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

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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]

It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Danny Fermon, who joined MoMA in 1971 as a Page in the Library. Encouraged by Library director Clive Phillpot, Danny earned an MLS in 1991 and rose through the library ranks, eventually being promoted to Associate Librarian, Cataloging in 2003. He was active in the Museum’s homegrown union, P…[Read more]

Hi everyone,

During my presentation in Mexico City I mentioned that Marnie Powers-Torrey and I would be hiring a NEH-funded Visual Books Project Assistant to work on metadata and controlled vocabularies for artists’ books and fine press books. The job posting is now live: https://employment.utah.edu/salt-lake-city-ut/visual-books-projects-assistan…[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]

Hi folks, I asked this in Troublesome Catalogers and Magical Metadata Fairies so apologies for cross-posting but I figured folks here would likely be able to help me with this.

I’m updating some documentation that I inherited and there’s something I’ve been confused about.

“The AACR2r rule is that when a book contains reproductions of an…[Read more]

The International Journal of Librarianship (IJoL) invites abstract submissions for a special issue titled “Embedded Libraries and Archives in Museums,” to be published in June 2024. IJoL is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal focusing on developments in the field of library and information science globally. IJoL is published quarterly, open acc…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,

New York University (NYU) Division of Libraries is hiring a Librarian for Music. This position lives within the Arts, Performance, and Humanistic Inquiry (APHI) Team at the Division of Libraries, which also includes the Librarian for the Fine Arts, the Librarian for Performing Arts, the Librarian for English and Comparative…[Read more]

The LCSH Monthly Tentative List for July (2307) is now out for comment.
https://classweb.org/tentative-subjects/2307.html

Let me know if you want to have comments passed on through ARLIS/NA or if
you have questions about a proposed heading.

The Subject Analysis Committee met virtually this past week. The reports
from the various organizations…[Read more]

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From: Dorie Kurtz <dkurtz@loc.gov>
Date: Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 4:16 PM
Subject: [SACOLIST] Summary of Decisions, Editorial Meeting Number 03,
March 17, 2023
To: <SACOLIST@listserv.loc.gov>

[ABA managers: Please forward to your staff.]

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
ACQUISITIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC ACCESS D…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,

Are you looking to get involved in the ARLIS/NA New York chapter? Do you like to party? Then volunteer to join our 2023 ARLIS/NA New York Holiday Party Planning Committee! Our chapter holiday parties are known far and wide for being fun, festive, and a great way to celebrate the end of the year with friends and colleagues. We are…[Read more]

The Morgan Library & Museum invites applications for the Shelby White &
Leon Levy Fellowship in Manuscript Cataloging. It’s an excellent
opportunity to learn about cataloging individual manuscripts according to
DCRM(MSS) focusing on 19th- or 20th-century correspondence. This
opportunity is the third in a series of Manuscript Cataloging…[Read more]

The reports to SAC are being posted for the Annual meeting next week. This
report from LC has plenty of good information.

Sherman

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From: Paul Frank via ALA Connect <Mail@connectedcommunity.org>
Date: Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 7:12 AM
Subject: Core Subject Analysis Committee Public Space : LC/PTCP l…[Read more]