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Library of Congress Announces Modeling Initiative
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The Library of Congress has asked Zepheira to provide a
model (or models) that can serve as a strong starting point for discussion, and
an analysis of related initiatives underway that will be useful to this
effort. LC expects that the proposed
model(s) will change and be further tuned based on valuable feedback from the
community and a natural progression of requirements as they are addressed. The
initial model(s) will serve as a basis for work focused on a demonstration
system/service which will then, in turn, be used to further refine the
model(s). The expectation is that such iterative feedback loops will eventually
ensure a flexible bibliographic framework, a robust reference code, a
supporting infrastructure for deployment, and an effective migration plan to
support the community in making a transition from MARC to a new framework.
The Library of Congress will now proceed to organize
various scenarios to enable community participation that will be broad and
include international users and partners, various types of information agencies
and libraries, and library suppliers. We
will be posting information as it emerges from this initial work, especially
relating to projected milestones at the Bibliographic Framework Transition
Initiative website (www.loc.gov/marc/transition).
The Library intends to offer its plan of action for
discussion and community input at the American Library Association Annual
Conference in Anaheim, California. Eric Miller will join the Library in this
update session. (LC Bibliographic
Framework Transition Update Forum, Sunday, June 22, 10:30am-12:00 noon, Anaheim
Marriott Grand Salon A-C.)
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