Seminar 'Arhivi, knjižnice, muzeji:
mogućnosti suradnje u okruženju globalne informacijske infrastrukture'
proizašao je iz ideje o nužnosti otvaranja knjižnica prema srodnim ustanovama
kako bi korisnik mogao dobiti što potpuniji, točniji i kompetentniji odgovor
na svoj upit jedinstvenim, koherentnim pristupom različitim izvorima podataka.
Već danas raspoloživa infromacijska tehnologija omogućuje realizaciju takve
ideje.
Nije više dovoljno, naime, da knjižnice
same iznalaze putove u rješavanju najakutnijeg problema: kako transformirati
svoje funkcije i osigurati kvalitetu usluga u situaciji naglog tehnološkog
skoka u sveopću globalizaciju. Informacijski šok izazvao je potres na trima
temeljnim razinama djelovanja knjižnica. Stoga one prvo, moraju redefinirati
jedinicu bibliotečne građe, postupke njezina prikupljanja, smještaja i
diseminacije; potom iznova konceptualizirati načela i pravila katalogiziranja,
formata strojno čitljivog zapisa i koncipiranja modela podataka i, naposljetku,
iznova vizualizirati korisnika. (Upravljački, ekonomski, organizacijski,
kadrovski i opće sociološki aspekti situacije u kojoj su se našle knjižnice
za sada su u našim razmišljanjima ostali po strani.) Zbog složenosti problema
i nužnosti multidisciplinarnog pristupa njegovu rješavanju, knjižnice u
svijetu traže partnere u srodnim djelatnostima, prvenstveno arhivima i
muzejima. Mnoge konferencije, projekti ali i već izgrađene baze podataka
naznačuju moguće smjerova razmišljanja i djelovanja.
Cilj Seminara bio je stoga istražiti
teorijske pretpostavke unutar kojih je moguće smjestiti takvo razmišljanje,
upoznati se sa suvremenom informacijskom infrastrukturom kao podlogom za
njegovo provođenje te na konkretnim situacijama stvaranja informacija u
arhivima, knjižnicama i muzejima ispitati razine moguće suradnje.
Svrha Seminara bila je okupiti stručnjake
koji se bave teorijskim postavkama i njihovom primjenom u automatiziranoj
obradi i korištenju građe u arhivima, knjižnicama i muzejima, motivirati
sudionike da razmjene ideje, znanja i iskustva te utvrditi područja i razine
suradnje u stvaranju i pristupu informacijama.
U dijelu Seminara koji se bavio
teorijskim postavkama, o fenomenu kulturne baštine i definiciji jedinice
građe središnje predavanje koje je dalo opći ton Seminaru i usmjeravalo
naša razmišljanja održao je prof. dr. Ivo Maroević. Dr. Tatjana Aparac,
govoreći o temeljnim konceptima, razvoju i problemima informacijske znanosti,
ukazala je na konvergenciju disciplina kao nezaobilaznom konceptu u
poimanju okruženja u kojem djelujemo. Dr. Aleksandra Horvat obrazložila
je što je zajedničko a što posebno u stručnoj naobrazbi arhivista, bibliotekara
i muzeologa, i naglasila izazove koje globalna informacijska infrastruktura
postavlja arhivi,a, knjižnicama i muzejima i, sljedno tome, osmišljavanju
fakultetskog studija. O korisnicima knjižnica, muzeja i arhiva u informacijskom
društvu općenito, a u našoj sredini posebno, govorio je Predrag Pale, osvrnuvši
se ujedno i na trenutnu situaciju u knjižnicama u Hrvatskoj i njihovim
mogućnostima korištenja suvremene informacijske tehnologije. Jozo Ivanović
upoznao nas je s najnovijom arhivskom teorijom u kojoj je došlo do
radikalne promjene u konceptima. O virtualnom umjetničkom djelu, koje je
rođeno i živi digitalno, i potrebi novog definiranja odnosa kustosa prema
njemu, ali i muzeja kao ustanove koja ga ćzbrinjavać, nimalo slučajno govorio
je Tihomir Milovac, kustos Muzeja suvremene umjetnosti.
Predavanja koja su obradila ulogu
Interneta u promjeni organizacije posla i uopće načina življenja, informacijsku
infrastrukturu i strukturu CARnet mreže, knjižnice kao članice sustava
CARNet te potrebe arhiva, knjižnica i muzeja za informacijskom infrastrukturom
održali su Zoran Bekić, Nevenko Bartolinčić, Predrag Vidas i Ružica Vučić.
