Automation and Related Standards; Metadata

Dr. Bilal

IS 592

Spring 2005

Standards

• Standards have impact on the automation industry

• Most library standards are available via LC– http://www.loc.gov/standards– Access this site and examine the standards

on Resource Description Formats

Industry Standards

• Encoding– MARC 21– MARCXML– MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema)– MADS (Metadata Authority Description

Schema)– Dublin Core

Industry Standards

• Content– AACR2R (Anglo-American Cataloging Rules,

2nd Revised Edition– ISBD (International Standards Bibliographic

Description)

Industry Standards

• Automation functions– Standard Interchange Protocol (SIP)

• To exchange circulation messages with library systems, such as borrower identification

– SIP2: De-facto standard for the exchange of circulation data and transactions between different systems

• In use by self-issue systems, telephone renewals, PC bookings software, library security systems, and RFID systems

Industry Standards

• NCIP (NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol)– Supports interlibrary loan applications (all

functions for lending items)

• EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)– Supports the transfer of data between

different systems over the Internet. EDI was developed for businesses to buy, sell, and trade information electronically.

Industry Standards

• SIF (Schools Interoperability Framework) – Designed for the interoperation of many school applications

• RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)– A method of remotely storing and retrieving data

using devices called RFID Tags. An RFID tag is a small object (e.g., an adhesive sticker) that contain antennas for receiving and responding to radio frequency queries from an RFID transceiver. Used in library security systems.

Metadata

• Machine understandable information for the Web

• Dublin Core– A standard for describing/creating metadata

for Web information– 15 elements of description– http://www.lub.lu.se/cgi-bin/nmdc.pl

• Has a template for creating Dublin Core metadata