[open-bibliography] Inviting community engagement on building a bibliographic roadmap

Karen Coyle kcoyle at kcoyle.net
Tue Jan 15 18:35:23 UTC 2013


Jonathan, thanks for reminding me of the response to FoBC - that will be 
a good one to reference!

kc

On 1/15/13 8:50 AM, Jonathan Gray wrote:
> Thanks Karen!
>
> It would obviously be wonderful if we could build on existing work by
> this group such as the Principles on Open Bibliographic Data [1].
>
> And also earlier work, such as the response to the Library of Congress
> that we drafted with the late Aaron Swartz:
>
> http://blog.okfn.org/2007/12/19/response-to-the-future-of-bibliographic-control-draft-from-the-library-of-congress/
>
> J.
>
> [1] http://openbiblio.net/principles/
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 4:33 PM, Karen Coyle <kcoyle at kcoyle.net
> <mailto:kcoyle at kcoyle.net>> wrote:
>
>     NISO has invited a group to participate, and I am on that group.
>     There are folks from W3C, DC, BL, JISC, OCLC, Zepheira, ex-Talis,
>     etc. But as I said in a note to Jim, I don't think they have anyone
>     representing the academic community so I can suggest that someone is
>     added for the Bibserver/Bibsoup view. The OKF view might also be of
>     interest, so I will bring that up as well -- that it's not just the
>     technical aspects but also the social and legal ones that matter
>     with bibliographic data.
>
>     (NISO hasn't yet set up an email list nor a wiki space for this
>     project, although I keep pushing for them to do so, to make the
>     deliberations as public as possible. Unfortunately, NISO does not
>     work like W3C or DC, with all info in a public space. I have allies,
>     though, who will help push for that.)
>
>     This NISO project is based on an effort of mine, with a vendor
>     collaborator. We wrote an initial grant proposal. We weren't able to
>     get a planning grant on our own so it morphed into a NISO grant. My
>     original purpose was to make sure that a larger community of
>     interest was involved in the future of bibliographic data since it
>     is, by its nature, data that is used and shared widely, not just
>     within the library community. It has taken over a year to get to
>     this point, though. I hope it is not too late.
>
>     kc
>
>
>
>     On 1/15/13 1:11 AM, Peter Murray-Rust wrote:
>
>
>
>         On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 3:21 AM, Thomas Krichel
>         <krichel at openlib.org <mailto:krichel at openlib.org>
>         <mailto:krichel at openlib.org <mailto:krichel at openlib.org>>> wrote:
>
>
>                 I trust this will be of interest to this group.
>
>
>         It's of interest to me.  I don't know how they select
>         participants (if
>         at all). We should probably do this as OKF effort -who is
>         currently the
>         OKFN staff member for this - is it Joris? We should be reporting
>         progress on BibJSON, OpenBibliography generally and
>         Bibserver/BibSoup
>
>         P.
>
>
>
>
>                 I am not sure I will be able to make this but trust some
>         of you will.
>
>
>
>              ----- Forwarded message from "Todd Carpenter (Gmail)"
>              <tcarpenter at niso.org <mailto:tcarpenter at niso.org>
>         <mailto:tcarpenter at niso.org <mailto:tcarpenter at niso.org>>> -----
>
>
>              From: "Todd Carpenter (Gmail)" <tcarpenter at niso.org
>         <mailto:tcarpenter at niso.org>
>              <mailto:tcarpenter at niso.org <mailto:tcarpenter at niso.org>>>
>              To: newsline at list.niso.org <mailto:newsline at list.niso.org>
>         <mailto:newsline at list.niso.org <mailto:newsline at list.niso.org>__>
>
>              Subject: Inviting community engagement on building a
>         bibliographic
>              roadmap
>
>              Good afternoon, NISO community,
>
>              Last fall, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation generously
>         awarded the
>              National Information Standards Organization (NISO) with a
>         grant to
>              support an initiative that will develop a community roadmap
>         toward a
>              new bibliographic exchange environment.  This roadmap will help
>              support movement toward a future of bibliographic information
>              exchange ecosystem. The bibliographic roadmap initiative
>         aims to
>              bring together as diverse a set of stakeholders as possible
>         to build
>              agree around on a common development path for bibliographic
>              information exchange.  Using a consensus process, NISO hopes to
>              build agreement about the problems that we face, which are
>         the best
>              available solutions, and work toward coordinating community
>         efforts.
>                The project is not trying to duplicate efforts already
>         underway,
>              nor is it trying to drive a particular agenda, nor support
>         a single
>              community project.     Through open virtual dialogue and an
>              in-person meeting—again open and publicly accessible—, the
>              initiative will ascertain the necessary elements of a
>         bibliographic
>              standards environment that are implementable, suit our global
>              networked information environment, support data sharing,
>         and are
>              economically viable.
>
>              Over the course of the next nine months, NISO will host one
>              face-to-face meeting in the United States and several global
>              webinars, as well as organize at least three working group
>         efforts
>              during the periods between webinars. These meetings will be
>              conducted to explore priorities and coordinate the
>         requirements of
>              key communities including: libraries of all types including
>         national
>              libraries; technologists represented by organizations such
>         as the
>              World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the Dublin Core Metadata
>              Initiative (DCMI); library system providers; as well as other
>              international standards development organizations. The end
>         result of
>              this work will be a report that will identify exchange
>         points where
>              standards development is needed, and document suggested
>         areas where
>              functionality testing should be performed.  It should help
>         pinpoint
>              at a high level the development priorities and coordination
>         points
>              needed over the next 24-36 months.
>
>              NISO will be hosting an open community teleconference to
>         launch this
>              project on Thursday, January 17 at 9:00 ET (UTC -5:00) and we
>              encourage community involvement in that meeting. The
>         purpose of this
>              call will be to introduce the community to this project,
>         outline our
>              goals, answer any questions and begin to map out planning the
>              project and identify dates and locations for the in-person
>         meeting
>              that the Mellon Foundation has funded.  We expect the call
>         will take
>              about 60 minutes.
>
>              Please use the following dial-in:
>                 Toll-Free (US & Can) 1-877-375-2160 <tel:1-877-375-2160>
>         <tel:1-877-375-2160 <tel:1-877-375-2160>>
>
>                 Conference ID: 767-11-246#
>                For a list of international dial-in numbers visit:
>         https://ccimeet.tcconline.com/__listNumbersByCode.action?__confCode=76711246
>         <https://ccimeet.tcconline.com/listNumbersByCode.action?confCode=76711246>
>
>              More information about the project can be found on the NISO
>         website:
>         http://www.niso.org/topics/tl/__BibliographicRoadmap/
>         <http://www.niso.org/topics/tl/BibliographicRoadmap/>  We will also
>              record the call and will post the recoding to this page
>         after the
>              event.  You can also find an extract of the proposal
>         describing the
>              project in detail at that page.
>
>              If you plan to attend, please send an RSVP to
>         nisohq at niso.org <mailto:nisohq at niso.org>
>              <mailto:nisohq at niso.org <mailto:nisohq at niso.org>> prior to
>         Thursday morning.
>
>
>              We look forward to speaking with many of you on Thursday.
>
>              With kindest regards,
>
>              Todd Carpenter
>              Executive Director, NISO
>
>
>              ----- End forwarded message -----
>
>              --
>
>                 Cheers,
>
>                 Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/__krichel
>         <http://openlib.org/home/krichel>
>         http://authorprofile.org/pkr1
>                                                              skype:
>         thomaskrichel
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>         Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
>         University of Cambridge
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