolo, inoltre, l'autore ritiene che l'abbandono di ISBD in RDA costituisca una scelta dannosa