May be of interest to those attending ALA. -Jodi

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From: Johnson, Bruce <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 1:04 PM
Subject: [BIBFRAME] Bibliographic Control: A Meeting Between Educators and
Practitioners
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Bibliographic Control: A Meeting Between Educators and Practitioners
January 20, 2012: 1:30-3:00 PM
Dallas Convention Center, Room C146
Co-sponsored by ALCTS and ALISE****

"On the Record", the report of the Library of Congress Working Group on the
Future of Bibliographic Control, stresses the need for an up-to-date
educational preparation of catalogers, metadata specialists, indexers, and
other librarians and information professionals, so that the educational
system will continue to produce professional librarians whose skill sets
match the needs of the marketplace that they will be entering.****

To address this issue ALCTS and ALISE are convening a meeting for
librarians involved in bibliographic control (writ large) and educators.
This hour and a half-long forum will feature three speakers, providing
varying perspectives on the current state of cataloging and metadata
education and what cataloging and metadata practitioners need to know in
the workplace. Time will be provided for the speakers to respond to each
other’s presentations, and to questions and comments from the audience.****

The session will be moderated by *Dr. Arlene G. Taylor*, Professor Emerita
of the University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences, and will
feature the following panelists:****

*Shilpa Rele*, Digital Program Librarian at Loyola Marymount University in
Los Angeles, CA, and 2009 MLIS Graduate from the University of California,
Los Angeles. As a recent LIS graduate, Shilpa will discuss coursework and
internships that she took during her MLIS program, and how well they
prepared her for her current position.****

*Beth Picknally Camden*, Patricia and Bernard Goldstein Director of
Information Processing, University of Pennsylvania.
As a library administrator, responsible for managing catalogers and
metadata specialists, Beth will discuss how well the desired skill sets for
catalogers and cataloging managers are being developed in current LIS
graduates; and how well libraries are meeting the needs for continuing
education and professional development.****

*Dr. June Abbas*, Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma Department of
Library and Information Studies.
As an LIS faculty member, June will discuss the current state of LIS
cataloging education from a faculty perspective and initiate an open
discussion with the audience.****

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