Cataloger Makeover: Creating Non-MARC Name Authorities

Abstract

This article shares a vision of the enterprise of cataloging and the role of catalogers and metadata librarians in the twenty-first century. The revolutionary opportunities now presented by Semantic Web technologies liberate catalogers from their historically analog-based static world, re-conceptualize it, and transform it into a world of high dimensionality and fluidity. By presenting illustrative examples of innovative metadata creation and manipulation, such as non-MARC name authority records, we seek to contribute to the libraries’ mission with innovative projects that enable discovery, development, communication, learning, and creativity, and hold promise to exceed users’ expectations.

KEYWORDS:

• name authority control
• data models
• ontologies
• VIVO
• college and university libraries
• non-MARC name authority records
• RDF
• OWL
• Karma data integration tool

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