Cataloging and Metadata For the Web: Meeting the User Where They Are

a 2017 ALCTS Preconference

Friday, June 23, 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.  |  event code: ALC2  |  Register Add to Conference Scheduler

How can we as catalogers and metadata specialists use our skills to increase our libraries’ presence on the web? Based on his Library Technology Report, Ted Fons will discuss ways in which we can expose our services and content on the open web right now, meeting our users where they are. A panel of librarians will share their first-hand experiences implementing the concepts and ideas discussed by Ted. Come with questions, leave with ideas.

Takeaways

  • A broad and dynamic view of linked data and its role in the success and evolution of libraries
  • An understanding of how the everyday work of catalogers and metadata specialists impact for the users’ experience
  • Exploration of practical methods to implement to enhance access to libraries’ data.Participants will learn about metadata topics they choose and that are important to them

Target Audience

Professional and paraprofessional cataloging and metadata personnel from academic, public and specialty libraries. 

 

Time

Preconference Schedule

  7:45 am – 8:00 am   Registration and Breakfast

8:00 am – 8:15 am

Welcome and Introduction

8:15 am – 9:15 am

Into The Hands of Readers : The State of Visibility of Libraries on the Web

Ted Fons, Principle Consultant, Third Chapter PartnersTed Fons

9:15 am – 10:15 am

Improving visibility in search engines: how collections and organizations benefit from Search Engine Optimization and Semantic Web Identity

Kenning ArlitschKenning Arlitsch, Dean of the Library, Montana State

10:15 am – 10:30 am

Break

10:30 am – 11:15 am

Toward a More Visible Library

Susan AllenSusan Allen, Director of Technology Services, Worthington Libraries, Ohio

11:15 am – 12:00 pm

Meeting Users Online; The Edmonton Experience

Sharon DaySharon Day, Director, Branch Services and Collections, Public Services Department, Edmonton Public Library

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Lunch (on your own)

1:30 pm – 2:15 pm

Library.Link at Multnomah County Library Year 2

  Erica FindleyErica Findley, Cataloging/Metadata Librarian, Multnomah County Library, Oregon

  2:15 pm – 3:00 pm

Tools for Enhanced Discovery on the Web

James HahnJames Hahn, Orientation Services & Environments Librarian, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 

 

 

Qiang Jin, Cataloging Librarian, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignQiang Jin

  3:00 pm – 3:15 pm

Break

  3:15 pm – 4:00 pm

Final Thoughts

Ted Fons, Principle Consultant, Third Chapter Partners

 

Registration

Register through the ALA Annual Conference web site. Add this preconference to your conference registration or register for this preconference alone. 

The price of this full-day preconference is:

  • $219 for ALCTS members 
  • $269 for ALA members
  • $319 for nonmembers

Additional ALCTS Events at Annual Conference

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