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Cataloguers’ Catch-up – July 2025
In further cool cataloguing news, ALIA ACORD are pleased to invite ACORD members to our first Cataloguers’ Catch-up – Monday 14th July at 2-3pm AEST on Zoom. Sign up via the ALIA Events page here. This will be a casual, non-recorded, drop-in session for members to...
ACORD Meeting Snapshot June 2025
Rare Books Cataloguing Collaboration and Trove Mapping Concerns Representatives from the ALIA Rare Books and Special Collections Cataloguing Interest Group joined the meeting to discuss the groups’ purpose and collaboration with ACORD. Concerns were raised about...
ALIA Community on Resource Description (ACORD) Call for Expressions of Interest
ALIA is seeking expressions of interest from anyone wishing to join the ALIA Community on Resource Description (ACORD). ACORD is the ALIA Special Interest Group which aims to support the Australian resource description community. ACORD carries forward the role...
Cataloguing Code of Ethics
The Cataloging Ethics Steering Committee (CESC), with members from the US, the UK, and Canada, have been tasked with compiling a Code of Ethics for Cataloguers, for the benefit of all staff creating, sharing, enriching, and maintaining metadata. The final version of...
ACORD/HLA submission to NLM to update MeSH terms for First Nations Australians
ACORD and ALIA Health Libraries Australia (HLA) recently made a submission to the US National Library of Medicine to update the Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) terms used to describe First Nations Australians