Category Archives: ALA Annual 2008

ALA Annual 2008: best bets for metadata librarians & call for bloggers

Below is a list of digital library-friendly sessions for Annual 2008. Planning to attend a session or already reporting on a session? Think about blogging it here! If you would like to blog any of the sessions, please contact Kristin … Continue reading

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RDA Update Forum at ALA annual meeting

This session contained a number of important nuggets of information that catalogers & managers will want to know: The release date of the final full draft of RDA is now October 2008 (not August). There will be 3 months for … Continue reading

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ALA Write-Ups from Around the Internet

This post includes links to write-ups on other blogs, as well as on this blog, to consolidate them all into one place. I just went back and reviewed the post before ALA and here’s what I could find. If you’ve … Continue reading

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NRMIG Meeting at ALA Annual, Sunday June 28, 2008, 8-10 AM

The first half of the Networked Resources and Metadata Interest Group meeting was a discussion of competencies for metadata librarians, which was generated by Erin Stahlberg earlier in the year. The full discussion questions are listed here. Leading the Discussion … Continue reading

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Metadata Mashup: Creating and Publishing Application Profiles

ALCTS Program at the 2008 Annual Conference Metadata Mashup: Creating and Publishing Application Profiles *Slides are currently available or will be available at: http://presentations.ala.org/index.php?title=Saturday%2C_June_28 This One is Just Right: Metadata Design and Implementation at the University of Maryland Jennifer O’Brien … Continue reading

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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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