Dr. Maja Jokić govorila je o različitim vrstama elektroničkih izvora informacija
te ulozi bibliotekara kao posrednika između izvora i korisnika. Primjenu
bibliotečnog standarda, formata UNIMARC za strojno čitljivo katalogiziranje,
međunarodne bibliotečne zajednice u muzejskoj djelatnosti za stvaranje
baze podataka i ostalih proizvoda (npr. kataloga zbirki) Muzeja za umjetnost
i obrt prikazala je Dubravka Osrečki Jakelić.
Velika pažnja u organiziranju Seminara
bila je posvećena pripremi radionica jer su se upravo unutar radionica
trebale ispitati na konkretnim situacijama i primjerima ideje o mogućnosti
suradnje arhiva, knjižnica i muzeja. Razmotrena su četiri postupka obrade
građe unutar četiri radionice: formalna katalogizacija - voditeljica Mikica
Maštrović, sadržajna obrada - voditeljica Žarka Vujić, normativna kontrola
- voditeljica Tinka Katić i formati za strojno čitljivo katalogiziranje
i razmjenu podataka - voditelj Radovan Vrana. Priređivači su na kraju Seminara
izvijestili o radu radionica te iznijeli zaključke i prijedloge daljnje
suradnje.
Zasebno su predstavljeni slijedeći
projekti: Jadranka Stojanovski iznijela je rezultate projekta u toku ćNacionalni
informacijski sustav knjižnica Hrvatskeć, Markita Franulić i Edin Zvizdić
prikazali su projekt ćUmjetnine Hrvatske na Internetuć koji je pokrenuo
Muzejski dokumentacijski centar, a Zlatko Mileusnić demonstrirao je proces
obrade muzejske građe u Etnografskom muzeju, od snimanja predmeta do bilježenja
podataka i pretraživanja.
Irena Kolbas izradila je mali pojmovnik
termina koji se koriste u trima zajednicama kao podlogu našim razgovorima.
Vrijedno bi bilo nastaviti sakupljati pojmove i proširivati pojmovnik.
Uz redovan program, Dragutin Katalenac
predstavio je novi broj časopisa Knjižničarstvo: glasnik Društva bibliotekara
Slavonije i Baranje, a Ivan Kanič, Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnica,
Ljubljana rad na rječniku Biblotekarska terminologija, od kojeg je do sada
objavljen pokusni snopić, i međunarodni projekt o višejezičnom (15-jezičnog)
rječnika bibliotekarskognazivlja. CARNet je premijerno prikazao promocijski
film Tko je čovjek 21. stoljeća.
Uoči Seminara, 18. studenog, Albert
Novak, CARNet Pula, održao je predavanje ćUvod u CARNetć kako bi sudionici
Seminara dobili kratak pregled tehnologije Interneta i osnovne informacije
o strukturi Hrvatske akademske istraživačke mreže CARNet. Pored toga,
Albert je čitavo vrijeme održavanja Seminara brinuo za mrežu - našu vezu
sa svijetom.
Seminar je bio popraćen izložbom
knjiga u nakladi Hrvatskoga bibliotekarskog društva, Nacionalne i sveučilišne
knjižnice, Odsjeka za informacijske znanosti Filozofskog fakulteta u Zagrebu,
Naklade Benja, Muzejskoga dokumentacijskog centra i Lange & Springer.
Njemački izdavač Lange & Springer izložene je knjige poklonio knjižnicama.
Živa diskusija tokom predavanja
kao i zaključci Radionica potvrdili su izuzetno zanimanje sudionika za
obrađene teme i potrebu daljnje suradnje kroz predložene projekte, stvaranje
zajedničkih radnih grupa i neformalnu komunikaciju (organiziranje diskusijske
liste na web stranici Seminara URL: http.//pubwww.srce.hr/hbd/akm/). Također
je prihvaćen prijedlog organizatora da se seminar na istu temu održi sljedeće
godine, ovaj puta u organizaciji Hrvatskoga državnog arhiva i suorganizaciji
Komisije za automatizaciju HBD-a i Muzejskog dokumentacijskog centra.
