Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] ALA Annual 2010: CCS Cataloging and Classification Research Interest Group

From: Qiang Jin <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 11:12:54 -0500

Apologies for cross postings.

Dear Colleagues,

The ALCTS CCS Cataloging and Classification Research Interest Group will meet on Sunday, June 27, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. at the Hilton Washington, Columbia 2, for a program.

Featured talks include:

The roles and meanings of the LCSH: What’s our prospect for the LCSH? 

Yeon Kyoung Chung, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, College of Social Sciences, Ewha  Womans University, South Korea

Hyokyoung Yi, Korean Studies Librarian, East Asia Library, University of Washington

University of Florida library constituencies and uses of the online catalog 

Jimmie Lundgren, Associate Chair & Contributed Cataloging Unit Head Cataloging & Metadata Dept., University of Florida

User tags versus expert-created metadata: A comparison between LibraryThing tags and Library of Congress Subject Headings 

 Caimei Lu, Ph.D. student, Jung-ran Park, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Xiaohua Hu, Ph.D. Associate Professor, College of Information Science and Technology, Drexel University

We will also be electing a new Vice-Chair/Chair Elect.  If you are interested in running for this position, please send your bio to Jung-ran Park at [email-masked] by June 20 (Sunday).

Sincerely,

Jung-ran

Dr. Jung-ran Park
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Library Metadata
(http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t792306902~link=cover)
Assistant Professor
The iSchool at Drexel
College of Information Science and Technology
Drexel University
Email: [email-masked]
Phone: 215-895-1669
Fax: 215-895-2494
Homepage: http://www.cis.drexel.edu/faculty/jpark/index.html

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Qiang Jin
Senior Coordinating Cataloger
Associate Professor of Library Administration
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
220 Library
1408 W Gregory
Urbana, IL 61801
217-244-2010
[email-masked]