The CORE Faceted Subject Access Interest Group (FSAIG) is seeking a co-chair for 2024-2026. If you are interested in the concept of faceted searching, including faceted vocabularies such as FAST and the 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 2024 and you will be working with the current co-chair in year one to plan and organize programs, then working with a new co-chair the second year.
For more information about FSAIG, visit our page 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, 2022-2024
Lucas Mak
Metadata and Catalog Librarian
Michigan State University Libraries
makw@msu.edu
FSAIG Co-Chair, 2023-2025
Su Hyeon Kang
Metadata Analyst
Atla
skang@atla.com