[Eril-l] [EXTERNAL] Hold it Together!: MARC Format for Holdings Data in Practice and Transition

Mon May 19 12:55:51 PDT 2025

Anyone else able to get to the server to subscribe to this?  None of the
links seem to be working...   Vickie

On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 8:04 AM Electronic Resources in Libraries
discussion list via Eril-l <eril-l at lists.eril-l.org> wrote:

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> Hold it Together!: MARC Format for Holdings Data in Practice and Transition
>
> May 20-21, 2025
>
> Moderated by Michelle Colquitt, Emily Fidelman and Lisa Romano
>
> Please join us for an e-forum discussion. It’s free and open to everyone!
>
> Registration information is at the end of the message.
>
> Each day, discussion begins and ends at:
>
> Pacific: 7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
>
> Mountain: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
>
> Central: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
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> Eastern: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
>
> MARC format for holdings data (MFHD) evolved primarily to express print,
> serial holdings in catalogs on relational database platforms. As catalog
> databases become cloud-based and as MARC transitions to BIBFRAME, the MFHD
> standard has not always been incorporated into Library Management System
> (LMS) functionality, and it has been modelled differently across LMS
> infrastructures. Local practices have diverged and may be less
> interoperable, while MFHD records remain an essential institutional filter
> on larger pools of linked, web-based metadata. This eForum will facilitate
> discussion of local MFHD practices in an effort to identify patterns and
> solutions and begin to surface best practices, which the Interest Group
> hopes to transmit to users of the MARC holdings standard across
> institutions and LMS platforms in future activities.
>
> Learning Outcomes:
>
>    -
>
>    Participants will network with a community of practitioners to answer
>    specific questions about the MARC format for holdings data (MFHD) standard
>    and its application across Library Management Systems (LMSs)
>    -
>
>    Participants will gain an understanding of how MFHD is searched and
>    displayed in different LMS's in order to inform decisions about migrations,
>    configurations, and cataloging or resource sharing workflows
>    -
>
>    Participants may consider how the differences in modeling across
>    Library Management Systems affect interoperability and integration of the
>    LMS with other software and systems
>    -
>
>    Discussion will inform the Continuing Resources Holdings Information
>    Interest Group's future efforts to assemble documented best practices for
>    MFHD in a variety of LMSss
>
>
>
> Who Should Attend:
>
> Technical Services or Resource Sharing professionals and paraprofessionals
> in Academic, Public, or Special Libraries who use, enter, or configure
> holdings records in MARC or other formats. Any experience level is welcome!
>
> Hosts
>
> Michelle Colquitt is the Continuing Resources and Government Information
> Management Librarian at Clemson University.
>
> Emily Fidelman is the Head of Metadata Services at West Virginia
> University.
>
> Lisa Romano is the Head of Technical Services at University of
> Massachusetts, Boston.
>
> All serve on the Continuing Resources Holdings Information Interest Group,
> which welcomes new members.
>
> What Is an e-Forum?
>
> A Core e-forum provides an opportunity for librarians to discuss matters
> of interest, led by a moderator, through the e-forum discussion list. The
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> unsubscribing online. (
> http://www.ala.org/core/continuing-education/e-forum-instructions)
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> For more information:
> https://www.ala.org/events/successes-and-challenges-putting-integration-integrated-library-systems
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> If you have any problems, please contact core-eforum+help at groups.io.
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