[Metadatalibrarians] AFAS Cataloging Discussion Group - ALA Midwinter

[Elaine L Westbrooks]

Good Afternoon:

Please pardon the cross-posting

The Cataloging Discussion group (
http://www.afassection.org/cataloging.html) of the African American 
Studies Librarians Section (http://www.afassection.org/) of ACRL would 
like to invite you to our upcoming meeting at ALA Midwinter.  One does not 
have to be a member of AFAS or ACRL to participate in this discussion 
group.

DATE:  Sunday January 25, 2009
TIME:  10:30-noon 
LOCATION:  Hyatt Regency Denver at the Convention Center
ROOM: Capitol Ballroom 7

AGENDA
   1. Introductions
   2. Discussion:
        -Future Direction, Goals, Mission, and Scope
   3. Next Generation Catalogs & impact on Access
   4. African American Cataloging Reference Sources 
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/saco/afraamerbibl.html 

Cataloging Issues and Discussion BLOG: 
http://catalogingdiscussiongroup.blogspot.com/

The purpose of the AFAS Cataloging Discussion Group:
1.  Provide a forum for the discussion of access to African American 
resources. 
2.  Serve as a channel/clearinghouse to submit proposals to the Library of 
Congress for the enhancement of bibliographic records and authority files. 

3.  Coordinate AFAS participation in the Library of Congress Program for 
Cooperative Cataloging.

Feel free to forward this invitation to anyone who may be interested.  Any 
questions should be directed to Elaine L. Westbrooks: ewestbrooks2 at unl.edu

Kindest Regards,
Elaine

Elaine L. Westbrooks
Associate Dean, University Libraries
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
318 Don Love Library
Lincoln, NE 68588-4100

t 402.472.2526
e ewestbrooks2 at unl.edu