Hi Luca,
You're right, dialogue between libraries should be the main focus of this
exchange.
If it's possible to have a remote exchange, it will allow libraries that
aren't in Brazil to participate in the discussion.
I don't speak English... but I'll be there, and I think Jean-Marc, who
chairs the Bibliography Commission, will be able to attend and introduce
himself.
Currently on the BBS list are the Spanish, Belgian, Swiss, Italian, German,
Austrian, French libraries, and the University of South Florida library.
Contact with other libraries needs to be reestablished.
Another topic could be to present the work done, particularly to the UIS
Bureau. They participated in the funding and are very interested.
For Camille and Yohann, it's a great opportunity to showcase their work. It
could involve a presentation over a limited time period, and the tools
they've implemented.
For the FFspéléo, there's a relationship problem with Grottocenter for some
people. It's a small group, but they have responsibilities and they want
the FFSpéléo to lead the projects, be responsible, be valued, and receive
funding. It's quite complicated in the context of an international
collaboration. There's no librarian at the Federation, the secretary
resigned, the director was fired, the books are classified several years
late, and the BBS classification is only used in their software. I called
the FFspéléo's IT specialist to resolve the problem. He thinks it's great
that the FFSpéléo can retrieve the data and files and provide them. But
he's an employee, and it's the elected officials who decide.
Luca, would you be willing to join the team that leads the work of the UIS
Bibliography Commission? It is only a matter of being subscribed to the
bbs-mngt list and participating in the animation of the commission, in the
choices which are made like that of launching a work on the subjects linked
to the documents
Currently there are 3 of us with Ana and Jean Marc
Frédéric
Le mar. 1 juil. 2025 à 12:20, Centro di Documentazione Speleologica <
biblioteca.speleologia(a)unibo.it> a écrit :
> Dear Frederic,
> Yohann told me yesterday that you were thinking of presenting the project
> on data exchange between libraries and GrottoCenter on the next ICS in Belo
> Horizonte.
> I believe that this is feasible and we can try to reserve some space
> during the 1hour slot of the Auditorium 8 booked on the 24th july at 2PM
> for the meeting of UIS Documentation Centers.
>
> I think that the meeting should primarily point to the "knowing each
> other" among librarians, and to talk about possible strategies for exchange
> of publications/state of the art of the different documentation centers.
> The second part could be to discuss about the GrottoCenter project but i
> believe that there are a lot of issues on the table, and they would require
> more time and dedication. As you have seen, the proposal of changing the
> (SCC) Speleological Classification Subject used by BBS, that was adopted
> since many years by many libraries especially from the French speleological
> world, is raising concerns. That's understandable, due to the fact that if
> the libraries are phisically organized with shelves that reflect the used
> classification, it's hard to plan a re-mobilization of many titles, books
> and shelves.
> I believe that we/you must concentrate on some priorities, like:
>
> 1. Implementation of the server to share the metadata and make
> GrottoCenter be able to retrieve informations from other libraries (and the
> inverse sense). If the SCC is a problem, we can bypass it with the option
> of making the users able to decide which fields of the metadata can be
> imported or not. In this way, every library can decide to (or not to)
> import a specific field of the description.
> 2. AI-based extraction of metadata from digital files (scanned
> articles, journals etc). In this way, GrottoCenter can populate its
> database witht the extracted information, that can be imported in the other
> softwares of the documenation centers.
>
> I believe that these two point are already enough and people usually get
> scared if somebody propose them too many things to be done (like me when
> you talked to me at the Meeting in Caselle in Pittari last autumn 😄 ). The
> second point should be of interest of all libraries, and it could be really
> innovative.
>
> So, we can use that time slot and, if you want, i can ask the organizers
> to add also another hour to the meeting (if we have still the possibility).
> I also believe that you should be among the presenters (not only Yohann and
> Camille by remote). People may have questions not only related to the
> "technical" part, but also the conceptual and the financial ones.
>
> Thank you,
> cheers
>
> Luca
>
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