The ALCTS CaMMS Faceted Subject Access Interest Group is soliciting proposals for presentations at the 2017 ALA Midwinter Conference in Atlanta.
The meeting is scheduled for Saturday, January 21, 2017 from 4:30-5:30 pm. The interest group is charged with discussing the theory and applications related to subject terminology intended for faceted application, including FAST (faceted application of subject terminology), AAT (art and architecture thesaurus), LCGFT (Library of Congress genre/from terms), and others. For further information, see http://www.ala.org/alcts/mgrps/camms/grps/ats-ccsigfsa <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ala.org %2falcts%2fmgrps%2fcamms%2fgrps%2fats-ccsigfsa&data=01%7c01%7cswynne%40gsu.e du%7c07479293030f4b4a9df908d372e131e9%7c515ad73d8d5e4169895c9789dc742a70%7c0 &sdata=WprDWcqKu%2fnonehQz%2fwTq6DfFEA%2fBRFFoJpAtM5QOEE%3d> . Share your experiences with and studies of faceted subject access! We are looking for presentations on any aspect of faceted subject access, including, but not limited to: --Use of faceted vocabularies in the catalog or other contexts (digital repositories, etc.) --User studies on faceted subject use in the library catalog, discovery layer, institutional repositories, etc. --The use of FAST headings (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology), Library of Congress vocabularies such as LCGFT (Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms), LCMPT (Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus for Music), or LCDGT (Library of Congress Demographic Group Terms) --The use of other vocabularies such as AAT (art and architecture thesaurus), etc. --Training staff, librarians, student workers, etc. to assign faceted vocabularies --Using OCLC's FAST prototype tools, i.e., searchFAST, assignFAST, mapFAST, and/or FAST converter We are seeking presentations of 10-20 minutes in length. Please send your proposed presentation topic and a brief description to interest group co-chairs Sarah Wallbank ([email protected]) and Magda El-Sherbini ([email protected] ) by November 23, 2016. Sarah B. Wallbank Electronic Resources & Serials Cataloging Librarian The UCI Libraries University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA 92623-9557 949-824-4174 [email protected] Magda El-Sherbini Head of Collection Description and Access Department 125E Library Tech Center 1165 Kinnear Road Columbus, Ohio 43212 614-247-7456 Office [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "[email protected]" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected].
