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Metadata Interest: ALA Annual Report 2015

Metadata Standards Committee, June 28, 2015 Meeting at the American Library Association’s Annual meeting, 2015. Notes prepared for the Music Library Association Cataloging and Metadata Committee by Jim Soe Nyun. Full agenda available online: http://connect.ala.org/files/MSC%20ALA%20Annual%202015%20meeting%20agenda.docx Outgoing members were thanked, new members welcomed. Discussion of the Committee’s Metaware.buzz metadata information site: They are interested in developing content for the site Some content has been provided by the editor Some LIS students have contributed blog posts More postings from LIS students were on the way There was discussion of editors copy-editing content that was contributed, and a conclusion that the content was in the form of blog postings, which could take various approaches to style Checklist for Evaluating Metadata Standards (​http://metaware.buzz/2015/01/20/draft-checklist-for-evaluating-metadata-standards/​) No movement on this since Midwinter Proposed developing a new draft, with a title other than “Checklist” New draft will be out in 30 days and open for comments, with a

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LITA/ALCTS: ALA Annual Report 2015

Metadata Interest Group (ALCTS), June 27, 2015 Meeting at the American Library Association’s Annual meeting, 2015. Notes prepared for the Music Library Association Cataloging and Metadata Committee by Jim Soe Nyun. Agenda and description of presentations: ​http://connect.ala.org/node/239768   The session consisted of three presentations, followed by a business meeting. Notes below on the presentations and most of the business meeting. Ivey Glendon, University of Virginia Library: “We’ve gone MAD: launching a Metadata Analysis & Design unit at the University of Virginia Library” A description of the library’s recent reorganization with a focus on the formation of the Metadata Analysis & Design (MAD) unit within the Acquisitions and Discovery department. MAD consists of 5 metadata librarians from different backgrounds, including MARC, with 1 current vacancy for a person with an archives focus. There is no separation of non-MARC and MARC within the unit. The group is defined to set policies and

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CC:DA: ALA Annual Report 2015

ALA Annual in San Francisco CC:DA Saturday, June 27, 2015 and Monday, June 29, 2015 Tracey Snyder, Music Library Association liaison to CC:DA Please see the CC:DA blog for the complete agenda and links to many reports and documents. After introductions, adoption of the agenda, and approval of the minutes of the previous meeting, the chair, Robert Rendall, gave a report on CC:DA motions and other actions , January-June 2015, which were related to the work of task forces appointed to review new documents, including DCRM(M) (Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Music)). Library of Congress Report (Dave Reser) Reser reported on personnel changes (including the upcoming retirement of Librarian of Congress James Billington), recent improvements to the Cataloger’s Desktop interface, continued development of the ALA-LC romanization tables, RDA Toolkit updates, maintenance of the LC-PCC PSs, LC implementation of PCC’s 2015 training manual for applying relationship designators in bibliographic records, the

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