SILAS Knowledge Sharing Session

SILAS Knowledge Sharing Session #11/2011

The SILAS Knowledge Sharing Session #11 for FY 2010 was held on 14 Jan 2011 at the Possibility Room, level 5, National Library Building. It was attended by a total of 63 members from various libraries and institutions. The programme for that afternoon lasted from 2.00-5.00pm. The agenda for that afternoon: 1. Fine tuning SILAS subscription fee and 2. Cataloguing e-books.

On the first half of the sharing session, Henry Lam, Manager, SILAS Secretariat shared on "Fine tuning SILAS subscription fee". In his sharing, Henry provided the background why it is necessary to have an adjustment. He highlighted the benefit of using WorldCat and the charges of OCLC. Finally, he explained the principles of fine-tuning and new schedule of charge which is based on usage of OCLC WorldCat.
Mr Beh, Director, SILAS Secretariat answered during the Q&A session.

The second half of the sharing session, after the networking tea session, Kathy Choi, Senior Librarian, National Library Board, shared on Cataloguing e-books. Based on her research, electronic books (e-books) are becoming more prevalent in libraries. As quoted: "According to the 2009-2010 Statistics from the Public Library Funding and Technology Access Study from ALA's Office Research and Statistics found that 65.9% of public libraries in the United States were offering access to e-books".

Hence, in the sharing session, Kathy focused on e-books cataloguing. The following topics were included in her presentation:
- Catalouging online monographs
- Provider-neutral E-monograph record
- Separate records versus single rec0rd
- The decision to catalogue e-books
- Other issues of concern

SCIGM #03

SCIGM #03

The 3rd SILAS Cataloguers Interest Group Meeting (SCIGM $03) for FY 2010 was held on 18 Nov 2010 at Imagination Room, Level 5, National Library Building. The duration for this discussion was 3 hours.

This was a round table meeting, attended by 20 members from various institutions. The institutions are arranged in alphabetical order: Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), National Institute of Education (NIE), National Library Board (NLB), National University of Singapore (NUS), Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP), SEAMEO Regional Language Centre (RELC) and Singapore Polytechnic (SP).

In this meeting, Yvonne Yin, Assistant Manager, National Institute of Education presented a 25 mins demo on MARCEdit.
Other topics discussed included:
- The advantages and disadvantages of using MARCEdit
- The workflow of name authority (subject, personal and corporate name headings)
- What to lookout when inputting of data applying RDA
- OCLC WordCat.org
- Batching loading of records to OCLC: the good and bad points
- Dublin Core

The meeting ended at 5.30pm.

SILAS Knowledge Sharing Session

SILAS Knowledge Sharing Session #10/2010

The SILAS Knowledge Sharing Session #10/2010 for FY2010 was held on 15 Oct 2010 at National Library Building, Possibility Room, level 5. It was attended by a total of 28 members from various libraries and institutions. The programme for that afternoon lasted fron 2.00-5.00pm.


Saralee Turner, bibliographic specialist share on "Corporate Name Headings : Taming the monsters".
On the first half of the sharing session, Saralee briefed on the development history of Corporate Name headings, the definition of corporate headings and listed the examples of corporate headings which include: exhibitions, government bodies, institutions, conferences programmes places, ships, etc.)

After a good networking tea session, Saralee continued to share on the conceptual on the principles. She listed down the eleven types of the government bodies that enter subordinately with plenty of examples cited.

Followed by a 30 mins fruitful Q&A session.

SILAS Knowledge Sharing Session

SILAS Knowledge Sharing Session #09/2010

The SILAS Knowledge Sharing Session #09/2010 for FY2010 was held on 16 Sept 2010 at National Library Building Imagination Room, level 5. It was attended by a total of 38 members from various libraries and institutions.

The programme for that afternoon lasted from 2.00-5.00pm on topic "RDA implementation scenario on WEMI (Work, Expression, Manifestation and Item) system" presented by Henry Lam.

On the first half of the sharing session, 14 questions on RDA fundamental and background were posted on the screen to recap the important points based on past weeks sharing session on RDA.
Followed by a good 30 mins networking tea session for the members to network.

On the second half after the tea session, Henry shared on the VTLS on RDA implementation scenario on WEMI System. Topics included for the presentation: RDA workflow, Simpler RDA cataloguing, VTLS RDA/FRBR extensions, Cataloguing assistance and Authority records providing the work template on MARC and work record with labels.

SILAS Knowledge Sharing Session

SILAS Knolwedge Sharing Session #08/2010

The SILAS Knowledge Sharing Session #08/2010 for FY2010 was held on 6 Aug 2010 at Possibility Room, Level 5, National Library Building. It was attended by a total of 48 members from various libraries and institutions. There were 3 programmes for that afternoon, lasted from 2.00pm-5.00pm.

On the first half of the sharing session, Kim Wong, SILAS Secretariat, shared on OCLC WorldCat Holdings, which enables member libraries' holding information to be displayed on Open WorldCat. She highlighted some features on Open WorldCat. The users can create a user account to build the reading lists, write reviews, create tags.

The Open WorldCat not only links to Google Book searches, it also linking WorldCat.org to member libraries' local OPAC. By showing members libraries' holdings in Open WorldCat, it links member libraries' users back to the library catalogues.

Norlisa Othman, NTU Library, Bibliographic Services Division, was the 2nd speaker shared on a brief comparative study between the two alternatives to OCLC - SkyRiver and Biblios. On her presentation, she gave an introduction of the two products, comparison of features of the products, followed by test search findings and the conclusion.

The second half of the sharing session, after the networking tea session, Henry Lam, SILAS Secretariat shared on "A guide to RDA". In his presentation, he ran through the RDA FAQ published in the RDA JSC website and highlighted the important messages from the articles. The purpose of this presentation is to provide foundation knowledge of the new rules on RDA.

Hence, the following topics were included in his presentation: "RDA basics", "Development and context of RDA", "RDA and FRBR", "RDA and MARC21", "Impact of RDA to library" and "Adopting RDA". This session was meant for those who missed the past presentation on RDA organised by SILAS.