MARC Formats Transition Interest Group

Purpose

Provides a forum to educate the library community about ongoing efforts to transition from the MARC Standard for bibliographic data and examines new approaches and strategies for implementing bibliographic data models within the framework of linked open data and semantic web technology.

This interest group is part of Core's Metadata and Collections Section.

Join this Interest Group

Interest Group Leaders

Sai Deng (Co-Chair, July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024)
Ms. Keiko Suzuki (Co-Chair, July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024)
Jenny Levine (Staff Liaison, December 12, 2022, to June 30, 2025)

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Resources

Activities

The group's conveners have committed to providing the following activities throughout the year:

  • Facilitate year-round discussion in the ALA Connect group;
  • Participate in Interest Group Week, which is held the first full week of March each year.

Get Involved

Interest group members do not need to be members of Core, or even of ALA. Anyone with an ALA account can join a Core interest group in ALA Connect. Conveners must be Core members, but anyone can join or leave an interest group at any time.