Category Archives: ALA Midwinter 2010

Report on new ACRL Image Resources Interest Group (IRIG)

The new ACRL Image Resources Interest Group (IRIG) offers a forum for investigating issues around interdisciplinary image support in academic libraries. The group was convened by a visual resources librarian at a university and a digital collections librarian at a … Continue reading

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ALA Midwinter 2010: Write-ups from Around the Internet

Below is the round-up of write-ups around the Internet for ALA presentations that might be of interest to Metadata and Digital Librarians. Did I miss your write-up or presentations? Email me at kmarti@uic.edu and I will add it. Would you … Continue reading

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Metadata Interest Group Meeting at ALA Midwinter 2010

Links to presentation slides are available on the ALA presentation wiki eXtensible Catalog: Metadata Services Toolkit Jennifer Bowen, University of Rochester Jennifer Bowen presented on the Metadata Services Toolkit (MST), one of three modules under development by the University of … Continue reading

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Recent Trends in Catalog Architecture: ALCTS Catalog Form and Function Interest Group

Apologies for being a tardy blogger, but the good news is that by now, all of the powerpoints for these fine presentations are posted and linked to from the CFFIG wiki page ALCTS Catalog Form and Function Interest Group Recent … Continue reading

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ALA Midwinter 2010: best bets for metadata librarians & call for bloggers

Below is a list of metadata and digital library-friendly sessions for ALA Midwinter 2010. 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, … Continue reading

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Metadata Interest Group Meeting at ALA Midwinter

The ALCTS Metadata Interest Group will meet on Sunday, January 17, 8–10am in the Westin Waterfront, Otis Room for a program. Featured speakers include: Roy Tennant, OCLC Research, will discuss a “metadata mashup” involving three different types of metadata. His … Continue reading

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