Bibliographic Resources Research Articles

ЕЛЕКТРОННИЙ РЕСУРС «ВИДАТНІ ПЕДАГОГИ УКРАЇНИ ТА СВІТУ» Й ОНЛАЙН-ПРОЄКТ «МИ СТОЇМО НА ПЛЕЧАХ НАШИХ ПОПЕРЕДНИКІВ: ВИДАТНІ ПЕДАГОГИ-ЮВІЛЯРИ»

У статті розкрито зміст і роль створеного Державною науково-педагогічною бібліотекою України імені В.О. Сухомлинського електронного інформаційно-бібліографічного ресурсу «Видатні педагоги України та світу» для розвитку й поширення педагогічного біографічного знання в Україні. Зазначено, що нині постійно поповнюваний електронний ресурс містить відомості про 56 відомих вітчизняних та зарубіжних педагогів, освітніх діячів різних історичних періодів. Аргументовано, що електронний інформаційно-бібліографічний ресурс «Видатні педагоги України та світу» дає змогу крізь призму біографій знаних педагогічних персоналій системно простежувати розвиток української та зарубіжної освіти, педагогічної думки як у макроісторичних, так і в мікроісторичних вимірах. Презентовано онлайн-проєкт «Ми стоїмо на плечах наших попередників: Видатні педагоги-ювіляри», розроблений відділом педагогічного джерелознавства та біографістики ДНПБ України імені В.О. Сухомлинського на базі цього електронного ресурсу. Висвітлено його зміст і значення для широкого кола користувачів бібліотеки, зокрема освітян та науковців. Окреслено подальші напрями розвитку онлайн-проєкту.

New approaches to bibliographing factual information in local studies

The author examines the possibility for overcoming formal approaches to de-visu bibliographing factual information in local studies. She proposes a technology for bibliographing published local facts in the circumstances of digitalization. The sample abstracts supplementing bibliographic descriptions in local e-catalogs and factual local databases like “calendar of memorable dates” or “local chronicles” are provided. These databases should become the quality full-text bibliographic and factual resources, reliable and relevant, high quality and meeting user demands. The «de-facto» approach to bibliographing will facilitate the 5-fold increase in the number of hits of property digital resources of cultural institutions by the year 2024, which is envisaged by the “Culture” national project. It would also enable to accumulate reliable information on facts and events in local/regional history, interesting and unique facts, and famous local countrymen. This only technology will enable the libraries to remain irreplaceable. The author provides examples of bibliographing factual information on local studies.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC SUPPORT FOR LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE

The provision of bibliographic resources for individual branches of science and / or practical activity is traditional and now it is one of the most developed areas of bibliography. The library and information sphere, including library, bibliographic and scientific information activities and the scientific disciplines that study them needs (library and information sciences) it as well. These areas are characterized by the proximity and significant concurrency of goals, objects, processes, methods, and results of activities. At present, their further integration, transformation of traditional libraries (first of all, scientific ones) into library and information centers is underway.The bibliography of library and information science and practice includes: 1) bibliography of literature on history, theory, methodology, organization, methodology and technology of these activities, 2) bibliography of publications and electronic resources of library and information institutions; for bibliography as such bibliography of bibliography is also of particular importance, 3) bio-bibliography of branch leaders (polybiobibliographic and monobibiographic (personal) resources).Since the 1940s the Russian State Library is the main center of the current bibliographic registration of literature on librarianship and bibliography (until 2015 – the release of current indexes, since 1989 – the formation of a thematic abstract bibliographic database). The library prepared many printed retrospective indexes and lists on the problems of library and bibliographic science and practice, which creation not only its bibliographic, but also research, methodical and production structural units took active part in.In the XXI century, the Library activities in the field of retrospective branch bibliography are limited to the creation of a series of indexes “Bibliography. Bibliographic science”, reflecting the scientifically significant array of native bibliographic literature in Russian since 1959. The main attention is paid to bibliographic registration of publications and electronic resources of the Library and about it, as well as works of its staff.Electronic catalogs and bibliographic indexes are being created that take into account the products of libraries of the Russian Federation, as well as countries – the former Soviet republics. Polybiobibliographic and personal indexes are being prepared.

