[OPLINLIST] A CO-ASIS&T Program on Tuesday, October 18th, 2011: EAD and the evolution of archival description

Laura Cheng lauracheng888 at gmail.com
Fri Oct 7 12:13:02 EDT 2011


Join us on Tuesday evening, October 18th, 2011 for our CO-ASIS&T Program:


*EAD and the evolution of archival description*


*WHEN:*  Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

6:30 – 7:00 p.m.  Refreshments, Sign-In & Networking

7:00 – 8:00 p.m.  Presentation and Q & A

*WHERE*:   OCLC's Kilgour auditorium on the OCLC Campus,  Online
Computer Library Center, Inc. at* 6565 Kilgour Place, Dublin, OH 43017
oclc at oclc.org   614-764-6000 Campus
map<http://www.oclc.org/us/en/about/maps/campus.htm>

*RSVP with Laura Cheng at **lauracheng888 at gmail.com*<lauracheng888 at gmail.com>

*PRESENTER*

*Jackie Dooley* is an internationally recognized expert in archives, rare
books, visual materials and other special collections. Within OCLC Research,
she leads projects to inform and improve professional archival practice.
Activities include analysis of archival descriptive practices through data
mining of WorldCat; design and implementation of a detailed survey of
special collections libraries in the OCLC Research Library Partnership, the
Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and other consortia; participation
in redesign and expansion of ArchiveGrid; and studying the needs of archival
repositories for specialized tools and services.

Her professional activities have centered on the development of standards
for cataloging and description. She was a member of the research team that
designed Encoded Archival Description, editor of the EAD Application
Guidelines, co-editor of Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Books, and a member
of the editorial team for the first edition of the Thesaurus for Graphic
Materials. She has published and spoken extensively in areas such as
authority work for archives, subject and form/genre access, rare book and
visual materials cataloging, and technology for special collections.

Prior to joining OCLC Research in September 2008, Jackie was Head of Special
Collections and Archives at the University of California, Irvine, where she
led the library's programs in rare books, manuscripts, university archives
and exhibits. Her previous positions were at the Getty Research Institute,
the University of California, San Diego and the Library of Congress Prints
and Photographs Division. She was one of five library school graduates
selected in 1982 as an Library of Congress Intern. She is an elected Fellow
of the Society of American Archivists and member of the Grolier Club of New
York. Jackie teaches "An Introduction to Archives for Special Collections
Librarians" at the University of Virginia's Rare Book School. She has
consulted for a variety of distinguished libraries in her areas of
expertise.

Jackie is an active member of the Society of American Archivists and Rare
Books and Manuscripts Section of the Association of College and Research
Libraries, having served in various elected and appointed positions in each
society. In August 2011 she will take office as
Vice-President/President-Elect of SAA. She is currently a member of ARL's
Working Group on Special Collections. She has an M.L.S. from University of
California, Los Angeles and a B.A. from the University of California,
Irvine.

We look forward to seeing you at the presentation on Tuesday evening,
October 18th, 2011!

Central Ohio Chapter
http://www.asis.org/Chapters/coasis
American Society for Information Science & Technology
http://www.asis.org
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