The Cataloging and Classification Research Interest Group (CCRIG) met at the 2016 ALA Annual Conference in Orlando on Sunday, June 26. Fifty-one people attended the meeting.
The Cataloging and Classification Research Interest Group meeting included two presentations and discussions of cataloging-related research and projects. There were a few brief business items at the beginning of the meeting. The incoming chair, Laura Evans, and vice-chair, Rebecca Nous, were introduced to the group. Attendees were encouraged to watch for future calls for vice-chair volunteers and proposals for future midwinter and annual conferences. This past year the group was asked to consider changing the name of the interest group to “Research in Metadata Design and Management Interest Group.” The group was informed that a post would go up on the group's ALA Connect site asking for feedback.
The 1st presentation, "Roles and Responsibilities of Cataloging Units in Academic Libraries Research Project," was presented by Jeremy Myntti, the Head of Digital Library Services at the
J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah and Liz Woolcott, the Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services at the Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University. For more information about their work you can visit their web site at https://catalogingunitorg.wordpress.com
The 2nd presentation, “Cataloging Zines in an RDA Environment,” was given by Allison Jai O’Dell, the Metadata Librarian at the University of Florida’s George A. Smathers Libraries. For further reading, this article can be found at: Allison Jai O’Dell, “RDA and the Description of Zines: Metadata Needs for Alternative Publications,” Journal of Library Metadata 14, nos. 3-4 (2014): 255-280. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19386389.2014.978235
A detailed summary of each presentation can be found in the ALCTS News, http://www.ala.org/alctsnews/
Reported by Wendy West