How many WorldCat MARC tags are REALLY used?
Answer: Not many. And there are a lot of MARC tags that are rarely used. I recently analyzed the occurrence frequency of MARC tags in a December 2007 WorldCat snapshot …
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The Importance of Place – an anecdote
John Hagel recently blogged about the increasing value of place in shaping talent development and how the density of similar types of companies “increases opportunities for serendipitous encounters and sustained …
Read MoreHappy birthday TCP/IP
TCP/IP is frequently held up as a model for the type of lightweight standard that libraries and affiliated communities should aim to develop. But what goes into developing a “lightweight” …
Read MoreDigital Preservation / Infrastructure and Standards Support / Renovating Descriptive Practice / Web Archiving
Communities of practice in web archiving
Long, long ago, on October 18th (before I moved offices or went on vacation!) I attended the first day of the Archive-It partners’ meeting at the Internet Archive. Molly Bragg …
Read MoreSome things are worth waiting for
The Library of Congress’ CPSO (Cataloging Policy and Support Office) announced today: The major authority record exchange partners (British Library, Library of Congress, National Library of Medicine, and OCLC, Inc., …
Read MoreWhat’s in a Name?
I had the pleasure and honor of attending a Names Experts Panel meeting with my colleague Thom Hickey last week hosted by JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) in London. The …
Read MoreArchives and Special Collections / Infrastructure and Standards Support / Measurement and Behaviors / Renovating Descriptive Practice
More Consensus; Less Controversy
A graduate student in history from UIUC told an audience of archivists at SAA that, because she begins her research on the web, she wants to know all the collections …
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Bio(and human)diversity
It’s been too long. Since I’ve last posted on April 16th, I’ve been to Atlanta, Chicago, Augsburg (GER), Bolzano & Venice (IT), Washington DC, Amsterdam (NL), London (UK), and I’ll …
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Services for Terminologies
At the beginning of the week, I attended the CCO Advisory Group meeting at the Getty, and I continue to be impressed with the verve of this band of visual …
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