Forwarding an announcement that I saw on Autocat....
The Genre/Form Working Group of the IFLA Subject Analysis and Access Section invites you to a webinar
FASCINATING FACETS: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN GENRE AND FORM VOCABULARIES
Time: 19 May, 2022, 5:00-6:30 pm CEST / 8:00-9.30 am PDT Zoom Webinar
Attendance is FREE
To read more and to register go to: https://www.ifla.org/events/fascinating-facets-recent-developments-in-genre-and-form-vocabularies/
The development of genre and form vocabularies as a facet of information retrieval has gathered increasing attention in recent years. This short webinar will discuss the background history of genre/form applications and the exciting innovations that make these vocabularies relevant and useful to today's catalog users.
Speakers:
RICARDO SANTOS MUÑOZ: The IFLA Genre/Form Working Group, 2013-2022: A History
CASEY MULLIN: Iteration, Not Perfection: The "Long Game" of Retrospective Implementation of Faceted Vocabularies
RYAN HILDEBRAND: New and Reparative Work in Controlled Vocabulary for Rare Materials Cataloging
We look forward to seeing you on 19 May!
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IFLA Section Subject Analysis and Access - https://www.ifla.org/units/subject-analysis-and-access/
When I registered, it said the start time was 7:30 am PDT, but I have checked with Casey Mullin and the program actually begins at 8 am.
--Adam Schiff
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Adam Schiff
Principal Cataloger
University of Washington Libraries
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