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
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...