Below is a list of metadata and digital library-friendly sessions for ALA Annual 2012. 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. All sessions are linked to the conference scheduler, which now also provides full descriptions for a lot of interest group and events and programs. If fuller descriptions are elsewhere, that link is also provided. See a section not on here that you think would be of interest? Suggest it! NOTE: Preconferences (ticketed events) are listed for informational purposes only and cannot be covered by the blog.
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.
Friday Sessions
8:00am to 4:00pm
A Change in Authority: Authority Work in the RDA Environment
Description from ALCTS website
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, 207D
Sponsor: ALCTS
Ticketed Event
8:30am to 4:00pm
Creating Library Linked Data: What Catalogers and Coders Can Build
Description from LITA Website
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, 203B
Sponsor: ALCTS & LITA
Ticketed Event
9:00am to 12:00pm
Annual 2012 Unconference
Location: Anaheim Convention Cente, Level 2 Lobby
Sponsor: ALA
9:30am to 12:30pm
Technical Services Directors of Large Research Libraries Interest Group
Location: Hyatt Regency Orange County, Grand Ballroom A
Sponsor: ALCTS
10:30am to 12:00pm
Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) Interest Group
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, 202A
Sponsor: ALCTS
10:30am to 12:00pm
OCLC ― Enhance Sharing Session
Description from OCLC
Location: Anaheim Marriott, Gold Key I & II
Sponsor: OCLC
11:00am to 4:00pm
OCLC Americas Regional Council Member Meeting and Symposium
Description from OCLC
Location: Anaheim Marriott, Grand Salon A-E
Sponsor: OCLC
12:00pm to 4:00pm
Zines in Libraries: Collecting, Cataloging, and Community
Description from Kim Schwenk
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, 213D
Sponsor: ALA
Ticketed Event
12:00pm to 4:00pm
6th Annual NISO / BISG Forum: The Changing Standards Landscape
Description from NISO
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, 211B
Sponsor: NISO
Ticketed Event
1:30pm to 3:30pm
CaMMS Forum
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, 209B
Sponsor: ALCTS/CAMMS
2:30pm to 4:00pm
Competencies and Education for a Career in Cataloging Interest Group
Location: Anaheim Convention Cente, 202A
Sponsor: ALCTS/CAMMS
Saturday Sessions
8:00am to 10:00am
Copy Cataloging Interest Group
Location: Hyatt Regency Orange County, Grand Ballroom E
Sponsor: ALCTS/CAMMS
8:00am to 10:00am
RDA Update Forum
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, 304AB
Sponsor: ALCTS/CAMMS
8:00am to 10:00am
Technical Services Managers in Academic Libraries Interest Group
Location: Hyatt Regency Orange County, Garden 4
Sponsor: ALCTS/PARS
8:00am to 12:00pm
Linked Data & Next Generation Catalogs
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, 207D
Sponsor: LITA
10:30am to 12:00pm
Cataloging Norms Interest Group
Location: Hyatt Regency Orange County, Royal Ballroom E
Sponsor: ALCTS/CAMMS
10:30am to 12:00pm
Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information Committee I (ALCTS / LITA / RUSA)
Agenda
Location: Hyatt Regency Orange County, Royal Ballroom A
Sponsor: ALCTS, LITA, and RUSA
10:30am to 12:00pm
National Libraries RDA Forum
Location: Anaheim Marriott, Elite Ballrooms
Sponsor: ALA Publishing
10:30am to 12:00pm
Role of the Professional Librarian in Technical Services Interest Group
Location: Hyatt Regency Orange County, Pacific Room
Sponsor: ALCTS
1:30pm to 3:30pm
Catalog Management Interest Group Program
Location: Hyatt Regency Orange County, Royal Ballroom E
Sponsor: ALCTS/CAMMS
1:30pm to 3:30pm
Digital Conversion Interest Group
Location: Hyatt Regency Orange County, Grand Ballroom E
Sponsor: ALCTS/PARS
1:30pm to 3:30pm
Linking Data Across Libraries, Archives, and Museums
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, 204A
Sponsor: ALA
Blogger: Kim Durante
1:30pm to 3:30pm
Subject & Bibliographic Access Committee / Publisher-Vendor Discussion Group: Role of Metadata Standards in Scientific Data Publishing: Part Two
Location: Hyatt Regency Orange County, Grand Ballroom C
Sponsor: ACRL/STS
1:30pm to 3:30pm
Transformation: Revenge of a “Fallen†Code. Morphing our current MARC reality into a new RDA-enabled future
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, 213AB
Sponsor: ALCTS/CAMMS
1:30pm to 3:30pm
Transforming Technical Services: Growing IT Skill Sets Within Technical Services Departments
Description from ALCTS
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, Ballroom B
Sponsor: ALCTS/AS
4:00pm to 5:30pm
Catalog Form and Function Interest Group
Location: Hyatt Regency Orange County, Grand Ballroom E
Sponsor: ALCTS/CAMMS
4:00pm to 5:30pm
Collaborative Digitization Discussion Group
Location: Hyatt Regency Orange County, Harbor Room
Sponsor: ASCLA
blogger: Rhonda Marker
4:00pm to 5:30pm
Digital Special Collections Discussion Group
Location: Disneyland Hotel, Monorail A
