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 LITA Membership LITA Interest Groups Authority Control (LITA/ALCTS) 2008 Annual Meeting Minutes
GROUP: Authority Control in the Online Environment Interest Group CHAIR: Edward Swanson REPORTER: Edward Swanson EMAIL: eswanson@eswanson.net CONFERENCE: Annual MEETING: "You Know FRBR, But Have You Met FRAD?" ATTENDEES: 250 CURRENT ACTIVITIES: Update reports on activities of interest at the Library of Congress and OCLC since the Midwinter Meeting were given by Dave Reser and Robert Bremmer. The main program, "You Know FRBR, But Have You Met FRAD?" featured three speakers, two of whom have been in the development of the Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD), including the Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records (FRASAR). Glenn Patton for OCLC, who has chaired the working group developing FRAD, spoke on "Getting to Know FRAD." As a counterpoint to his talk, Ed Jones from National University, spoke on "FRAD, A Personal View," reacting to it from the point of view of the practicing cataloger. Athena Salaba from Kent State University, a member of the working group developing FRASAR, updated the group on the work of FRASAR in her talk entitled, "Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records: A Conceptual Model of Aboutness." FUTURE ACTIVITIES: Developing program topics for the 2009 Midwinter Meeting and Annual Conference. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: New Chair: Mary L. Mastraccio, Cataloging & Authorities Librarian, MARCIVE, Inc., P.O. Box 47508, San Antonio, TX 78265-7508; marym@marcive.com New Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Amy McNeely, Bookshare Librarian, The Benetech Initiative, 480 S. California Ave., Suite 201, Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609; amy.mcneely@gmail.com New Member-at-Large for Uniform Titles (2008-2010): Elaine Winskie, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199; winskee@fiu.edu New Member-at-Large for Local Systems (2008-2010): John Reese, Backstage Library Works; jreese@bslw.com |
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