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CFP: ALCTS CaMMS Cataloging & Classification Research Interest Group - ALA Midwinter 2016

***Call for proposals ? deadline Friday, October 30, 2015***

The ALCTS Cataloging & Classification Research Interest Group seeks speakers to present at ALA Midwinter in Boston, MA on Sunday, January 10, 2016 from 10:30 to 11:30 am.

Full presentations should be about 15-20 minutes long. Audience questions and discussion will be encouraged after the presentations. Brief 5 to 10 minute summaries of less extensive projects or research in progress will also be considered. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

Research on user contributed metadata (such as folksonomies, tagging, keyword contributions)
Research, surveys or studies on discovery layer catalogs
Research on cataloging using multiple schema, formats, and standards
Research on best practices in non-book cataloging for a new generation catalog
Research on evidence-based decision making for cataloging and classification
Research on innovative ways of recruiting/training non-traditional catalogers in a time of budget cuts and reduced full time cataloging staff
Research on alternatives to the MARC format
Research on cataloging of non-traditional materials in RDA environment

Please email proposal abstracts to Chair by Friday, October 30, 2015. Please include the following:

Presentation title
A brief (1 page or less) summary of the focus of the proposed presentation
Stage of project completion by January 2016
Amount of time needed to make the presentation
Names and positions of presenter(s)
Email address(es) of presenter(s)

We look forward to hearing from you!
CCRIG Chair, 2016
Ms. Wendy West
Catalog Management Services, Head
University at Albany
[email protected]

CCRIG Vice-Chair, 2015-2016
Laura Evans
Metadata/Cataloging Librarian
Binghamton University
[email protected]

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