[Heb-NACO] Lockdown Contingency Proposals

[Neil Manel Frau-Cortes]

Hi Gabriel, Heidi, and all,

I wasn't thinking on my teleworkers, but on the Hebrew funnel coordinating
collaboration projects, provided that any funnel members are searching for
online work they can do. If everybody is busy enough, there is no need to
find extra work!

Of course, every move would have to be cleared by the corresponding
supervisors, but it is a good opportunity for the funnel to think
creatively and spearhead initiatives.

Glad to hear you are doing well and will miss seeing you in person this
Summer.


Neil

On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 6:58 PM Heidi G Lerner <lerner at stanford.edu> wrote:

> Neil,
>
> That is a great idea if there are Hebrew catalogers whose institutions
> really don't have things to do.I  am working in tandem with my unit on a
> variety of different projects, some Hebrew dependent, some different
> projects that have been sitting around that we now are able to tackle
> because of a lack of print resources.
>
> At the present time I have more than enough to keep me busy but perhaps
> there are others who would jump at the opportunity. I do suspect that
> managers' will  need to be involved in these explorations.
>
> Best, Heidi
>
> Heidi G. Lerner
>
> Metadata Librarian for Hebraica and Judaica
>
> Metadata Dept.
>
> Stanford University Libraries
>
> Stanford, CA 94305-6004
>
> ph: 650-725-9953
>
> fax: 650-725-1120
>
> e-mail: lerner at stanford.edu
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Heb-naco <heb-naco-bounces at lists.osu.edu> on behalf of Neil Manel
> Frau-Cortes via Heb-naco <heb-naco at lists.osu.edu>
> *Sent:* Monday, March 30, 2020 8:21 AM
> *To:* Hebrew Name Authority Funnel <heb-naco at lists.osu.edu>
> *Subject:* [Heb-NACO] Lockdown Contingency Proposals
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> I hope you are well and keeping safe and isolated.
>
> One of my big projects at work has been generating tasks for teleworkers,
> particularly for catalogers that are print-dependent and new to remote
> work, and now find themselves almost idle.
>
> I have a proposal: can we find things we could invest time in, as a group?
> If nothing else, I would like to start this discussion.
>
> Potential ideas --
>
>
>
>
>    1.
>
>    Hebrewbooks bib records - unlike HathiTrust, Hebrewbooks does not set
>    high standards for its metadata. We could revisit the existing records and
>    enrich them. At least for now, these are open and available for all, they
>    appear on WorldCat and our patrons make use of them constantly. We could
>    take advantage of this less-than-ideal situation.
>    2.
>
>    We could add links to existing print bibs pointing to Hebrewbooks or
>    other digital repositories (‘also available online...”).
>    3.
>
>    NACO authorities with “provisional” vernacular - in many cases
>    authority files have multiple vernacular Hebrew and Yiddish versions of
>    names. Some of them would require having the item in hand, but some are
>    just mistakes and typos added programmatically.
>    4.
>
>    Wikidata authorities for Hebrew personal names. Anybody can do this,
>    it doesn’t need NACO clearance. It has a definite impact on LinkedData
>    environments, it links to VIAF, etc.
>    5.
>
>    Work on your Merge independence, either as an individual or as an
>    institution. We are not sure OCLC will be able to send us lots of Hebrew
>    examples, but you have some time to browse Connexion and find sets you
>    would want to merge.
>    6.
>
>    Other ideas?
>
>
>
>
> Neil
>
> --
>
> *Neil M. Frau-Cortes, Ph.D. *(he, him, his)
>
> *Senior Catalog Librarian*
>
> *Supervisor for Non-Roman and Special Collections Cataloging*
>
>
> University of Maryland
>
> 2200 McKeldin Library
>
> College Park, MD 20742
>
> Phone (301) 405-9337
>
> nfrau at umd.edu
>
> ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1881-1405
>
>
>

-- 

*Neil M. Frau-Cortes, Ph.D. *(he, him, his)

*Senior Catalog Librarian*

*Supervisor for Non-Roman and Special Collections Cataloging*


University of Maryland

2200 McKeldin Library

College Park, MD 20742

Phone (301) 405-9337

nfrau at umd.edu

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1881-1405
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