*FAST for Cataloging and Discovery*
December 11-12, 2013
Hosted by Jennifer D. Miller and Chew Chiat Naun
Please join us for an e-forum discussion. It’s free and open to everyone!
Registration information is at the end of the message.
Each day, discussion begins and ends at:
Pacific: 7am – 3pm
Mountain: 8am – 4pm
Central: 9am – 5pm
Eastern: 10am – 6pm
FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) was designed as a
lightweight derivative of Library of Congress Subject Headings that would
be easy to learn and work well with faceted discovery systems. It has
recently drawn renewed interest following OCLC’s announcement that it would
add FAST headings globally to WorldCat. This e-forum looks at possible uses
of FAST and how libraries may go about implementing it.
Topics may include the following:
- Who is using FAST, or thinking of doing so? What kinds of collections
is it being used to describe? Is the work being done by traditionally
trained catalogers, or by others as well?
- What training and implementation issues have arisen for FAST users?
What do you need to get started? Does FAST live up to its promise of being
comprehensive and easy to apply?
- What does FAST mean for discovery systems? What efforts have been made
to implement it in faceted interfaces? How would you evaluate its impact on
catalog users?
- How could FAST influence the way we do authority control? What would a
linked data implementation of FAST look like?
*Jennifer D. Miller *is the Assistant Head of Cataloging and Metadata
Services and the Metadata Coordinator at Rice University. She received her
MSLIS and a Certificate in Special Collections from the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is active in ALCTS, currently serving as
the Vice-Chair of the Metadata Interest Group.
*Chew Chiat Naun *has been Director of Cataloging & Metadata Services at
Cornell University since May this year. He is a graduate of Monash
University in Melbourne, Australia, and held cataloguing positions there
and at the University of Illinois and the University of Minnesota. He has
been active in ALCTS and PCC.
*What is an e-forum?*
An ALCTS e-forum provides an opportunity for librarians to discuss matters
of interest, led by a moderator, through the e-forum discussion list. The
e-forum discussion list works like an email listserv: register your email
address with the list, and then you will receive messages and communicate
with other participants through an email discussion. Most e-forums last two
to three days. Registration is necessary to participate, but it's free. See
a list of upcoming e-forums at:
http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/e-forum.
*To register:*
Instructions for registration are available at:
http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/e-forum/sympa. Once you have
registered for one e-forum, you do not need to register again, unless you
choose to leave the email list. Participation is free and open to anyone.
If you have any problems, please contact alcts-eforum-request_at_ala.org.
Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee
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