I na kraju, željela bih se zahvaliti
članovima Programskog odbora i Organizacijskog odbora, predavačima, voditeljima
radionica i kolegama koji su ih zajedno s njima pripremali na velikom uloženom
trudu, profesionalnom pristupu rješavanju problema, otvorenosti u diskusijama
i, uopće, entuzijazmu u komunikaciji čime su pokrenuli mnoge nove
ideje i razmišljanja, i, što je vidljivo iz zaključaka Seminara, uočili
potrebu za zajedničkom suradnjom. Posebnu zahvalu sudionicima Seminara
koji su svojim nepredvidljivo brojnim odazivom i aktivnim sudjelovanjem
u svim oblicima rada učinili ovaj Seminar uspješnim.
Nadam se da će ovaj zbornik biti
prvi u nizu zbornika naših budućih susreta.
Mirna Willer
FORMALNA KATALOGIZACIJA/DESCRIPTIVE
CATALOGUING
Izvještaj i zaključci/Report
and Conclusions
Prilozi/Papers:
1. Mikica Maštrović: Značenje
formalne obrade građe
The Meaning of the Descriptive
Cataloguing of Materials
2. Sofija Klarin: Formalna
obrada omeđenih publikacija i elektroničke građe: ISBD(M) i ISBD(ER)
The Descriptive Cataloguing
of Monographic Publications and Electronic Resources
3. Mira Miletić Drder: Formalna
obrada kartografske građe
The Descriptive Cataloguing
of Cartographic Material
4. Mirela Slukan: Mogućnosti
primjene ISBD(CM) standarda u opisu i sređivanju zbirki karata i nacrta
u arhivskim ustanovama
Possibilities for Applying
the ISBD(CM) Standard in Describing and Organizing Map and Scetch Collections
in Arhival Institutions
5. Dubravka Osrečki Jakelić:
Dosezi obrade muzejske građe na primjeru “Elektroničkog kataloga Stalnog
postava Muzeja za umjetnost i obrt”
The Results of the Processing
of Museum Materials on the Example of “The Electronic Catalogue of the
Permanent Exhibit of the Museum for Arts and Crafts”
6. Mikica Maštrović: Primjena
bibliotečnih standarda na obradu građe iz fonda Grafičke zbirke Nacionalne
i sveučilišne knjižnice
The Application of Bibliographic
Standards to Cataloguing Materials from the Prints and Drawings Collection
of the National and University Library
7. Mirjana Hurem: Prikaz
Opće međunarodne norme za opis arhivskog gradiva
An Overview of the General International
Standard Archival Description
SADRŽAJNA OBRADA/SUBJECT
CATALOGUING
Izvještaj i zaključci/Report
and Conclusions
Prilozi/Papers:
1. Jadranka Lasić-Lazić:
Sadržajna obrada u knjižnici
Subject Cataloguing
in Libraries
Boris Zakošek: Karakteristike gradiva
i značenje sadržajne obrade u arhivima
Collection Characteristics and
the Meaning of Subject Cataloguing in Archives
Žarka Vujić: Možemo li govoriti
o sadržajnoj obradi muzejske građe?
