Core Faceted Subject Access Interest Group

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Purpose: Discusses the theory and applications related to subject terminology intended for faceted application, including FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology), AAT (Art and Architecture Thesaurus), LCGFT (Library of Congress Genre/From terms), and others. Serves as a forum for users and others interested in the faceted approach to subject access to compare notes and discuss further developments and implementation of subject faceting for digital projects and related topics.

This interest group is part of Core's Metadata and Collection Section.

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Faceted Subject Access Interest Group is seeking a co-chair for 2021-2022

  • 1.  Faceted Subject Access Interest Group is seeking a co-chair for 2021-2022

    Posted Dec 08, 2020 12:29 PM

    The CORE Faceted Subject Access Interest Group is seeking a co-chair for 2021-2022. If you are interested in the concept of faceted searching, including faceted vocabularies such as FAST and the new LC faceted vocabularies, consider joining us!

     The group's charge is:

    --To discuss the theory and applications related to subject terminology intended for faceted application, including FAST (faceted application of subject terminology), AAT (art and architecture thesaurus), LCGFT (Library of Congress genre/form terms), LCDGT (Library of Congress demographic/group terms) and others.

    --To provide a forum for users and others interested in the faceted approach to subject access, to compare notes and discuss further developments and implementation of subject faceting for digital projects and related topics.

     Your term will start after ALA Annual Conference 2021 and you will be working with an experienced current co-chair to plan and organize programs for the ALA Annual Conference for 2021, and then working with a new co-chair the following year.

     For more information about FSAIG, visit our page on the CORE Connect website (https://connect.ala.org/core/communities/community-home?CommunityKey=e7e81a9a-2cfa-43fe-8753-7975786df52c

     

    If you are interested, please send us an email at the email addresses below. We look forward to hearing from you!

     
    FSAIG Co-Chair, 2018-2020

    Lucas Mak

    makw@msu.edu

    FSAIG Co-Chair, 2019-2021

    Nerissa Lindsey

    nlindsey@sdsu.edu  



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    Nerissa Lindsey
    Head of Content Organization & Management
    San Diego State University
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