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ACORD Meeting Snapshot – June 2026
1. Committee Membership An Expression of Interest will be posted towards the end of July, hoping to capture interest from underrepresented groups in the current ACORD membership. The updated Terms of Reference has been drafted, with minimal feedback received from...
News Digest – June 2026
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News Digest – May 2026
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ACORD Meeting Snapshot – April 2026
1. Committee Membership Another round of EOIs for ACORD membership will be posted in the coming weeks. This round will seek to target representation from across the library sector, including interested parties from special and public libraries to ensure a diverse...
News Digest – April 2026
Trove The Trove Metadata Manager: If you find any data issues or something in the system that is not quite working as you would expect, Trove recommends checking the Trove Partners Cataloguing known issues register to see if the Trove team is already working on it....
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...
ACORD Meeting Snapshot – January 2026
1. Committee Membership ACORD welcomed Michela Goodwin and Izabela Hoang as new Committee members. John Timoney’s ACORD term came to an end with him attending his final ACORD meeting. ACORD would like to thank John for his contributions to the Committee over the past...