ALCTS News

A Brave New (Faceted) World: Towards Full Implementation of Library of Congress Faceted Vocabularies

September 12, 2017 ALCTS Office Announcements

The ALCTS CaMMS Subject Analysis Committee announces the approval and release of a white paper, “A Brave New (Faceted) World: Towards Full Implementation of Library of Congress Faceted Vocabularies.” It contains suggestions and recommendations for next steps aimed at full-scale current and retrospective implementation of faceted vocabulary terms in bibliographic and authority metadata.

Interviews with ALCTS Leaders: Alison M. Armstrong, Continuing Education Committee Co-Chair

September 7, 2017 Michelle Flinchbaugh Columns, Interviews with ALCTS Leaders

Working in customer service is great training for any position. It doesn’t matter if our positions in the library or frontline or not; we should all remember who we are serving.

Creating the Future of Digital Scholarship Together: Collaboration from Within Your Library

September 6, 2017 Chelcie Juliet Rowell ALA Annual Conference, Conference News, Features

More than 100 people filled the room for the program “Creating the Future of Digital Scholarship Together: Collaboration from Within Your Library” held on Saturday, June 24, 2017 at McCormick Place in Chicago. The program was co-sponsored by the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Digital Humanities Interest Group, and the ALCTS Cataloging and Metadata Management Section (CaMMS)—units within ALA where many library collaborators who provide digital scholarship services find their home. From their perspectives as both digital scholarship specialists and metadata specialists, panelists described the collaborative infrastructure that underpins new forms of faculty and student scholarship.

The State of e-Books in Libraries: e-Forum Summary

August 29, 2017 ALCTS Office e-Forums, Features

An ALCTS e-Forum on “The State of e-Books in Libraries” was held on August 15–16, 2017 and provided an opportunity for the library community to come together to discuss the opportunities and challenges of providing e-books to users. Mariah Harvey and Buddy Pennington (both of the Miller Nichols Library at the University of Missouri-Kansas City) served as facilitators.

Interviews with ALCTS Leaders: Dale Swensen, Budget & Finance Chair

August 22, 2017 Michelle Flinchbaugh Columns, Interviews with ALCTS Leaders

Develop a sense of mission—in your life, your career, and in each position that you hold. Seek to internalize this sense so that you come to see your role in fulfilling the goals of your institutions and your life.