Sponsor: ACRL/RBMS
Blogger: Ivy Glendon
4:00pm to 5:30pm
Electronic Resources Management Interest Group
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, 201A
Sponsor: ALCTS & LITA
4:00pm to 5:30pm
Faceted Subject Access Interest Group
Location: Hyatt Regency Orange County, Imperial
Sponsor: ALCTS/CAMMS
4:00pm to 5:30pm
Holdings Information Forum: Quality Standards in Batch Records and Adventures in Cooperative Cataloging: Many Hands Make Light Work
Location: Hyatt Regency Orange County, Grand Ballroom B
Sponsor: ALCTS/CRS
4:00pm to 5:30pm
Intellectual Access to Preservation Metadata Interest Group
Location: Hyatt Regency Orange County, Pacific Room
Sponsor: ALCTS/PARS
4:00pm to 6:00pm
MARC Formats Interest Group (LITA / ALCTS)
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, 208B
Sponsor: ALCTS & LITA
Sunday Sessions
8:00am to 10:00am
The AIR We Breathe. Borrowing Lessons From RDA Development To Train For Your Next Triathlon
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, 204C
Sponsor: ALCTS/CAMMS
8:00am to 10:00am
Current Research on and Use of FRBR in Libraries
Description from ALCTS website
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, 213AB
Sponsor: ALCTS
8:00am to 10:00am
Digital Preservation Interest Group
Location: Hyatt Regency Orange County, Pacific Room
Sponsor: ALCTS/PARS
8:00am to 10:00am
Metadata Interest Group
Location: Hyatt Regency Orange County, Grand Ballroom E
Sponsor: ALCTS/CAMMS
Blogger: Kristin Martin
10:30am to 12:00pm
Cataloging & Classification Research Interest Group
Location: Hyatt Regency Orange County, Grand Ballroom E
Sponsor: ALCTS/CAMMS
10:30am to 12:00pm
Collection Management and Electronic Resources Interest Group
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, 210C
Sponsor: ALCTS/CMS
10:30am to 12:00pm
Continuing Resources Standards Forum
Location: Hyatt Regency Orange County, Grand Ballroom B
Sponsor: ALCTS/CRS
10:30am to 12:00pm
LC Bibliographic Framework Transition Update Forum
Location: Anaheim Marriott, Grand Salon A-C
Sponsor: Library of Congress
10:30am to 12:00pm
Online Personal Archiving: Preserving Your Record for the Future
Location: Anaheim Marriott, Elite Ballrooms
Sponsor: LITA
1:30pm to 3:30pm
RDA Worldwide
Description from ALCTS
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, 304AB
Sponsor: ALCTS
1:30pm to 3:30pm
Top Technology Trends
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, Ballroom A
Sponsor: LITA
1:30pm to 5:30pm
Authority Control Interest Group
Location: Hilton Anaheim, Pacific B
Sponsor: ALCTS & LITA
1:30pm to 5:30pm
Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information Committee II (ALCTS / LITA / RUSA)
Agenda
Location: Hyatt Regency Orange County, Royal Ballroom A
Sponsor: ALCTS, LITA, and RUSA
4:00pm to 5:30pm
Creative Ideas in Technical Services Interest Group
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, 205B
Sponsor: ALCTS/CRS
4:00pm to 5:30pm
The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Research, Digital Scholarship and Implications for Libraries
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, Ballroom A
Sponsor: LITA
4:00pm to 5:30pm
Discovery Systems: The Promise and the Reality
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, 304AB
Sponsor: RUSA/MARS
4:00pm to 5:30pm
PCC Participants Meeting
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, 213AB
Sponsor: PCC
4:00pm to 6:00pm
How Will RDA Impact Your System?: A Forum of Vendors Discussing Implementation Plans
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, 204B
Sponsor: ALCTS/CAMMS
Monday Sessions
8:00am to 10:00am
ALCTS Forum
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, 204B
Sponsor: ALCTS
8:00am to 10:00am
Data Management: What is the library’s role?
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, 209A
Sponsor: LITA
8:00am to 10:00am
Heads of Cataloging Departments Interest Group
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, 209B
Sponsor: ALCTS/CAMMS
8:00am to 10:00am
MARC Formats Interest Group
Location: Hilton Anaheim, Salinas
Sponsor: ALCTS & LITA
8:00am to 10:00am
Publisher/Vendor/Library Relations Interest Group (vendor records)
Location: Hyatt Regency Orange County, Pacific Room
Sponsor: ALCTS
10:30am to 12:00pm
RDA and Government Publications
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, 201A
Sponsor: ALCTS & GODORT
10:30am to 12:00pm
OCLC ― Cataloging Efficiencies: Managing Metadata for E-book Collections
Description from OCLC
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, 210C
Sponsor: OCLC
1:30pm to 3:30pm
Continuing Resources Cataloging Committee Update Forum
Location: Hyatt Regency Orange County, Pacific Room
Sponsor: ALCTS/CRS
1:30pm to 5:30pm
Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information Committee III (ALCTS / LITA / RUSA)
Agenda
Location: Hyatt Regency Orange County, Royal Ballroom A
Sponsor: ALCTS, LITA, and RUSA
4:00pm – 5:30pm
Cataloging Zine Collections in Libraries and Info-shops
Location: Convention Center, Rm 297