Can We Speak About the Subject
cataloguing of Museum Collections
2. Irena Kolbas: Univerzalna
decimalna klasifikacija: opis, propis i problemi
The Universal Decimal Classification:
Description, Prescription and Problems
3. Aida Slavić: Knjižnična
klasifikacija u online sustavima i prevođenje klasifikacijskih oznaka na
prirodni jezik
Library Classification in
On-line Systems and the Need for Translating Classification Numbers into
Natural Language
4. Dubravka Stančin-Rošić:
Predmetna obrada u knjižnicama: razvoj i stanje
Subject Cataloguing in Libraries:
Development and Current State
5. Zdenka Lakić: Predmetno
označivanje posebnih vrsta gradiva u arhivskim zbirkama
Subject Indexing of Special
Types of Collections in Archives Collections
6. Snježana Radovanlija Mileusnić:
Predmetno označivanje u knjižnici Muzejskog dokumentacijskog centra, Zagreb
Subject Indexing in the Library
of the Museum Documentation Center in Zagreb
7. Aida Slavić: “Metadata”
- podaci o podacima i predmetno označivanje Dublinskim osnovnim skupom
elemenata metapodataka
“Metadata” - Data about Data
and Subject Indexing with the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set
8. Žarka Vujić: Popis odabrane
literature o izradi tezaurusa i relevantni tezaurusi
A Listing of Selected Literature
about the Making of the Thesauruses and the Relevant Thesauruses
NORMATIVNA KONTROLA/AUTHORITY CONTROL
Izvještaj i zaključci/Report
and Conclusions
Prilozi/Papers:
1. Osnovni pojmovi normativne
kontrole
Basic Concepts of Authority
Control
2. Međunarodna standardizacija
kataložnih postupaka: kronologija
International Standardization of
Cataloguing Procedures: A Chronology
3. CoBRA + Author Project
4. Struktura normativnih
zapisa: konkordanca između GARE, GSARE i ISAAR
The Structure of Authority
Records: Concordance between GARE, GSARE and ISAAR
5. Romano Krauth, Robert
Ravnić: Oslonac normativne kontrole: semantičko ili sintaktičko načelo
The Backbone of Authority Control:
The Semantic and Syntactic Principle
FORMATI ZA STROJNO ČITLJIVO KATALOGIZIRANJE
I RAZMJENU PODATAKA
FORMATS FOR MACHINE-READABLE CATALOGUING
AND THE EXCHANGE OF DATA
Izvještaj i zaključci/Report
and Conclusions
Prilozi/Papers:
1. Radovan Vrana: Standardi
Standards
2. Mirna Willer, Jozo Ivanović:
Format UNIMARC i struktura dokumenta
UNIMARC Format and the Document
Structure
3. Mladenka Hammer: O mogućoj
iskoristivosti bibliografskog standarda UNIMARC za opis arhivske građe
About the Possible Usage
of the UNIMARC Bibliographical Standard for Descriptions of Archival Collections
4. Jozo Ivanović: EAD: Encoded
Archival Description
5. Mirna Willer: Metapodaci
= Metadata
Mali
pojmovnik arhivistike, bibliotekarstva i muzeologije
A Small
Glossary of Terms from Archives, Librarianship and Museology
Sastavila / Compiled by Irena Kolbas
The Seminar entitled “Possibilities
for Cooperation in the Environment of the Global Information Infrastructure”
came out of the idea that there was a need for libraries to open up toward
related institutions so that the user could get as complete, precise and
professional answer as possible to his question through a singular, coherent
approach to various information sources. The information technology which
is available today makes the realization of this idea possible.
The point is that it is no
longer sufficient for libraries to seek out paths for solving their most
acute problem on their own: how to transform its functions and secure its
quality of service in a situation of a sudden technological boom into overall
globalization. The information shock caused an earthquake on three basic
levels of library functioning. Thus, they must first redefine the unit
of a library collection, the process by which it is obtained, preserved
and disseminated. Moreover, the principles and rules of cataloguing must
be reconceptualized and finally, the user must be once again visualized.
(Governance, economical, organizational, personnel-related and general
sociological aspects of the situation in which libraries have found themselves
have so far be left aside in our thinking about these issues).The complexity
of the problem and the need for an interdisciplinary approach has lead
libraries around the world to seek out partners in related fields, primarily
in archives and museums. Many conferences, projects, but also already built
data-bases mark possible directions for thinking and working.
The goal of the seminar was,
therefore, to research the theoretical framework within which we can place
such thinking, to get acquainted with the contemporary information infrastructure
as a basis for its enactment as well as to investigate into the possible
levels of co-operation in concrete situations of information-creation in
archives, libraries and museums.
The purpose of the seminar
was to bring together experts who work with theoretical assumptions and
their application in the automatized processing and usage of collections
in archives, libraries and museums, to motivate the participants to exchange
their ideas, knowledge and experience as well as to recognize the fields
and levels in which co-operation is possible in creating and approaching
informations.
In the part of the seminar
which was devoted to theoretical assumptions, the phenomena of cultural
heritage and the definition of a collection unit the central lecture, which
set the tone for the whole seminar and which pointed our thoughts, was
given by prof. Dr. Ivo Maroević. Dr. Tatjana Aparac, in speaking about
the basic concepts, development and problems of information science, showed
that the convergence of disciplines was an irreplaceable concept in thinking
about the environment in which we work. Dr. Aleksandra Horvat explained
what is common and what specific in the professional education of archivists,
librarians and museologists and underlined the challenges which are posed
by the global information infrastructure to archives, libraries and museums
and, therefore, to the conceptualization of a faculty studies program.
