ALA meeting: Cataloging and Classification Research Discussion Group Nancy Chaffin 16 Jun 2006 22:54 UTC
Posted to multiple discussion lists; please excuse the duplication. Please join the ALCTS/CCS/Cataloging and Classification Research Discussion Group on Saturday, June 24, 10:30-12:00 at the Morial Convention Center, Rm 253 during the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans. During the meeting, Elaine Yontz, Professor, MLIS Program, Valdosta State University, will be discussing her most recent research project: Changes and Authority Control Description of Project: This project will examine the intellectual underpinings and practical implications of changes in headings that are under authority control. Changes will be examined for patterns or inconsistencies of theory and practice. Procedures used to accommodate changed headings will be documented and compared. Dr. Yontz will use this project as an example of how research projects come about. Although her project is still very much in the premliminary phase, she will describe the project up to this point, including the initial spark based on the Cataloging and Classification Research Discussion Group meeting at ALA Annual in 2005, subsequent discussion with her research partner at ALA Midwinter in 2006, some thinking she's done since, and some "asking around" that she's done about procedures. She then will invite suggestions and further discussion from the other attendees. Attendees are encouraged to discuss not only Dr. Yontz's project, but also the research process in general, and any research projects they are interested in pursuing. Dr. Yontz will also bring a selected bibliography of resources for people who want to do research. Following the discussion, there will be a brief business meeting, including nominations from the floor for incoming vice-chair of the Discussion Group. If you are interested in research in the areas of cataloging and classification, we encourage you to consider running for vice-chair of the Discussion Group. Hope to see you in New Orleans, Nancy & Priscilla -- Nancy J. Chaffin Chair, ALA/ALCTS/CCS/Cataloging and Classification Research Discussion Group e-mail: Nancy.Chaffin@colostate.edu and Priscilla Williams Vice-Chair, ALA/ALCTS/CCS/Cataloging and Classification Research Discussion Group e-mail: priwill@uflib.ufl.edu -- Nancy J. Chaffin Metadata Librarian Colorado State University Libraries Fort Collins, CO 80523-1019 voice: 970.491.1847 fax: 970.491.4661 e-mail: Nancy.Chaffin@colostate.edu