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The ALA Core Subject Analysis Committee’s Subcommittee on Faceted Vocabularies (SSFV) seeks new members to serve a two-year term (July 2025-June 2027).
 
About SSFV:
 The Core SAC Subcommittee on Faceted Vocabularies (SSFV) facilitates the implementation and use of faceted vocabularies in library metadata. SSFV accomplishes its goals through development of best practices and training materials for catalogers/metadata creators, as well as strategies and mechanisms for retrospective application of faceted terms in legacy metadata.
 “Faceted vocabularies” are defined as the constellation of vocabularies, term lists and other structured metadata that collectively and respectively describe distinct attributes of library resources. These attributes include, but are not limited to, genre/form, musical medium of performance, creator/contributor characteristics, geographic place, and chronology. Prominent faceted vocabularies currently in use, on which SSFV focuses its efforts, include Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms (LCGFT), Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus (LCMPT), and Library of Congress Demographic Group Terms (LCDGT).
 
You can learn more about our work through the SSFV report, Retrospective Implementation of Library of Congress Faceted Vocabularies (Version 1.1), which provides a set of best practices for implementers wishing to apply LC faceted vocabularies, as well as its earlier version. Current subgroups include the Literature Task Group, Module Maintenance and Testing Task Group, Chronological Data Task Group, and LC Proposals Task Group. These groups may be adjusted or reformed as needed to respond to changing priorities.
 
Eligibility requirements:

• Current member status in Core but do not have to be a member of Subject Analysis Committee (SAC)
• Willingness to participate actively on at least one SSFV focused task group (genre/form, literature) for the duration of the two-year term
• Special expertise or interest in the application of faceted vocabularies (in current cataloging and/or retrospectively)
• Attendance at in-person ALA meetings is not required; SSFV conducts most of its business asynchronously and in virtual meetings
• Prior experience with LC proposals is preferred for the LC Proposal Task Group

 

Interested individuals should send a statement of interest and a summary of qualifications (or CV) to SSFV Chair Sarah Hovde (shovde@umd.edu) and vice chair Sai Deng (sai.deng@ucf.edu). Applications will be considered on a rolling basis, but for priority consideration, please submit by May 15, 2025.
 
Thank you,
Sarah and Sai