ANMIG Interviews CaMMS Recruitment & Mentoring Committee Chair Chris Dieckman

Whether you are a library school student or new library professional, navigating the ALCTS committee-scape can be overwhelming. To illustrate what committee work entails and how you can get involved, Sarah Cruz and Kumiko Reichert of the ALCTS New Members Interest Group (ANMIG for short) talked with committee leaders from each ALCTS section and asked them to tell us first-hand about their roles. Their interview with Chris Dieckman, chair of the ALCTS Cataloging & Metadata Management Section (CaMMS) Recruitment & Mentoring Committee, is the fifth of six leading up to the 2019 ALA Midwinter Meeting.

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Treshani Perera: My Conference Experience

I learned a lot about myself as a cataloger, early-career professional, and participant in large conferences while attending my first ALA Annual Conference in June 2018. As a specialist cataloger, I mostly attend subject-specific conferences, but as an early-career cataloging librarian, I wanted to attend Annual Conference in order to connect with the greater cataloging community.

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