~ Lightning Talks ~
Lightning Talks are designed to be short presentations in order to share with others ideas and concepts of a MOUG or OLAC focus. The goal is to demonstrate a topic in a quick and insightful manner. Talks are arranged one after the other during the session. Each presenter gets FIVE minutes, and only five minutes. Yes, we have a stop-watch ~ :)
Scheduled for Friday, Oct. 24, 3:45-5:00 p.m.
Impact of Metadata on Accessibility of Digital Collections (Presentation Slides | Transcript: Slide 3, Slide 5)
~ Teressa Keenan, University of Montana
Conversations about universal design and accessibility have been commonplace among web developers since the 1990s but they are just now beginning to emerge in the world of library digital collections. The very nature of the materials often presented in digital collections creates barriers to accessibility. One possible solution to these barriers can be found in metadata. This lightening round session will briefly discuss how the quality of descriptive metadata as well as the configuration of metadata fields and controlled vocabularies can have a positive effect on accessibility of image collections.
Promotion of E-books Using QR Codes (Presentation Slides)
~ Dana Tonkonow Hanford, Central Connecticut State University
In order to draw attention to our library's ever-increasing e-book collection, I devised a way to promote select e-books by using QR codes that link a print copy of an e-book cover image to the bibliographic record in our catalog. By using a freely available QR code generator/tracker, I'm able to create a QR code with link for each select e-book cover image. The print e-book cover image and QR code are displayed in a clear acrylic frame on our new books display shelf (please see attached image). With the QR code tracker, I'm able to see which e-book QR codes are being scanned and assess patron interest.
Saving Orphans, One VHS At a Time: The Story of Section 108 at the University of Connecticut Libraries (Presentation Slides)
~ Jennifer M. Eustis, University of Connecticut
Perhaps you've witnessed the absolute terror of the faculty who cherishes their time old VHS used in teaching. At the University of Connecticut (UConn), those who have an affinity with VHS are finding it increasingly difficult to show them because UConn no longer supports this technology in classrooms. Hence, teaching faculty must either bring their own VHS player or use those in the library. Adding to this faculty frustration, many VHS tapes' quality are beginning to degrade with time and continual use. To help faculty, the Libraries use Section 108, orphan works, to determine when to provide a digital DVD copy for instructional use only. This lightning talk will present how this program started and the workflow involved in changing a terrified faculty member into a happy one.
Streamlining Music Cataloging: Procedures and Corresponding OCLC Macros (Presentation Slides)
~ Melissa Burel, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
This presentation covers the creation of music cataloging procedures with accompanying OCLC macros. It will discuss some of the useful features and iterations of cataloging procedures and will connect specific procedures with OCLC macros, including the conversion of AACR2 records to RDA.
Using “Tasks” in MarcEdit to Do Your Dirty Work (Presentation Slides)
~ Margaret Corby, Kansas State University
When you’re using MarcEdit to make the same edits to vendor packages month after month, why not set up a “task” to run the edits for you? This presentation with show how a task list is created to make the same edits to the Naxos bibliographic records.
Learning about Linked Data through a Zine Thesaurus (Presentation Slides)
~ Tina Gross, St. Cloud State University
Last year, a group of metadata-minded librarians met to learn more about linked data and gain some practical and technical experience in creating and consuming linked data. Thus was born Minnesota’s first zine Linked Data Working Group. In collaboration with Minneapolis Community and Technical College and the Roberts Street Social Centre, we set out to create a linked data representation of the Anchor Archive Zine Thesaurus in the Open Metadata Registry, which made the data freely available on the web for others to link to. Come hear about our experience creating linked data and aspirations for future projects.
Mining for Moving Image Data in MARC (Presentation Slides)
~ Kelley McGrath, University of Oregon
One of the Google engineers working on parsing MARC data for Google Books reportedly said that “the first thing he had to learn was that the ‘Machine Readable’ part of the MARC acronym was a lie” (http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2010/01/google-exposes-book-metadata-privates.html). This lightning talk will discuss strategies used to enable a computer to identify data related to moving image works and expressions in MARC bibliographic records and transform it into standardized forms. This structured data will enable us to improve displays and make searching both easier and more powerful. This lightning talk will also make recommendations for ways that video catalogers can include more machine-actionable data in their MARC records.