Mr. Predrag Pale spoke about the users of libraries, museums and archives
in the information society in general and in our environment specifically,
while noting the current situation in Croatian libraries and their capacity
to utilize contemporary information technology. Ivanović introduced the
newest archives theory with which a radical conceptual change has taken
place. The custodian of the Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tihomir Milovac,
was in a good position to discuss the virtual art piece, which is born
and lives digitally as well as the need for a redefining of the custodians
relationship toward it.
Zoran Bekić, Nevenko Bartolincic,
Predrag Vidas and Ruzica Vucic gave lectures which spoke about the role
of the Internet in changing the organization of work and our life-styles
in general; the information infrastructure and the structure of the CARNet
network; libraries as members of the CARNet system and finally, the need
of archives, libraries and museums for an information infrastructure. Dr.
Maja Jokic spoke about various forms of electronical sources of information
and the role of the librarian as an intermediary between the source and
the user. Dubravka Osre;ki Jakelić analyzed the application of the
librarianship standard, the UNIMARC format for computer-readable cataloguing,
the international librarianship community in the museum profession for
creating data bases and other products of the Museum of Arts and Crafts
(e.g. catalogue collections).
In the organization of this
seminar great attention was paid to preparing workshops since it was precisely
within these workshops that the idea of possible co-operation between archives,
libraries and museums was to be tested in concrete situations and examples.
Four ways of processing collections were analyzed in four workshops: formal
cataloguing lead by Mikica MaŠtrović, content analysis lead by ćarka Vujić,
normative control lead by Tinka Katić and formats for computer-readable
cataloguing and data exchanges lead by Radovan Vrana. The leaders gave
reports about the work in the workshops at the end of the seminar, while
presenting conclusions and suggestions for further co-operation.
The following projects were
presented separately: Jadranka Stojanovska presented the results of an
ongoing project entitled “The National Information System of the Croatian
Libraries”, Markita Franulić and Edin Zvizdić presented the project “Croatian
Art on the Internet” which was initiated by the Museum Documentation Centre,
while Zlatko Mileusnić demonstrated the method of processing museum collection
in the Ethnographic Museum, from the recording of materials to the noting
of data and researching.
Irena Kolbas developed a small
glossary of terms used in the three target communities which served as
the base of our discussions. It would be valuable to continue collecting
terms and to expand the glossary.
Apart from the regular program,
Dragutin Katalenac introduced the new number of the magazine Librarianship:
The Voice of the Association of Librarians from Slavonia and Baranja, while
Ivan Kani;, from the National and University Library in Ljubljana presented
a work on the dictionary Libarianship Terminology, from which a small sample
was published as well as the international project about the multi-lingual
(15 language) dictionary of librarianship terms. CARNet, quite appropriately,
showed a promotional movie “Who is the Man of the 21st century”.
Just prior to the seminar,
on November 18, Albert Novak, from CARNet Pula, gave a lecture “An Introduction
into the CARNet” so that participants of the seminar would receive a brief
overview of Internet technology and basic information about the structure
of the Croatian Academic Research Network CARNet. Apart from this, Albert
took care of the net, our link to the world, during the whole period of
the seminar.
The seminar was accompanied
by a book exhibition with the help of the Croatian Library Association,
the National and University Library, the Department of Information Science
at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb, Benja Publishing House, the Museum
Documentation Centre and Lange & Springer. The German publisher Lange
& Springer donated the exhibited books to the librarians.
Live discussions during the
lectures as well as the conclusions of the workshops affirmed the extraordinary
interest of the participants in the analyzed topics and the need for further
co-operation through the suggested projects, the creation of joint working
groups and informal communication (the organization of a discussion list
on the web page of the URL seminar: http.//pubwww.srce.hr/hbd/akm). The
suggestion of the organizer that a seminar on the same topic be organized
next year and that it be set up by the Croatian State Archive and the Commission
for the Automatization of the HBD and the Museum Documentation Centre was
accepted.
In the end I would like to
thank all the members of the Program Board and Organizational Committee,
the lecturers, workshop leaders and their colleagues who helped prepare
them for their great efforts, professional approach to solving problems,
openness to discussions and generally, their enthusiastic communication
with which they spurred on many new ideas and thoughts. As can be seen
from the conclusions of the seminar, they also realized the need for joint
co-operation. A special thank you to the seminar participants who with
their unexpectedly large turn-out and active participation in all forms
of work made this seminar successful.
