I wanted to draw your attention to a number of sessions taking place over the next month, which would have been part of ALA Midwinter in the past, but are virtual and free to attend this year. These may be of interest to music catalogers (or other catalogers in your shop). Enjoy!
SAC Subcommittee on Faceted Vocabularies
Friday, January 22, 3:00-4:30 ET
Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WcoUyrcKHfxPQrqT7YvE5M-vm4z5pkE8BpjfYRdysWY/edit
Access: https://wwu-edu.zoom.us/j/98127237309?pwd=ZTd1M1l3M1doQkJCRHlCeE9BTlM4UT09
Library of Congress January BIBFRAME Update Forum
Sunday, January 24, 10:00-11:00 ET
Access: http://login.icohere.com/login/login_presentation.cfm?comseq=5211494990817486&product=iCoPoint&pnum=IEE73688
MARC Advisory Committee
Tuesday, January 26-Thursday, January 28, 10:30-12:30 ET
Agenda: https://www.loc.gov/marc/mac/mw2021_age.html
Access: Tuesday: http://login.icohere.com/PCC?pnum=LGU73729 (Wednesday and Thursday TBA)
Encoding Standards Subcommittee Chair Karen Peters will be attending as MLA’s liaison.
Core Interest Group Week
Monday, February 1-Friday, February 5
More information and (free but limited) registration: http://www.ala.org/core/continuing-education/interest-group-week
Includes Authority Control Interest Group, Catalog Management Interest Group, Embracing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in Library Cataloging, and many others
Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access
Friday, February 5 (2:00-4:00 ET), Tuesday February 9 (11:00-1:00 ET), Friday, February 12 (1:00-3:00 ET)
Agenda and access TBA
Content Standards Subcommittee Chair Keith Knop will be attending as MLA’s liaison
PCC Virtual Meeting
Friday, February 19, 1:00-3:00 ET
Agenda and access TBA