Call for Volunteers: ACRL/RBMS-SAA Joint Task Force on the Revision of the Art and Rare Materials BIBFRAME Ontology Extension
The ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) and Society of American Archivists (SAA) have formed a joint task force to undertake a new revision cycle of the BIBFRAME-ARM ontology extension for the description of special collections materials.
Version 0.1.0 of the BIBFRAME-ARM Ontology Extension was established as part of the first phase of the Andrew W. Mellon-funded Linked Data for Production (LD4P) project, 2016-2018. BIBFRAME-ARM underwent a revision cycle led by a joint Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA), RBMS, and SAA task force in 2019-2021, which culminated in the publication of BIBFRAME-ARM v1.0.
RBMS and SAA are now seeking volunteers to join the new task force for a term of two years starting Spring 2025. We encourage volunteers who are members of any of the aforementioned professional organizations, as well as colleagues from outside of these organizations. You do not have to be a member of either RBMS or SAA to volunteer. However, to be officially appointed by RBMS, volunteers must be current ACRL/RBMS members and must remain so for the duration of their appointment. To be appointed by SAA, volunteers must be current SAA members.
The focus of the task force will be to:
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Review modeling of the Art and Rare Materials BIBFRAME Ontology Extension (ARM) and identify areas needing further development
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Extend and refine the ARM ontology as appropriate based on the identified areas
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Work with the Library of Congress and the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) to align ARM with the core BIBFRAME ontology and PCC application profiles
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Identify long-term strategies for the ongoing maintenance and development of ARM
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Publish the revision of the ARM ontology extension
The deadline to volunteer is January 31, 2024. Please use the following form to volunteer: https://forms.gle/cTf28UXxqY8JprMc6
If you have any questions, please contact: heberlei@princeton.edu and zoe.dobbs@yale.edu. We plan to schedule an information session about the task force in the upcoming month, so please watch for a registration email.
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Regine Heberlein
Library IT Data Analyst
Princeton University Library
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