CCO Boot Camp: An Introduction to Cataloging Cultural Objects

2006 Preconference

Thursday, June 22, 2006 and Friday, June 23, 2006

This preconference is an introduction to Cataloging Cultural Objects: a Guide to Describing Cultural works and their Images (CCO). CCO, which is forthcoming from ALA Publications, provides guidelines for selecting, ordering, and formatting data used to populate catalog records for cultural works and their images. CCO is designed to promote good descriptive cataloging, shared documentation, and enhanced end-user access. Learn about CCO, its value as a data content standard for libraries, archives, museums, and image collections, and how it may be used in a variety of settings in combination with other standards for descriptive metadata.

This preconference will be offered in three (3) different sessions over two (2) days. Attending all sessions in sequence is not required.

What CCO is and Why We Need It

Topics & Speakers

  • Welcome and introducation (Matthew Beacom)
  • Keynote (Ken Hamma)
  • CCO Overview (Patricia Harpring)
  • CCO in context: bibliographic and archival standards (Sherman Clarke)
  • Group discussion: panel (Murtha Baca, Elisa Lanzi, Ann Baird Whiteside)
  • Concluding Remarks for the Day (Matthew Beacom)

Subject access, controlled vocabularies, and authorities

Topics & Speakers

  • Welcome and introduction (Matthew Beacom)
  • Subject Access for Visable Material (Sara Shatford Layne)
  • Using Controlled Vocabularies (Elisa Lanzi)
  • The CDWA Lite XML schema (Murtha Baca)
  • Group Discussion: Panel (Murtha Baca, Elisa Lanzi, Ann Baird Whiteside)
  • Concluding Remarks for the Day (Matthew Beacom)

CCO case studies in Libraries, Archives, Museums, and Image Collections

Topics & Speakers

  • Welcome and introductions (Matthew Beacom)
  • CCO in Libraries (Maria Oldal)
  • CCO in Archives (Martha Mahard)
  • CCO in Museums (Layna White)
  • CCO in Image Collections (Ann Baird Whiteside)
  • Group Discussion: panel (Murtha Baca, Elisa Lanzi, Ann Baird Whiteside)
  • Concluding Remarks (Matthew Beacom)

Speakers

Murtha Baca, Head, Getty Vocabulary Program, Getty Research Institute Baca
Ann Baird Whiteside. Head, Rotch Library of Architecture and Planning MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Whiteside
Matthew Beacom, Metadata Librarian, Yale University Library
Sherman Clarke, Head of Original Cataloging, Bobst Library, New York University Clarke
Kenneth Hamma, Executive Director for Digital Policy and Initiatives, J. Paul Getty Trust Hamma Summary Hamma
Patricia Harpring, Managing Editor, Getty Vocabulary Program, Getty Research Institute Harpring
Elisa Lanzi, Director, Imaging Center, Smith College Lanzi
Linda McRae, University Librarian; Head, CVPA Visual Resources Library, University of South Florida
Sara Shatford Layne, Principal Cataloger, UCLA Library Cataloging & Metadata Center Layne
Martha R. Mahard, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College Mahard
Maria Oldal, Head of Cataloging, Pierpont Morgan Library
Layna White, Head of Collections Information and Access, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art White

Sponsor

ALCTS Cataloging and Classification Section

Cosponsors

ALA ALCTS Networked Resources and Metadata Interest Group
ALA ALCTS Cataloging and Classification Section Subject Analysis Committee
CALM (ALA-SAA-AAM Combined Committee on Archives, Libraries & Museums)
Collaborative Digitization Project
Visual Resources Association

Planning Chair

Matthew Beacom

Planning Commitee

  • Matthew Beacom, Metadata Librarian, Yale University (chair)
  • Anna Ferris, Catalog Librarian, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Gertrude S. Koh, Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Dominican University
  • Sara Shatford Layne, Principal Cataloger, UCLA Library Cataloging & Metadata Center
  • Glenn Patton, Director, WorldCat Content Management, OCLC
  • Mary S. Woodley, Ph.D., Collection Development Coordinator, California State University, Northridge