Archives for: May 2008
05/14/08
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 summer meeting of the Networked Resources and Metadata Interest Group at ALA Annual will consist of a discussion followed by a business meeting. The topic of the discussion is “IT Support in Cataloging Departments.” We want your questions!
In March of this year, Erin Stalberg from NCSU posed some questions on the metadatalibrarians list about the existence of organizational models which combine both metadata competencies and MARC competencies. The questions elicited few answers and much interest. We would like to devote our meeting time to an open discussion of issues such as technical competencies, metadata competencies, workflows which accommodate both Marc and other metadata schemas, and ways in which these skillsets can be brought into our departments and have them support all of our workflows.
Please comment on this blog post by including your questions and concerns about how your organization is blending traditional and new metadata skillsets and workflows. We will collect them and include them in the discussion.
Thank you for making the Networked Resources and Metadata Interest Group such a lively and informative group!
Louise Ratliff
2008/9 Chair