I hope that his report will be just
one of the many reports of our future meetings.
Mirna Willer
Descriptive Cataloguing
Report and Conclusions
Following the introductory
presentation by Mikica Maštrović about the meaning of the descriptive cataloguing
of material in general, the workshop participants were informed about the
presentation of the absent Sofija Klarin about the cataloguing of monographic
publications and electronic resources. An outline order of areas and elements
of the ISBD(M) and ISBD(ER) was shown. Participants were specially acquainted
with certain particularities of the description of electronic resources.
Mira Miletić Drder spoke about
the descriptive cataloguing of cartographic mateerial by the ISBD(CM) in
the National and University Libraryćs Maps and Atlases Collection. Mirela
Slukan applied the same standard in describing the fond of the Cartographic
Collection of the Croatian State Archive and compared elements of the description
of geographical maps and scetches for the possible application of the ISBD(CM)
in archival institutions on this type of collection as well.
Dubravka Osrečki Jakelić presented
the electronic catalogue of the Museum of Arts and Crafts which, along
with the textual description of the individual object, also includes a
photograph. The UNIMARC format and CDS/ISIS program were used for the description
of the museum objects.
Mikica Maštrović analyzed
the application of bibliographic standards, especially ISBD(NBM) and the
UNIMARC format in cataloguing materials from the Prints and Drawings Collection
of the National and University Library.
Mirjana Hurem introduced the
General International Standard Archival Description to the seminar participants,
while explaining all the particularities of the description of the archival
entities (i.e, the fonds, series, item).
We are of the opinion that
the goal of the workshop was accomplished and that the existence of common
elements of the descriptive cataloguing was established. These are:
-
the title of a bibliographic
unit, or rather the title of the archival entity and the museum object
-
the author, or rather the creator
of the fond
-
the place of publication, or
rather creation
-
the date of publication, or rather
creation
-
the physical description
-
the note
When considering standardization,
the question remains as to what degree it is possible to prescribe the
method of recording the mentioned data elements. The description of library
material is prescribed by the Rules for the Alphabetical Catalogues by
Eva Verona which is based on the international bibliographic standards
(ISBD), which is the base for the UNIMARC format. The museum community
showed on the example of the Museum for Arts and Crafts, which in its rich
fonds contains materials ranging from photographs to sculptures, how it
is possible to use one of the mentioned standards of the library community
- the UNIMARC format. The example of the descriptive cataloguing in archives
points to the existence of common elements in the description of library
materials/archival entities. For purposes of further research into the
common elements of description it would be good to question the compatibility
of ISBD(G) and ISAD(G) in detail.
Although the usage of the
UNIMARC (and the ISBD which is built in it) for describing archival entities
was shown during the workshop Formats for Machine-Readable Cataloguing
and the Exchange of Data it is interesting to note this here since it underlines
the possibility of recognizing common elements in the description of the
most diverse collection, but also in the basic structures of the archival
fond, or rather, the library collection.
Although we consciously
limited ourselves in this workshop to seeking out common elements in the
description of library materials/archival entities, it was necessary to
mention the problem of intellectual responsibility. We noticed that there
were differences in defining the role of the author in librarianship and
museology in relation to archival theory where the priority is given to
the fondćs creator.
Subject Cataloguing
Report and Conclusions
The workshop was set up
in the form of a dialogue between three professions of equal status and
because of this it had the character of a sort of working group. Thus,
the discussion began with presentations of prepared papers about the meaning
of subject cataloguing and collection characteristics in libraries, archives
and museums. Already then we recognized the following:
Cataloguing (museums) and
subject cataloguing (libraries and archives) within the three professions
can be differentiated on the basis of the method of processing as well
as the number and types of data which are created during the procedure.