Current State of Local Lore Bibliography of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

The article reveals the current state of local lore bibliography in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), the main types of bibliographic indexes: scientific-auxiliary, recommendation. The author gives the examples of specific bibliographic manuals, which allow to determine the existing system of local lore bibliography, its methodological, organizational and technological development.The article notes the leading centres involved in the creation of local lore bibliographic manuals, considers the principles of creating bibliographic resources through the organization of local lore scientific-auxiliary bibliography.The author presents the analysis of “Bibliography of Yakutia” by N.N. Gribanovsky as one of the samples of bibliographing for all the time of development of local lore bibliography in Russia and gives information about the reconstruction work of this publication. In 2016, the National Library (NL) of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) started preparing for the publication of multi-volume universal scientific-auxiliary bibliographic work “Bibliography of Yakutia (1932—2022)” on all the main branches of knowledge: Yakut language, Literature, Literary Criticism, Folklore, Economy and Demography, State and Law, Political Science, History, Archaeology and Ethnology, Culture and Arts, Health Care, Medicine, Education, Physical Culture and Sports, National Economy and Industry, Agriculture, Minerals and Geology, Cryology. It is expected that the publication will consist of 15 volumes and in general will close the existing gap in bibliographing of documents on all the major branches of knowledge for the years 1932—2022.The author presents detailed characteristics of the main bibliographic indexes published by the NL of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), the Scientific library of the North-Eastern Federal University named after M.K. Ammosov, the Central scientific library of the Yakut Scientific Centre of the Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Scientific library of the Yakutsk Agricultural Academy.The article reveals the new opportunities in bibliographic activity of municipal libraries of the Republic, analyses the base for compilation of bibliographic resources of the regions (uluses) of the Republic. The author pays special attention to the activities on creation of recommendation bibliography on “Yakut Studies”. The conclusions present the results of the development of the system of local lore bibliography in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).The author highlights that the characteristic feature of the modern system of bibliographic indexes of the region is the integrity of the major types and kinds of bibliographic indexes; the organizational, technological and scientific components are identified in general; and the bibliographic provision of science and practical activity of the Republic is increasing. The presented system develops quite dynamically in the natural way of changes in the life of society.

Possibilities of Popular (Recommendation) Online Bibliography in the Promotion of Reading

The authors consider the possibilities of popular (recommendation) online bibliography in promoting young people’s reading. Basing on the analysis of the modern socio-cultural situation characterized by the rapid growth of digital interaction, the article raises the problem of fast and qualitative orientation in the increasing flow of information. The authors conclude that the real tool of information and bibliographic search for everyone can be online electronic bibliographic resources of libraries.There is insufficient information on the use of these resources by modern young people. There was conducted study in 2018 to obtain data on reader preferences and the bibliographic sources to which they mainly refer. Students of the Moscow City Pedagogical University attended it. The sample group consisted of 43 people. The authors assumed that modern young people are focused primarily on obtaining information on the Internet, while they have a need for competent assistance to find and select the right publications. Respondents got the questionnaire compiled of 13 questions. The processing of the survey results consisted of their qualitative and quantitative analysis. In accordance with the set tasks, the study was carried out in the following areas: analysis of sources of information about books and publications used by modern youth, study of inquiries to information resources of libraries, identification of satisfaction with the quality of bibliographic information. The results of the study showed that the respondents prefer to find complete, accessible and up-to-date information about books and publications, as well as the publications themselves, on the Internet. The most valuable and preferred is the bibliographic information provided in electronic form. At the same time, many respondents are not satisfied with their own search for the necessary and high-quality publications both in the libraries and on the Internet. The authors present the possibilities of network resources of popular (recommendation) bibliography as a navigator in fast and efficient search and selection of the necessary publications.

