We are having a meeting of the Artist Files SIG on Thursday, October 26 at 10am PDT/ 11am MDT/12pm CDT/1pm EDT/2pm ADT. All are welcome to join!

Meet your new SIG co-coordinators (myself and Freyja Catton) and join in an informal conversation to share updates on all things related to artist files, and make some plans for the year ahead.

This is…[Read more]

There’s Nothing Punk About Punk Orientalism

Or maybe orientalism is ok as a noun but not as a descriptive adjective.

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From: Berthoud, Heidy <hberthoud@loc.gov>
Date: Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 3:09 PM
Subject: [SACOLIST] New resource available: Topical Heading Proposal
Checklist
To: <SACOLIST@listserv.loc.gov>

Hello all,

There is a new resource available on the SACO R…[Read more]

Let me know if you have any comments to pass on via SAC.

Sherman
ARLIS/NA liaison to ALA Subject Analysis Committee

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Sep 21, 2023 11:28 AM
Minyoung Chung
<https://connect.ala.org/network/members/profile?UserKey=c4d8bdbf-0880-4fe4-b206-f753d61c68f9&gt;

Hi everyone,

The LCSH Tentative Monthly List 10 for October is available…[Read more]

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From: LC Genre Form Project <genreform@loc.gov>
Date: Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 4:12 PM
Subject: [SACOLIST] LC Genre/Form Terms Tentative List 2310g is now
available
To: <SACOLIST@listserv.loc.gov>

To: Bibliographic Access cataloging division chiefs and other
recipients

(PLEASE FORWARD TO APPROPRIATE S…[Read more]

Let me know if you would like to send a comment through SAC.

Sherman Clarke
ARLIS/NA liaison to SAC

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From: Devine, Stacey <sdev@loc.gov>
Date: Fri, Sep 8, 2023 at 9:00 AM
Subject: [SACOLIST] CYAC Tentative subject list 09 CYAC is now available
To: <SACOLIST@listserv.loc.gov>

The CYAC Tentative Subject L…[Read more]

Aug 18, 2023 12:12 PM
Minyoung Chung
<https://connect.ala.org/network/members/profile?UserKey=c4d8bdbf-0880-4fe4-b206-f753d61c68f9&gt;

Hi everyone,

The LCSH tentative monthly list 09 for September is available:

classweb.org/tentative-subjects/2309.html

Please have all comments posted by Friday, September 15.

Thank…[Read more]

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From: Devine, Stacey <sdev@loc.gov>
Date: Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 9:28 AM
Subject: [PCCLIST] CYAC Tentative subject list 08 CYAC is now available
To: <PCCLIST@listserv.loc.gov>

The CYAC Tentative Subject List for 08 CYAC, August 21, 2023 is now
available at: h…[Read more]

I sent the following comments to list 2308:

Aug 7, 2023 12:26 PM
D Sherman Clarke
<https://connect.ala.org/network/members/profile?UserKey=636e9450-6e4c-400e-9e56-2e0d2d36650b&gt;

*150 Glass art–China–History [sp2023001601]*
*150 Glass art–China–History–To 221 B.C. [sp2023001602]*

*Glass art* is a fine art topic (not decorative arts)…[Read more]

The following two lists of LCSH proposals are now out for comment. If you
would like to pass on comments via ARLIS’s representation on SAC, send me
an email.

Sherman Clarke

Hi all,

The link posted appears to be for the special list (to change “Gays” to
“Gay people”).

Here’s the link for the other subject…[Read more]

This is the new Commons group for the Artist Files SIG. Freyja and I are just getting our bearings, working out some details of the website migration, wondering about new blog posts and starting to think about a SIG event for Fall – maybe an informal meeting to hear what kind of artist files thoughts are on everyone’s minds, and make some plans.…[Read more]

ALA Core Metadata and Collections Section

Subject Analysis Committee

Report from June 2023 meetings

The June 2023 SAC meetings were held virtually on 14-16 June 2023. Relevant documents are posted on the SAC Public Space on ALA Connect.https://connect.ala.org/core/communities/community-home?CommunityKey=f0f2a3bc-328d-47ac-a0db-8cc40d7fef1f

*…[Read more]

I’m looking for technical services librarians who have a background in Medieval Studies to join a hybrid roundtable discussion at next year’s International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan (May 9-11, 2024). If you held a technical services role (considered broadly) at any point in your career, and you studied any aspect of the…[Read more]

Dear All,

Hello! This past week, the call for proposals for the 52nd conference in Pittsburgh has been made. I am very interested in going and presenting, however, an individual paper presentation seems a bit intimating to me at the moment. So I wanted to reach out through this page to see if anyone is interested in formulating a panel regarding…[Read more]

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From: Frank, Paul <pfrank@loc.gov>
Date: Fri, Jul 7, 2023 at 7:48 AM
Subject: [PCCLIST] NACO Online Training Workshop: September 2023
To: <PCCLIST@listserv.loc.gov>

Hi everyone,

ok, the cat is out of the bag (and will be well taken care of).

Back in 2012, when online training options became more a…[Read more]