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Purpose: Provides a forum for discussion of a variety of issues related to authority control for online catalogs and for international sharing of authority of data.

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Program announcement: ALCTS/LITA Authority Control Interest Group Annual 2012 Program

  • 1.  Program announcement: ALCTS/LITA Authority Control Interest Group Annual 2012 Program

    Posted Jun 13, 2012 05:16 AM

     

    ALCTS/LITA Authority Control Interest Group
    Sunday, June 24, 2012
    1:30-3:30
    Hilton Anaheim in Pacific B
     
    Re-purposing Authority Data in Preparation for RDA
     
    The Authority Control Interest Group invites you to join us for a discussion of re-purposing authority data.
     
    Our speakers are:
     
    ·         Janis Young from the Policy and Standards Division Library of Congress (PSD) will give a report on PSD's activities. 
     
     
    ·         Gary Strawn, Authorities Librarian at Northwestern University Libraries, will discuss his work converting AACR2 headings into RDA. 
     
     
    ·         Ana Cristan from the Library of Congress PSD will provide an update on what Library of Congress is doing to prepare for RDA authorities. 
     
     
    ·         Karen Anderson from Backstage Library Works will discuss the Backstage plan in place to work with libraries ready for the transition, including a cross-walk to convert authority data from AACR2 to RDA. 
     
    All are invited to attend the ACIG business meeting held after the program.