| Authority Control Interest Group (LITA/ALCTS) |
Mission and Goals
- Established in 1985; renewed in 1988, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2003 and 2006. To provide a forum for discussion of a variety of issues related to authority control for online catalogs and for international sharing of authority of data. The goals are to raise the level of awareness on authority control issues, to encourage ideas for new approaches to authority control and to promote significant research on authority control.
- Login to the LITA Membership Directory for IG members' contact information
Chair:
- Edward Swanson (2007-2008)
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect:
- Mary L. Mastraccio (2007-2008, Chair 2008-2009)
Past-Chair:
- Sandy Roe (2007-2008)
Secretary:
- Anaclare Evans (2007-2009)
Member-at-Large for Series: Felicity Dykas (2007-2009)
Member-at-Large for Uniform Titles: Mark Scharff (2006-2008)
Member at Large for Local Systems: Tom Larsen (2006-2008)
Member-at-Large for Names: Martin Knott (2007-2009)
Member-at-Large for Subjects: Shannon Hoffman (2007-2009)
Program Information
ALA Conference Planning Calendar (2007-2016)
Past Meetings
Midwinter 2008, Philadelphia
Presentations
Business Meeting Minutes
Annual 2007, Washington, DC
Presentations
Midwinter 2007, Seattle
Presentations
Business Meeting Minutes (PDF)
Annual 2006, New Orleans
Presentations
Midwinter 2006, San Antonio
Presentations
Business Meeting Minutes
Annual 2005, Chicago
XML and Authority Control
LITA Blog Entry
Handout: LC Update (Word)
Business Meeting Minutes
Midwinter 2005, Boston
Presentations
Business Meeting Minutes
Annual 2004, Orlando
FAST, slow and Z39.19: Emerging trends in subject authority control
Business Meeting Minutes
Midwinter 2004, San Diego
Presentations
Annual 2002, Atlanta
Real World Steps to Interoperability Between Electronic Resources
Handout: ACIG Bibliography (PDF)
Annual 1999, New Orleans
Who Owns Authority Control
Midwinter 1999, Philadelphia
Presentations on the status of authority control in an online environment
Midwinter 1998, New Orleans
Panel Presentation: How Authority Vendor Services are used in three local library systems
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