Next we concentrated on the
aids which are most often used in contents processing both in Croatia and
the world. The direction of the discussion was set by the following papers:
I. Kolbas: The Universal
Decimal Classification: Description, Prescription and Problems
ć. Vujić: ICONCLASS - An
Example of the Iconographic Classification System for the Processing of
Topical Subject from the Museumćs Artistic Collections
A. Slavić and B. Turkulin:
Library Classification in On-line Systems and Translating Classification
Numbers into Natural Language
D. Stan;in-RoŠIć: Subject
Cataloguing in Libraries: Development and Current State
Z. Lakić: Subject Indexing
of Special Types of Entities in Archival Collections
S. Radovanlija-Mileusnić:
Subject Cataloguing in the Library of the Museum Documentation Center in
Zagreb
V. Lalić and others: Problems
of Subject Indexing and Retrieval of Video-recordings: The Example of Building
a Computer Data Base of Video-recordings for a TV Archive
B. ZakoŠek: Thesauruses in
the Archival Profession and their Relevance for the Global Information
Infrastructure
G. Zlodi: Art and Architecture
Thesaurus
A. Slavić: Subject Cataloguing
and the Organization of Knowledge on the Internet
All of the presentations
as well as the whole discussion showed that the aids we use in cataloguing,
or rather subject cataloguing are truly common. However, from the whole
list the term Thesaurus stood out. Thus, a controlled dictionary of terms,
organized in a hierarchical fashion with the context of each selected term
being visible, was recognized as an aid which can solve the terminological
problems of all the information professions present at the seminar in Rovinj.
Therefore, a decision was made that the initial group will develop a proposal
for a joint project which would in the final phase be an overview of the
situation of professional processing in libraries, archives and museums
in Croatia having as a goal standardization in the field of the global
information infrastructure. This project proposal was conceived as the
first step which would lead to further discussion about creating a thesaurus
of the information professions. The initial group members are: V. Lovrić-Plantić,
A. Galić, J. Mokos, B. ZakoŠek, M. Vujić, V. Juri;Ić, “. Vujić and J. Lasić-Lazić.
At the same time it was noted that members of this group would serve as
a bridge toward their own particular professions and that in this way the
appropriate participation of the professions in creating the proposal would
be secured. All participants of this workshop will be acquainted with the
proposal.
Authority Control
Report and Conclusions
During the workshop a need
presented itself for more intense co-operation in the field of developing
and using standards for authority control so that the highest possible
level of compatibility was secured. In order to achieve this it was necessary
for each institution and organization which was responsible for the development,
maintenance or application of standards to clearly define that a set of
characteristic entities for authority control which could be of interest
to others, as well as to manifest its needs in relation to other sources
of authority data. It was necessary to also secure some formal form of
communication between the interested parties - a working group, initiative
or other - in which all of them would be represented.
It was also necessary to
identify all available sources of authority data, not only within the institutions
and organizations which belong to the three communities represented in
the workshop, but also in the state institutions, scientific institutions
and other possible “deliverers” of authority data. This is especially important
if it is possible to receive data about the same entity from different
sources.
In order to make the usage
and exchange of such common authority data functionable it was first necessary
to solve two questions. 1. It was necessary to identify and distribute
responsibility for the establishment of a ćcommon coreć of authority records
depending on the authorized entities as well as to make sure that everyone
who took on a certain responsibility was capable of realizing it. 2. Each
user of such records will define his own ćadded valueć and the method of
usage of records made in this function in the home system. This procedure
ought to be simple enough in its application so that users would not meet
with greater difficulties than the benefits of this method of usage and
maintenance of authority files.
Participants of the workshop
were not convinced that at this moment enough interest existed for exchanging
and harmonizing authority data outside the individual community. Thus,
they suggest a questionnaire be sent to the institutions and organizations
for whom it is supposed that they could be interested. The questionnaire
would: 1. Identify the available sources of authority data, 2. Look into
the level of interest of individual organizations and institutions for
the exchanges of certain data and their capacity to take on some responsibility
in this exchange, 3. Establish the needs, regardless of whether authorized
or other (standardized or non-standardized) data bases have been built
for their realization, 4. Establish the level of availability of individual
sources and possible limitations rising from legal, technical, ownership
or organizational limitations, 5. Identify entities which would be the
object of authority control, including the grouping of their classes into
hierarchical structures, 6. Establish data structures which are used for
the authority records on the basis of which standards could be compared
as well as other rules which are applied in relation to the structure,
content, data value and method of organizing and using authority and other
appropriate records. By processing the data which would be accumulated
with this questionnaire one could establish who the potential participants
of an exchange of authority data would be and what sort of interest and
contributions could be expected from them. Depending on the collected responses
a model of co-operation could be offered to the interested parties. In
doing this special attention should be paid to the home institutions of
each of the aforementioned professions as well as institutions which have
specialized in the collection, production and processing of data about
the possible objects of authority control.