Building virtual collection and Spanish colonial imprints of the Philippines

PurposeThe access to the rare originals of the early Spanish colonial imprints of the Philippines remains problematic. The reference librarians often are restricted to directing the students and scholars to the secondary resources that are available both in print and as a part of the digital assets within the North American academic libraries. This paper aims to focus on the select primary source editions including select Spanish language colonial imprints that are available electronically on the Web along the Open Access. These Web-based resources serve as the reference tools for the early history of the Philippines and Southeast Asia. As many of these publications are rare and extremely expensive for most libraries, the Open Access resources serve as an aid to building a virtual collection of these items.Design/methodology/approachThe author had to create a data set of the early imprints of the Spanish Philippines using several bibliographic resources. The data set will be submitted as an Appendix for this research paper. The author did both qualitative and quantitative analysis of the data set along with the voyant-based digital humanities approach for topic modeling.FindingsThe goals of this paper were to not only survey the early Spanish printing of the Philippines but also provide the reader with a somewhat complete picture of how the printing began in the Spanish Philippines, what kind of the first books were printed and how one can access them given their rarity and fragility. The collection building paradigms are undergoing significant shifts, and the focus of many academic libraries is shifting toward providing access to these items. As these items high-value low-use items continue to be part of the Special Collections, the access to these is problematic. The virtual collections thus serve as a viable alternative that enables further research and access. While the creators of these works are long gone, the legacy of the Spanish colonial domination, printing and the religious orders in the Philippines remain alive through these works.Research limitations/implicationsAs this is an introductory paper, the author focused on the critical editions rather than providing a comprehensive bibliographic landscape of the presses that produced these editions. He also did not take into consideration many pamphlets that were published in the same period. He also did not consider the Chinese language publications of the Islands. The Chinese had been block printing since medieval times (Little, 1996). In the context of the Spanish Philippines, the Chinese migration and trade have been studied in detail by Chia (2006), Bjork (1998) and Gebhardt (2017). The scope of this paper also was centered toward building a virtual collection of these rare books.Practical implicationsRare books are often expensive and out-of-reach for many libraries; the virtual collection of the same along the Open Access model represents an alternative to collect and curate these collections. The stewardship of these collections also acquires a new meaning in the digital milieu.Social implicationsThis research paper will allow scholars to see past the analog editions and help them focus on curating a virtual collection. The questions of electronic access are often ignored when it comes to visiting and using them in a controlled environment of the reading room in the Special Collections. The author argues that one way to enable access to these rare and expensive books is to provide access to their digital counterparts. These digital/virtual surrogates of the originals will facilitate further research.Originality/valueThe author could not find similar research on the publications of the early Spanish colony of the Philippines.

The standardization of bibliographical terminology: development and present situation

This article is devoted to the standardization of bibliographic terminology. All Soviet and Russian standards , containing the terms in the field of bibliography are considered. The characteristic of the structural and content changes are given. The results of the studying existing domestic SIBID standards, including bibliographic terms are presented. The analysis of their content is carried out, approaches to systematization and terms definition are studied. The development of standardized bibliographic terms were traced through the normative documents. It is concluded that a number of terms are present in the two standards and have different definitions. At the same time, they have not been abolished, that leads to conflicting interpretations in various fields of activity. The lack of bibliographic terms that take into account the features of modern information and communication technologies is indicated. The content of these existing standards is illustrated by specific examples, that today certainly need to be updated. As a result, it was found that the basic standards reflecting the bibliographic terminology are largely outdated and do not correspond to the conceptual apparatus of modern library and information science and practice. The need to develop a national standard «Library and information activities. Terms and definitions» in which is proposed to include only general concepts relevant to the field of bibliography, becomes evident. At the same time, a specialized national standard “Bibliographing. Bibliographic resources. Terms and definitions», that should accumulate all the terms that reflect the processes of creating bibliographic information (bibliography, a special case of which is cataloguing) and diverse forms and types of its existence (bibliographic record, bibliographic reference, bibliographic resource), is being developed. The key term is “bibliographic resource” – the term, which has never been presented in the SIBID terminology standards before. An attention to the controversial issues of terminology is paid. The structure of the standard under development is proposed.

Постать Марії Монтессорі в інформаційно-бібліографічному ресурсі «Видатні педагоги України та світу» ДНПБ ім. В. О. Сухомлинського

In the article the figure of M. Montessori in information and bibliographic resource “Outstanding teachers of Ukraine and the World” has been analyzed through the prism of historical and biographical researches. The basic principles of the author's pedagogy, their functioning in the Ukrainian educational discourse have been outlined. It has been stated that the pedagogical teaching of Maria Montessori is based on the ideas of free, environmentally friendly education and involves primarily the education of the child's independence, his or her comprehensive development. And the basic postulates of the teacher (such as creation of educational and developmental environment, connection with nature, constant study of the child's personality in activity, upbringing of positive feelings, self-worth, self-knowledge of the possibilities, development of self-discipline, self-organization) are the highest measure of pedagogical humanism to our days. A detailed characteristics of the main chapters of page “Biography”, “Bibliography of Maria Montessori’s works”, “Bibliography of publications about her life and activities”, “Full-Text documents”, “Photo Gallery” and “Educational institutions which works on the Maria Montessori’s system” were highlighted and analyzed. In particular, Maria Montessori`s rare editions "Orphanage. Method of scientific pedagogy"(1913) and "A guide to my method with the addition of R. Landeberg's article "Experiences of schools in England according to the Montessori method" (1916), which are placed in the funds of V. O. Sukhomlynskyi, and in the digital library of the SSPL of Ukraine (in the section "Full-text documents" are given full scanned versions). Rare works by Yu. I. Fausek have been noted: "Montessori`s grammar for young children", "Montessori`s kindergarten: experiments and observations for twelve years. Activity in kindergartens according to Montessori`s system". It is emphasized that the understanding of Maria Montessori's pedagogical ideas requires a broad pedagogical context, deep psychological approaches and special philosophical concepts that will be rethought and varied in different pedagogical systems for centuries, acquiring new meanings and paradigms. It has been proven that the personality of Maria Montessori in the electronic information and bibliographic resource “Outstanding teachers of Ukraine and the World” provides information support of historical and pedagogical knowledge, is the same educational content, that forms the pedagogical worldview, raises the spiritual level of future teachers, serves as a source base for writing scientific papers (master's theses, dissertations), developing separate special courses in pedagogy, consolidates creative approaches of Ukrainian and foreign educational historians. It is an important means of promoting the best achievements of European pedagogy in Ukraine.

