About ACORD
The ALIA Community on Resource Description (ACORD) is an ALIA Special Interest Group representing the Australian cataloguing, metadata and resource description community.
News
News Digest – March 2026
Australian Subject Analysis Project The Australian Subject Analysis Project (ASAP) are hosting a survey on the use of subject headings and controlled vocabularies in Australian library catalogues, to inform the future direction of the project. All librarians are...
ACORD Meeting Snapshot – March 2026
1. Committee Membership Another round of EOIs for ACORD membership will be posted in April 2026. Within its current membership, ACORD is seeking nominations for a new Treasurer. This role is responsible for preparing the draft annual budget and managing income...
News Digest – February 2026
Rare Books Cataloguing The Bibliographic Standards Committee of RBMS has recently published a new document, “Recommendations for the Creation of Harmful Metadata and/or Harmful Language Statements.” It is publicly available within the ALA Institutional Repository...