Category Archives: Conferences

Survey for Challenges and Changes in Technical Services Division (TSD)

Myung-Ja (MJ) Han, Metadata Librarian, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is working on a survey to learn about how other catalog departments are handling changes in their cataloging department and the responsibilities of metadata librarians. Before sending out the survey, … Continue reading

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NRMIG Meeting at ALA Annual 2008

Name: ALCTS Networked Resources and Metadata Interest Group Event: Annual discussion and business meeting Date: Sunday, June 29, 2008 Time: 8:00 am.-10:00 am. (business meeting from approx. 9:15 am.-10:00 am.) Place: Disneyland Hotel, North Exhibit Hall, Meeting Room B The … Continue reading

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Slides available for ALA NRMIG Presentations in Midwinter 2008

Maureen P. Walsh, Metadata Librarian, Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University Libraries Topic: Institutional Repository Metadata (Presentation slides and handouts are available at: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/31699 ) The Ohio State University’s Institutional Repository is also called “the Knowledge Bank” (https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/index.jsp). As a … Continue reading

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Continuing Resources Cataloging Committee Update Forum

Continuing Resources Cataloging Committee Update Forum January 14, 2008 1:30-3:30 pm Yee Cataloging Rules, or, Alternative RDA: an experiment in designing a different approach to FRBR-izing the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules with a focus on the rules for continuing resources by … Continue reading

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Resource Description and Access (RDA) Update Forum

The RDA Update Forum was organized by the Cataloging and Classification Section (CSS) of the Associations for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS). It was held on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008 at 10:30am in the Lecture Hall of the Pennsylvania … Continue reading

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CC:DA Report

Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA) Liaison Report Submitted by Greta de Groat Stanford University Libraries CC:DA discussions and actions at ALA Midwinter 2008 in Philadelphia. RDA Work on RDA is proceeding on schedule with a targeted release date … Continue reading

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Cataloging Norms Discussion Group

Cataloging Norms Discussion Group 2008-01-12 ; 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM ; Pennsylvania Convention Center in 109 B ; ALCTS – CCS Rebecca L. Lubas, Head of Cataloging & Metadata Services, MIT Libraries Speaking on: “Creating a Metadata Services Unit … Continue reading

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