by Alissa McCulloch | Jul 23, 2026 | News Digests
In the news David Walsh’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Hobart has opened its new library, Phrontisterion. As reported by ABC News, the library has foresworn Dewey and other traditional classification systems in favour of… well, nothing. Books are...
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...
