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Please join the Association for Library Collections and 
Technical Services (ALCTS) Subject Analysis Committee 
Subcommittee on FAST for "FAST: A New System of Subject 
Access for Cataloging and Metadata" at the ALA Annual 
Conference in New Orleans.

When: Saturday, June 24, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Where: New Orleans Marriott, Bissonet

Abstract: Libraries have been using Library of Congress 
Subject Headings for over one hundred years. With the growth 
of electronic resources and the emergence of numerous 
metadata schemes for their description, there is a need for 
subject access methods that can handle a large volume of 
materials without requiring the same amount of effort and 
cost as in the treatment of traditional library materials. 
For the last several years, OCLC has been developing FAST 
subject headings. (FAST - Faceted Application of Subject 
Terminology.) In 2004, the ALCTS CCS Subject Analysis 
Committee established a subcommittee to evaluate FAST subject 
headings from the users' perspective.

Facilitator: Qiang Jin, Cataloging Librarian, University of 
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library (Chair, ALCTS Subject 
Analysis Committee Subcommittee on FAST, 2004-2007; Chair, 
ALCTS Subject Analysis Committee, 2006-2007)

Speakers:
Ed O'Neill, Consulting Research Scientist, OCLC and Lois Mai 
Chan, Professor, University of Kentucky
Qiang Jin, Cataloging Librarian, University of Illinois at 
Urbana-Champaign Library
Arlene Taylor, Professor Emerita, Department of Library and 
Information Science, University of Pittsburgh
Shannon Hoffman, Subject Authorities Librarian, Brigham Young 
University Library

For additional information, contact: 

Qiang Jin
Cataloging Librarian & NACO Coordinator
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
220 Library
1408 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, Illinois 61801
217-265-6242 (office)
217-333-2214 (fax)
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