Hosted by the National Technical Library (Národní technická knihova) in Prague and with over 150 participants already registered, if it is anything like ELAG 2010, it will be an exciting event. ELAG is an annual conference (this one is the 35th!) made up of pre-conference workshops, a series of presentations and the opportunity to take part in one of the ten workshops that run throughout the conference.
Prof. Dr. Harald Reiterer will open the conference where he will talk about the concept of Blended Libraries, which interesting for a library technology conference, explores the information seeking processes in the physical library of the future. As is to be expected, other key topics include linked data, cloud computing and the semantic web (including the Europeana Data Model for libraries).
I am most nervous about my own workshop asking whether MARC must die? With 18 participants registered and a nice mixture of hard-core cataloguers and library software developers, I’m left wondering if I, or indeed MARC, will survive ELAG 2011?
We’d love you to join us (and there is still a few days left to register), but if you can’t you can always follow #elag2011 on Twitter.
National Technical Library, Prague, Czech Republic, Main Hall
Hey Sally, welcome at WP blogosphere!
Dank je Fleur
In a couple of days the Library of Congress will post an announcement and statement from Deanna Marcum, LC’s Associate Librarian for Library Services, regarding “Transforming our Bibliographic Framework”. The announcement will basically say: A web site has been established for the Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative http://www.loc.gov/marc/transition and that will be the central place for plans, news, and progress. It will indicate formal channels established for working with the community, receiving feedback and input from various sources and stakeholders, and how the Library will proceed in this major undertaking.
There also will be a statement with more information about transitioning from MARC. I will bring a copy of the statement and announcement with me to ELAG – see you soon! – Barbara Tillett, Chief, Policy & Standards Division, Library of Congress
Brilliant Barbara! Many thanks for sharing this information with us. I shall look forward to seeing you in Prague! With best wishes, Sally
Dear Sally, good luck and enjoy ELAG.
You’ll probably not be able to kill off MARC in one fell swoop, yet…
M.
Thanks Marian! I’ll let you know how it goes…
Sally
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