by Alissa McCulloch | Apr 2, 2026 | News Digests
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...
by Alissa McCulloch | Mar 6, 2026 | News Digests
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...
by Alissa McCulloch | Jan 20, 2026 | News Digests
MARC Advisory Committee (MAC) Want a say in the latest developments to the MARC standard we all know and, er, love? In a new initiative, ACORD and NLA are coordinating Australian practitioner feedback on the latest MARC Advisory Committee (MAC) proposals and...
by Alissa McCulloch | Dec 22, 2025 | News Digests
Australian Subject Analysis Project (ASAP) The ASAP Working Group met on Thur 11 December to continue work on project planning and documentation. The projecty will commence with a small literature review and environmental scan, outlining the history of subject...
by Alissa McCulloch | Nov 25, 2025 | News Digests
ACORD The recording of ACORD’s October BIBFRAME webinar is now available to view here. Trove Strategic Advisory Committee (TSAC) A one-page summary from TSAC’s October meeting is available here. ORDAC The proposals from the Extent Working Group are...
