Brian's blogging schedule for ALA

Besides commenting on general news and observations, I will be blogging on three meetings at ALA:

ALCTS-CCS Cataloging Norms Discussion Group
Date: 1/20/2007 1:30 PM -- 3:30 PM
Topic: "How Catalogers and System Developers Work Creatively with Metadata"

I was very impressed by the lineup at this meeting, which includes Terry Reese, the developer of the MarcEdit program, and Casey Bisson, who recently won a Mellon Grant for a project to integrate an OPAC with the Word Press content management system.

ALCTS-CCS RDA Update Forum
Date: 1/20/2007 4:00 PM -- 6:00 PM

Resource Description and Access is the planned successor to the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules. This is a significant project in the cataloging/metadata world, yet it is somewhat controversial.

ALCTS Networked Resources and Metadata Interest Group
Date: 1/21/2007 8:00 AM -- 10:00 AM

I am the chair for this interest group. We have an excellent lineup of speakers on metadata practices, including Diane Hillman, author of Metadata in Practice.

Click on the links above to view a description of the session. If anything else of particular interest comes up in the course of the conference, I will definitely be commenting on them as well.