South Central Regional Library Council

Librarians are justly proud of their accomplishments in organizing the world's published information through the use of standard subject headings and the ubiquitous, demanding MARC record. But, with the explosion of more information stored electronically, are our old standards still relevant today? Has keyword trumped the subject heading?

Librarians also see their roles changing as more information description and metadata production are handled by other professionals. Will online tagging or vendor descriptions diminish the need for librarians? Questions are rife on what exactly are the thrust of RDA and the new AACR2.

Renee Register, Senior Product Manager at OCLS and Karen Coyle, noted consultant and leader in the area of digital libraries will review current cataloging practices, and discuss the future of metadata the MARC record, the Resource Description and Access standards, and the librarian's place in online information organization and access.

Presenters:

Karen Coyle worked for over 20 years at the University of California in the California Digital Library; has served on library and information standards committees, and has written frequently on technical topics ranging from metadata development, technology management, system design, and on policy areas such as copyright and privacy.

Renee Register and her staff are responsible for partnering with publisher, vendors, and other content providers in the creation and distribution of title metadata to libraries, the publisher supply chain and end users. She spent ten years with Ingram Book Group, first as Manager of Cataloging Services and then as Director of Classification and Bibliographic Control for the organization's MARC and non-MARC metadata.