Науково-інформаційне забезпечення національно-патріотичного виховання в Україні

The article highlights the experience of the V. O. Sukhomlynskyi State Scientific and Pedagogical Library of Ukraine on scientific and information support of national and patriotic education in Ukraine through the prism of the prepared information resources. The main works of the library on the outlined topics have been presented, their structure and content have been revealed. In particular, the role of the “Analytical Bulletin in the field of education and science” in meeting the information needs of users has been reflected; analytical and abstract reviews, recommended bibliographic lists of national-patriotic topics have been presented. The methodical recommendations “Patriotic education in school libraries: methods and approaches” have been considered. It has been emphasized that the publication presents a wide range of various forms and methods of library work on national-patriotic education, which contributes to the realization of the educational potential of each librarian. The emphasis has been placed on the structural and semantic characteristics of the scientific and auxiliary bibliographic index “National-patriotic education in Ukraine”. The variety of materials presented in the publication, covering various educational links – from preschool to postgraduate pedagogical education – has been noted. The source potential on the researched issue of the textbook “Anthology of texts on education reform in Ukraine: programs, concepts, projects (1991-2017)” has been revealed. The collections of materials of scientific and practical seminars on national and patriotic themes have been analyzed. The electronic information and bibliographic resource “Outstanding teachers of Ukraine and the world” has been characterized, which promotes the achievements of national education and pedagogical thought and promotes the formation of national and patriotic feelings. It has been reasoned why library specialists carry out an important work on scientific and information support of national-patriotic education.

Postmodernism in Russian pedagogical discourse

The article analyzes the state and level of theoretical elaboration of the issues of pedagogy of the postmodern era in the Russian scientific literature. Based on the analysis of the content of publications posted in the Russian leading bibliographic resource - bibliographic database of scientific publications “The Russian Science Citation Index» – the ratio of publications devoted to the problems of postmodernism in non-pedagogical and pedagogical discourse is revealed. There are established the main clusters, which include publications on general problems of postmodern pedagogy, problems of meta-postmodern pedagogy and anti-pedagogy. The interpretive approach allows us to prove that in Russian pedagogy, critical and analytical consideration of foreign pedagogical arrays dominates. At the same time, there are first attempts to determine the author's position on the creation of Russian postmodern pedagogy, which at present is not completely methodologically entrusted. The arguments used by the authors to substantiate postmodern pedagogy are very exotic and fully correspond to the principle “Anything goes”, which is a methodologically regulating postmodern pedagogy.

EPOCA LUI ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA: DISCUȚII, PROPUNERI, PROIECTE, NEREUȘITE, ÎMPLINIRI ÎN DOMENIUL FINANCIAR-BANCAR NAȚIONAL

. First and foremost, we will depict the realities of “money trading” (money changing, pawnbroking, and quasi-modern lending) in the Romanian Principalities from the 18th century to mid-19th century, having as starting point a number of more ancient or recent bibliographical resources. The need for low interest rate loans to support lucrative business was increasingly present in the period between 1830 and1859. The financial market of the Romanian Principalities was becoming the focus of more and more Western European banks that were seeking to pursue business through their Ottoman branches. With the support of his close associates, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, the Ruler of the Romanian Principalities, also had in mind the modernisation of the Romanian banking system, as part of the reforms aimed at the development of the Romanian society as a whole. Discussions revolved around the establishment of a discount and circulation bank that would also have the right to issue currency and of a mortgage bank entitled to give out loans to the largest landowners in the country. Even though the 1864 establishment of the Savings and Consignments House had been successful in collecting private savings to be later used by the Government as budget resources for major national investment projects, the 1865 attempt at establishing Banque de Roumanie resulted in failure, due to opposition by the Romanian ruler’s political adversaries. The establishment of French and English banks in Romania was stopped and Romania failed to become a preferred market for Western European countries. Nevertheless, one should keep in mind that Alexandru Ioan Cuza, the Ruler of the Romanian Principalities, was a pioneer in this field as well, since his ideas were implemented and expanded upon after 1866.

