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Meeting announcement Deborah.Ryszka@MVS.UDEL.EDU 13 Jun 1991 20:36 UTC

The following is a meeting announcement for ALA in Atlanta:

LITA/ALCTS CCS Interest Group on Authority Control in the Online Environment
                             (ACIG)

Time:   Sunday, June 30, 1991
        2:00-4:00 pm.

Place:  Atlanta Hilton
        Grand Salon D

Topic:  "Authority Control in the Augmented Catalog"

Speakers:  Dorothy McPherson
           Division of Library Automation
           University of California System

The UC System's MELVYL is one of the largest online union catalogs and the
Division of Library Automation has recently loaded GPO and CRL records into
MELVYL.  Dorothy will discuss her work with these records and MELVYL.

           Chris Meyer
           Head, Database Management Division
           University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota has loaded GPO, CRL, and Dept. of Transportation
records into their OPAC.  Chris will describe her experiences with these types
of records in the University of Minnesota's online catalog.

           Jo Chanaud
           Head, Reference Department
           Georgia Institute of Technology

Jo will present a public services perspective on the need for and the uses of
authority authority control in the augmented catalog.

Moderator: Dan Pitti
           Assistant Authorities Editor
           Catalog Department
           University of California, Berkeley

A question and answer session will follow the panel discussion.  ACIG
elections and a business meeting will follow the presentations from 4:15-5:30
pm.

Deborah Ryszka
University of Delaware Library
deborah.ryszka@mvs.udel.edu