Formats for Machine-readable
Cataloguing and the Data Exchange
Report and Conclusions
The workshop about the formats
for machine-readable cataloguing and the data exchange had as a goal to
analyze the formats which are in use or are planning to be used in archives,
libraries, and museums in which we attempted to view them from the perspective
their possible usage in the description of the types of material which
are preserved in these institutions, the documents life-cycle and the function
of machine-readable records.
We started by analyzing
the standard and standardization in general. Radovan Vrana systematically
presented the standardćs definition, their purpose and, which is closely
related to this, three basic levels of standardization (rules and regulations,
directives and principles, and aids and methods). Furthermore, he briefly
described the development and methods of bringing and maintaining standards,
while citing a few of the most important institutions which work on standardization.
The usability of specific standards (national and international) in certain
communities was discussed and the proportionality between the level of
standardization and the use of information technology recognized.
Mirna Willer presented the
UNIMARC format which was the standard format for the machine-readable cataloguing
and the exchange of bibliographic data for the international library community
and which was also accepted as the national standard. She especially noted
three levels of a machine-readable record (the structure of the record
- the physical level, content designators for the record as well as the
content of the record itself – the data) which is each “highly” standardized
by international and national standards which assures communication. For
now two complementary formats have been published - UNIMARC for bibliographic
data and UNIMARC for authorities, while formats for the classification
data and holdings data are in the making. The development of formats for
the mentioned type of bibliographic data points to the possibility of developing
modular library applications as opposed to applications which are based
on a monolithic record in which all this data is recorded linearly.
Mladenka Hammer spoke about
the potential utility of the UNIMARC format for descriptions of archive
collections in an encouraging manner, while basing her overview on ideas
which she got in reading room and library of the archive where archivistćs
and librarianćs jobs meet, where users look for archive and library materials
in one place, and on concrete experience in working with CROLIST which
is based on the UNIMARC format. After drawing the conclusion that UNIMARC
makes possible the processing of the most varied materials, she spoke about
the manner by which UNIMARC approaches these materials and whether this
approach suits the structure of the archival fond. After describing in
detail the characteristic hierarchical structure of the archival fond and
the need for recording horizontal relationships as well, Ms. Hammer concluded
that UNIMARC suits the most diverse archival entities materials and the
diversity of the archive fonds which was considered one of the main problems
in standardizing in the archives, and thus automation in general.
Jozo Ivanovic, however,
presented to us a different view which dominates the international archival
community in relation to standards for machine-readable cataloguing and
their technological support. This community is moving toward the SGLM (Standard
Generalized Mark-Up Language) standard within which a subset of elements
and relations was defined, the so-called EAD.DTD (Encoded Archival Description.
Document Type Definition). An important quality of this format, in which
one can see its advantage for the archival community, is that it codes
contextual information (finding aids) and not just documents. J. Ivanović
compared the SGLM and MARC (USMARC) format of the library community forming
the conclusion that the SGLM was a more modern format which better suited
for the recording and transmission of data in the contemporary surroundings
of information technology.
In the end M. Willer briefly
mention “the irreplaceable in any discussion” term ćmetadatać and in her
paper gave the basic bibliographic references - addresses (URL - Universal
Resource Locator) on which one can find information about different formats
of metadata. She specially mentioned addresses at which the relevance of
metadata for the librarianship and other related professions is discussed.
Conclusions
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There is a high degree of compatibility
between the EAD.DTD format and the SGML and MARC formats in many segments
which is the basis for the possible conversion (translation) of most data
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The comparison of formats showed
the technological basis which was available at the time each format wasdeveloped.
Therefore, the need was recognized for adopting, for example the MARC format,
to the newly created technological environment both in relation to the
type of document which is described and transferred (e.g. electronic magazine)
and in relation to a users approach to the documents.
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Formats have to be open toward new
technological possibilities and have to maximally utilize that which exists
or is developing outside our communities since we are a part of the world.
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The experience of using the SGLM
shows that a great need for local adaptations exists, that is defining
the user applications.
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Standards must be respected!
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And finally: all participants
in the workshop stressed the need for the continued exchange of experience
and information about the development of individual standards and their
application as well as the need for initiating a discussion list as the
start for future (institutionalized) co-operation.
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