Automated Language Identification of Bibliographic Resources

This article describes experiments in the use of machine learning techniques at the British Library to assign language codes to catalog records, in order to provide information about the language of content of the resources described. In the first phase of the project, language codes were assigned to 1.15 million records with 99.7% confidence. The automated language identification tools developed will be used to contribute to future enhancement of over 4 million legacy records.

Accounting Dualism – Particularities and Information Source for Internal and External Users in Organizational Development

Abstract Knowing the fact that in the market economy the most important resource is the information and, naturally, since the accounting cannot be substituted for the manager, instead it offers the information necessary for the decision-making processes. The paper highlights, on the basis of bibliographic resources, that a dual accounting representation responds best to all strategic requirements and leads to a better visualization of the entity as a whole, as well as of each structure. Also, in the paper we analyzed, through a selective research, the degree to which the provision of accounting information to various categories of interested users contributes to the development of the entity.

Information Service of Web Resource “Books in Russian Published Abroad, 1927—1991”

The article considers the main prerequisites for the creation of the online bibliographic resource based on the unique collection of foreign publications in Russian collected by the experts of the Russian State Library (RSL).Specialists of the Research Scientific Department of Bibliography have been working since 2001 to create the local database (DB) of books published abroad in Russian. In 2017, on the basis of DB, there was developed the new web resource, from 2018 placed on the website of Rosinformkultura of RSL in open access.The purpose of the research work is to study the distribution of new web resource service and the completeness of information-library services to users. The article for the first time covers the technological capabilities of the resource and its service component. The author analyses the statistical data of access and use of the resource and reveals the key regions on access among the eight regions of the Russian Federation. The article presents classification of queries among the main search fields most actively used when working with the DB. The author considers the specific features of information search in various data areas, including — personalia, title, keywords, geographical names, publishers, and presents distribution of materials in DB by 16 thematic areas, the largest of which are publications of fiction works. There are given the examples of search queries. Data collection is carried out in automated way using the log files of resource accesses.The article emphasizes that for the first time the users are provided with online access to previously inaccessible information about sources devoted to the Russian emigration, life and creative heritage of scientific intelligentsia reflected in printed publications. The author concludes that information service of web resource has several advantages compared to traditional library-information services: the ability to remotely access the resource, no time limit work with it, not necessarily a personal visit to the library, cover of a wider range of users, raise of social status and image of the library. The results of study confirm the demand for new web resource of RSL among users.

Discursos desde los Márgenes: Mujer y Arte de Acción en la Galicia Contemporánea

This article presents an analysis of contemporary performance art carried out by women in Galicia; a complex issue if we consider that the nature of the discipline is a practically unexplored matter. Our reflection begins by defining the typology and particularities of Galician performance art. After that, we address the performance art context in Galicia and, finally, we examine the production of three artists that we consider essential: María Marticorena, Ana Gesto and María Roja. Our methodology emerges from a thorough search of available bibliographic resources, updated fieldwork through interviews, and tracking of photographic and videographic documentation. We have opted for a qualitative interview, focused on the artists analysed in the article which can be consulted as "Annex I", attached at the end of the text. This article unveils performance art that starts in the second half of the first decade of the new century, with the almost exclusive presence of women developing heterogeneous themes but influenced by the Galician cultural context. They haven’t had institutional support or been part of self-management movements, so frequent in other parts of Spain.

The optimization of bibliographic information resource integration of digital library

ABSTRACT The integration of bibliographic information resource of digital library can increase retrieval speed and make sharing easy. With the current method, knowledge chain is used to integrate the information resources of the digital library to realize the integration of its bibliography. Therefore, this paper proposes a method for bibliographic information resource integration based on Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). With content relevance and attribute correlation, the information resources are related, and by using SOA, the information resource integration framework of digital library bibliography is formed and the information resource retrieval platform is constructed. The experiment proves that this method can improve the information resource utilization efficiency of digital library.

