First Jane-athon
The Jane-athon prototype in Hawaii took place in December 2014.
The first Jane-athon took place on 30 January 2015 at ALA MidWinter in Chicago, USA.
The aim was to build upon a Jane Austen base r-ball.
Outcomes
Outcomes were presented in the Jane-athon report to the RDA Forum, February 1, 2015 by Thurstan Young and Kathy Glennan:
The combined unedited data from the first Jane-athon is available in the Jane-athon 1 (raw) r-ball.
The combined curated data from the first Jane-athon, removing duplicates, errors, and data with unresolved issues, is available in the Jane-athon 1 (curated) r-ball.
Outline
- 07:30 Registration
- 08:30 Introduction (PDF of presentation slides)
- 09:00 The Bladerunner (P.K. Dick) r-ball + Break
- 10:00 The Jane-athon: RIMMFing Jane resources + Lunch
- 13:30 Feedback on RIMMFing
- 14:00 Results of combining r-balls + Break
- 14:45 RDA and Linked Data (PDF of presentation slides)
- 15:30 Next steps
- 16:00 End
Team
Core organizers
- Gordon Dunsire (JSC)
- James Hennelly (ALA Publishing)
- Diane Hillmann (MMA)
- Deborah Fritz (TMQ)
- Richard Fritz (TMQ)
- Jon Phipps (MMA)
The Coaches
- Kathy Glennan (JSC)
- Thurstan Young (British Library)
- Plus Deborah, Diane, and Gordon
The Helpers
- Judy Kuhagen (JSC)
- Melissa Wood (ALA Publishing)
Presentations
- RDA as linked data (Diane Hillmann, to the RDA Forum, February 1, 2015)
- Jane in the forest: Starting to do Linked Data with Evergreen (Galen Charlton, to the Evergreen Conference, May 16, 2015)
Survey results
An online survey of participants was carried out shortly after the Jane-athon. Results are given in the Summary of Participant Responses to the First Jane-athon.
Announcements, blogs, etc.
- Announcement: Fun with Dick and Jane (and RDA): Creating linked data for Jane Austen and Blade Runner
- Announcement: Jane-athon success
- ALCTS News: Highlights from the Jane-athon (Susan Wynne and Gina Solares)
- CUL Public Wiki: RIMMF (Tracey L. Snyder)
- Elliot Williams: Librarian | Archivist: Exploring RDA with RIMMF
- Libraries Australia Newsletter: Fun with Dick and Jane (and RDA!) ... Or, 6 degrees of Colin Firth (Monika Szunejko)
- Meta Interchange: Forth to Hood River! (Galen Charlton)
- Metadata Matters: What’s this Jane-athon thing? (Diane Hillmann)
- Metadata Matters: Why You Should Come to the Jane-athon (Diane Hillmann)
- Metadata Matters: The Jane-athon Report (Diane Hillmann)
- TSLL TechScans: Report from the Jane-athon (Jean Pajerek)
- Storify: #janeathon: come RIMMF our r-balls! (Jennifer Talley)
Philip K. Dick
The first Jane-athon also used a draft r-ball for the motion picture Blade Runner, based on a novel by Philip K. Dick.
The Jane number of Dick is 2, using the new RDA subject relationship: Jane (Person) is subject of Austenland is Secretly a Tribute to Philip K. Dick (Work) has subject Philip K. Dick (Person).
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