ALA Annual 2010: Best Bets for Metadata Librarians and Call for Bloggers

Below is a list of metadata and digital library-friendly sessions for ALA Annual 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, please contact Kristin Martin at kmarti@uic.edu with your name, e-mail address, and preferred session. Fuller descriptions, when available, are linked to. See a section not on here that you think would be of interest? Suggest it!

I’ve tried to be inclusive as possible with the sessions as metadata is a cross-disciplinary topic within library and information science. Sessions of interest include metadata, digital projects, digital technology, and cataloging, and are from all different groups within ALA. Note that many of the sessions are sponsored through LITA, which has its own blog and they are also looking for bloggers. They are listed here for interest and I will link to write-ups following the conference.

Friday Sessions

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM on 06/25
FRBR Interest Group
Location: MAY in Chinese BR
Unit/Subunit: ALCTS

3:30 PM – 5:15 PM on 06/25
Cataloging and Classification Forum (CCS)
Location: HIL in Lincoln
Unit/Subunit: ALCTS – CCS

4:00 PM – 5:15 PM on 06/25
Electronic Resources Management Interest Group
Location: HIL in Fairchild
Unit/Subunit: LITA, ALCTS

4:00 PM – 5:15 PM on 06/25
Competencies and Education for a Career in Cataloging Interest Group
Location: JW in Commerce
Unit/Subunit: ALCTS – CCS

Saturday Sessions

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM on 06/26
Technical Services Managers in Academic Libraries Interest Group Program
Location: MAD in Constitution

Unit/Subunit: ALCTS

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM on 06/26
Grassroot Prog.: Digital Initiative for College Libraries
Location: WCC in 141
Unit/Subunit: ALA

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM on 06/26
Converging Metadata Standards in Cultural Institutions: Apples & Oranges
Location: WCC in Ballroom B
Unit/Subunit: ALCTS
Blogger: Laura Akerman

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM on 06/26
Catalog Form and Function Interest Group
Location: HIL in Columbia 5

Unit/Subunit: ALCTS – CCS

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM on 06/26
Developing a Sustainable Digitization Workflow
Location: WCC in 146C

Unit/Subunit: LITA

1:30 PM – 3:30 PM on 06/26
Image Resources Interest Group
Location: CAP in Pan American
Unit/Subunit: ACRL

1:30 PM – 3:30 PM on 06/26
Catalog Management Interest Group
Location: HIL in Fairchild

Unit/Subunit: ALCTS – CCS

1:30 PM – 3:30 PM on 06/26
Cataloging Norms Interest Group
Location: HIL in Columbia 5

Unit/Subunit: ALCTS – CCS

1:30 PM – 3:30 PM on 06/26
Multiple Formats and Multiple Copies in a Digital Age: Acceptance, Tolerance, Elimination
Location: WCC in 147B
Unit/Subunit: ALCTS – CMDS, RUSA – CODES

1:30 PM – 3:30 PM on 06/26
Digital Conversion Interest Group
Location: JW Marriott Hotel (Capitol)- BR H/J
Unit/Subunit: ALCTS – PARS

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM on 06/26
MARC Format Interest Group
Location: HIL in Kolorama
Unit/Subunit: LITA, ALCTS

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM on 06/26
Holdings Update Forum: “Next Generation OPACs: Making the Most of Local Holdings Data”
Location: JW in Grand BR IV
Unit/Subunit: ALCTS – CRS

Sunday Sessions

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM on 06/27
Digital Preservation Interest Group
Location: JW in Grand BR I/II
Unit/Subunit: ALCTS – PARS

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM on 06/27
Digital Library Technology Interest Group
Location: HIL in Fairchild
Unit/Subunit: LITA

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM on 06/27
Cataloging and Beyond: The Year of Cataloging Research
Location: WCC in 147A
Unit/Subunit: ALCTS – CCS, RUSA – RSS, LITA

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM on 06/27
Metadata Interest Group
Location: WCC in 202A
Unit/Subunit: ALCTS – CCS,LCTS
Blogger: Kristin Martin

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM on 06/27
Digitization: Preserving and Open Access to African American Collections
Location: WCC in 152B
Unit/Subunit: ACRL – AFAS

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM on 06/27
Cataloging and Classification Interest Group: Social tagging in libraries
Location: HIL in Columbia 2

Unit/Subunit: ALCTS – CCS

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM on 06/27
Intellectual Access to Preservation Metadata
Location: JW in Capitol BR H/J
Unit/Subunit: ALCTS – PARS

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM on 06/27
Open to Change: Open Source and Next Generation ILS and ERMS
Location: WCC in 146C
Unit/Subunit: ALCTS – AS, ALCTS – CRS

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM on 06/27
To Protect and Serve: Is Digitization Good for Your Historical Collections?
Location: REN in Rennaisance West A/B
Unit/Subunit: RUSA – HS

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM on 06/27
Internet Resources and Services Interest Group
Location: HIL in Columbia 10
Unit/Subunit: LITA

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM on 06/27
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Building a Support Infrastructure for an Open-Source ILS
Location: HIL in Fairchild
Unit/Subunit: LITA

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM on 06/27
MODS and MADS: Current implementations and future directions
Location: WCC in 143B/C
Unit/Subunit: LITA

1:30 PM – 3:30 PM on 06/27
RDA Update Forum
Location: JW in Grand BR I/II
Unit/Subunit: ALCTS – CCS

1:30 PM – 5:30 PM on 06/27
Authorized Genre, Forms and Facets in RDA
Location: HIL in Lincoln
Unit/Subunit: LITA, ALCTS

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM on 06/27
Standards Interest Group (LITA)
Location: HIL in Columbia 1
Unit/Subunit: LITA

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM on 06/27
Institutional Repositories in Action: Success Stories from the Federal World
Location: WCC in 202A
Unit/Subunit: FAFLRT

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM on 06/27
Creative Ideas in Technical Services Interest Group Meeting
Location: MAY in Chinese BR

Unit/Subunit: ALCTS

Monday Sessions

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM on 06/28
Boot Camp for the 21st Century Metadata Manager
Location: WCC in 150B
Unit/Subunit: AFL – OLAC, ALCTS – CCS

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM on 06/28
Heads of Cataloging Interest Group
Location: WCC in 140A/B

Unit/Subunit: ALCTS – CCS

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM on 06/28
Got Data? New Roles for Libraries in Shaping 21st Century Research/Presidents Program
Location: WCC in Ballroom B
Unit/Subunit: ALCTS

1:30 PM – 3:30 PM on 06/28
Next Generation Catalog Interest Group
Location: HIL in Columbia 8
Unit/Subunit: LITA

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