Category: Webinars

Feb 9th: W.E.B. Du Bois: Recharting Modern Design

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Another free webinar that might be of interest (although it’s in the evening):

W.E.B. Du Bois: Recharting Modern Design

February 9th, 2022, 6pm ET

At the Paris World Fair of 1900, W.E.B. Du Bois used groundbreaking statistical graphics to document the accomplishments of Black Americans and life inside “the Veil” of systemic oppression. In Fall 2022, the Library of Congress will lend a selection of these rare data visualizations to Cooper Hewitt’s Recharting Modern Design exhibition, allowing visitors to see them in person for the first time in 120 years. The data graphics of W.E.B. Du Bois will appear in dialogue with decorative objects from the fair, connecting Du Bois’s “color line” to the “whiplash line” of Art Nouveau. What is the enduring power of these graphics today?

 

Webinar (DEI focus): OCLC Cataloging Community Meeting, Jan 28, 2022

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Sharing here, as there will likely be content of interest to noncatalogers! Agenda and (free) registration link is up for OCLC Cataloging Community Meeting, Jan 28, 2022, 2-4:30 pm.

From OCLC:

This semi-annual virtual gathering offers ample opportunity for questions and conversations with participants. During the first hour, we’ll discuss efforts related to diversity, equity, and inclusion as well as our collective work toward more respectful and inclusive description. After a short break, we’ll discuss updates to OCLC cataloging and metadata services, WorldCat quality initiatives, and much more.

Agenda

Diversity, equity, and inclusion presentations

  • Adrian Williams (University of Kentucky), Using the Homosaurus LGBTQ+ vocabulary in both OCLC Connexion and in the local catalog
  • Misty Alvaro (Columbus Metropolitan Library), DEI in public library consortia: Trusting, collaborating, and thriving
  • Cynthia Whitacre (OCLC), OCLC Metadata DEI

OCLC cataloging update

  • OCLC metadata services update — David Whitehair (OCLC)
  • WorldShare Record Manager — John Chapman (OCLC), Petra Löffel (OCLC)
  • WorldShare Collection Manager — Cindi Blyberg (OCLC)
  • Marcie Burton (UNC Greensboro), Automatic holding feeds: Set it and forget it
  • OCLC metadata quality update
  • Featuring a presentation by Robert Bremer (OCLC) on the changes for the Aliens to Noncitizens Library of Congress Subject Headings in WorldCat
  • Questions for OCLC

The meeting will be recorded, and we will share the recording with all registrants.

What Makes a Collector? A Conversation on Collecting Sound Recordings

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Upcoming ARSC webinar this Thursday that might be of interest:

What Makes a Collector? A Conversation on Collecting Sound Recordings Featuring panelists Dorothy Berry, John Levin, and Vincent Pelote
Moderated by Allison McClanahan and John Bondurant
Presented by the ARSC Education and Training Committee & ARSC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee
January 20, 2022, 3:00 PM EST

http://www.arsc-audio.org/committees/et-webinars.html

 

 

The Future of Library Binding: Symposium on January 26

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The Core Symposium on the Future of Library Binding, will take place via Zoom on January 26, from 12:00-4:00pm CT.  Zoom registration.

Hosted by the Core Preservation Administration Interest Group and Core Preservation Standards & Practices Committee, this free event will feature updates from the LOC Preservation Directorate, perspectives on the state of the industry, and a discussion on current practice and the need to pivot in response to changing commercial binding landscape.

Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures became a division of the American Library Association on September 1, 2020.  Core Website.