Purchasing and Licensing Models of Streaming Videos for Libraries (Presentation Slides)
~ Cyrus Ford, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Libraries are moving toward online delivery. The distributors of commercial videos re-evaluated both the changing nature of the marketplace and the economic model of selling products. Also the licensing of online and on-demand video content is new and unclearly defined concept and practice. This program discusses the purchasing and licensing models of streaming videos for libraries.
~ Teressa Keenan, University of Montana
Conversations about universal design and accessibility have been commonplace among web developers since the 1990s but they are just now beginning to emerge in the world of library digital collections. The very nature of the materials often presented in digital collections creates barriers to accessibility. One possible solution to these barriers can be found in metadata. This lightening round session will briefly discuss how the quality of descriptive metadata as well as the configuration of metadata fields and controlled vocabularies can have a positive effect on accessibility of image collections.
Promotion of E-books Using QR Codes (Presentation Slides)
~ Dana Tonkonow Hanford, Central Connecticut State University
In order to draw attention to our library's ever-increasing e-book collection, I devised a way to promote select e-books by using QR codes that link a print copy of an e-book cover image to the bibliographic record in our catalog. By using a freely available QR code generator/tracker, I'm able to create a QR code with link for each select e-book cover image. The print e-book cover image and QR code are displayed in a clear acrylic frame on our new books display shelf (please see attached image). With the QR code tracker, I'm able to see which e-book QR codes are being scanned and assess patron interest.
Saving Orphans, One VHS At a Time: The Story of Section 108 at the University of Connecticut Libraries (Presentation Slides)
~ Jennifer M. Eustis, University of Connecticut
Perhaps you've witnessed the absolute terror of the faculty who cherishes their time old VHS used in teaching. At the University of Connecticut (UConn), those who have an affinity with VHS are finding it increasingly difficult to show them because UConn no longer supports this technology in classrooms. Hence, teaching faculty must either bring their own VHS player or use those in the library. Adding to this faculty frustration, many VHS tapes' quality are beginning to degrade with time and continual use. To help faculty, the Libraries use Section 108, orphan works, to determine when to provide a digital DVD copy for instructional use only. This lightning talk will present how this program started and the workflow involved in changing a terrified faculty member into a happy one.
Streamlining Music Cataloging: Procedures and Corresponding OCLC Macros (Presentation Slides)
~ Melissa Burel, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
This presentation covers the creation of music cataloging procedures with accompanying OCLC macros. It will discuss some of the useful features and iterations of cataloging procedures and will connect specific procedures with OCLC macros, including the conversion of AACR2 records to RDA.
Using “Tasks” in MarcEdit to Do Your Dirty Work (Presentation Slides)
~ Margaret Corby, Kansas State University
When you’re using MarcEdit to make the same edits to vendor packages month after month, why not set up a “task” to run the edits for you? This presentation with show how a task list is created to make the same edits to the Naxos bibliographic records.
Learning about Linked Data through a Zine Thesaurus (Presentation Slides)
~ Tina Gross, St. Cloud State University
Last year, a group of metadata-minded librarians met to learn more about linked data and gain some practical and technical experience in creating and consuming linked data. Thus was born Minnesota’s first zine Linked Data Working Group. In collaboration with Minneapolis Community and Technical College and the Roberts Street Social Centre, we set out to create a linked data representation of the Anchor Archive Zine Thesaurus in the Open Metadata Registry, which made the data freely available on the web for others to link to. Come hear about our experience creating linked data and aspirations for future projects.
Mining for Moving Image Data in MARC (Presentation Slides)
~ Kelley McGrath, University of Oregon
One of the Google engineers working on parsing MARC data for Google Books reportedly said that “the first thing he had to learn was that the ‘Machine Readable’ part of the MARC acronym was a lie” (http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2010/01/google-exposes-book-metadata-privates.html). This lightning talk will discuss strategies used to enable a computer to identify data related to moving image works and expressions in MARC bibliographic records and transform it into standardized forms. This structured data will enable us to improve displays and make searching both easier and more powerful. This lightning talk will also make recommendations for ways that video catalogers can include more machine-actionable data in their MARC records.
Purchasing and Licensing Models of Streaming Videos for Libraries (Presentation Slides)
~ Cyrus Ford, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Libraries are moving toward online delivery. The distributors of commercial videos re-evaluated both the changing nature of the marketplace and the economic model of selling products. Also the licensing of online and on-demand video content is new and unclearly defined concept and practice. This program discusses the purchasing and licensing models of streaming videos for libraries.