El uso de materiales audiovisuales y recursos digitales en la docencia universitaria: una experiencia de innovación a nivel de posgrado

<p>Este artículo presenta una experiencia de innovación docente realizada en la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú en el año académico 2016 en el marco de una maestría en antropología. Se propuso: 1) incorporar materiales audiovisuales en todas las clases sobre los temas del curso; 2) incentivar el uso de la plataforma de aprendizaje PAIDEIA (Moodle) para el trabajo y evaluación de los estudiantes a lo largo del curso y para la gestión de los recursos audiovisuales, digitales y bibliográficos empleados en el curso; 3) ofrecer la opción de presentar el trabajo final del curso en formato audiovisual. La evaluación utilizó métodos tanto cualitativos como cuantitativos, como encuestas y focus group. Los resultados muestran un impacto positivo del uso de audiovisuales en las clases en tanto estos se combinaban con recursos bibliográficos y exposiciones, fomentando una mayor participación y reflexión de parte de los alumnos, y una mayor conciencia de su propio aprendizaje. Los estudiantes valoraron positivamente el uso de la plataforma PAIDEIA, desconocida para la mayoría de ellos, y aprendieron a utilizarla. Asimismo, produjeron materiales audiovisuales que reflejaban sus aprendizajes y que se convirtieron a su vez en material para otros cursos.</p>

Internacionalização das Universidades Brasileiras - Contribuições do Programa Ciência sem Fronteiras

A crítica ao Ciência sem Fronteiras (CsF) - a maior estratégia governamental de internacionalização na história do ensino superior brasileiro - resultou no interesse em pesquisar as realizações desse programa. Este artigo aborda as contribuições que o CsF tem feito para solidificar a internacionalização nas universidades brasileiras. Para isso, analisa a lógica subjacente à concepção e implementação do programa, seus resultados e, particularmente, sua expansão no nível institucional. A investigação assumiu caráter qualitativo, de natureza exploratória, combinando recursos bibliográficos e documentais por meio da análise temática de conteúdo. Os resultados revelam que o CsF potencializou a exposição das universidades brasileiras no ambiente internacional; favoreceu a criação de parcerias e redes acadêmicas internacionais; influenciou na definição do modelo de internacionalização do Ensino Superior desejado pelo Governo brasileiro. Na medida em que contribuiu para uma curva de aprendizagem e influiu sobre a decisão de se avançar em um processo de internacionalização mais amplo e orgânico, ampliou as condições que criam um ambiente internacional no interior das universidades brasileiras.

Just Because We Can, Doesn’t Mean We Should: An Argument for Simplicity and Data Privacy With Name Authority Work in the Linked Data Environment

Neutrality is a core tenet of librarianship, although it is widely accepted that cataloging is not a neutral act. In 1876, Charles Ammi Cutter outlined the model for a library catalog. That model remained largely unchanged for over 120 years; however the publication and adoption of Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR), Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD), and Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data (FRSAD) by the international cataloging community in the late 1990s and early 2000s ushered in new models for organizing and describing bibliographic resources. Although the “FRBR Family” of models remains true to Cutter’s guiding principles at their core, they explicitly introduced specific attributes for describing bibliographic entity groups. In particular, FRAD greatly expanded the attributes to record about Persons, and these attributes were codified in the contemporary cataloging standard Resource Description and Access (RDA). As a result, catalogers now capture much more information about people in authority records than ever before. The contribution of all this new additional metadata into authority files has the potential to harm the actual people we are now cataloging by misidentifying or censoring information through cataloger bias or by capturing personally identifying information that could be used against the person. This has great ramifications in the linked data environment when the metadata is reused and can no longer be controlled by the individuals or institutions who created the original data. The risks are too great and we have yet to see the results in our discovery systems to rationalize adding so much personal information about people in library authority records. This paper argues that we should return to a simpler, pre-RDA authority record. However, the likelihood of changing RDA is slim, but we can adjust our cataloging practice to record only the most necessary information in authority records to curb catalog bias and insure personal data privacy for authors and contributors in our authority files.

The Sociable Textual Archive: Laying the Groundwork for Linked Bibliographic Entities

Much of our scholarly thinking of the ‘social’ in digital editing has been with respect to the human processes of building an archive or an edition. This paper explores the idea of the ‘social’ with respect to the archive’s materials themselves. Taking the John Donne Society’s Digital Prose archive as a test case, this paper explores the infrastructure and resources available for creating an open ‘sociable’ knowledge network of linked bibliographic resources.