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LITA/ALCTS Authority Control Interest Group
invites proposals for presentations at its meeting at the 2017 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Atlanta on Sunday, January 22nd, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm.
Potential topics of interest include, but are not limited to library involvement in:
authority control in BIBFRAME
authority control in digital library systems
name disambiguation in local library systems (repository/catalog)
identity management in linked data
name IDs thesauri consolidation ( ORCID, ISNI, etc.)
genre/form vocabulary development and implementation
authority control and RDA enrichment initiatives
Presentations will be approximately 20 minutes, with time for Q&A after. If you are interested in presenting, please email Tatyana Chubaryan
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We look forward to hearing from you!
Dr. Tatyana Chubaryan
Clinical Associate Professor
University Libraries
Texas A&M University
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Library Annex | 5000 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843
Tel. 979.458.0440 | Fax. 979.862.1166