Current News

Thanks to Scott M. Dutkiewicz the LCGFT for Moving Image Materials, list has been updated through July 16, 2012 (List 7).
 

Deadline for proposals: August 31, 2012
Notification of acceptance: September 10, 2012
Proposals are encouraged for poster sessions for the 2012 OLAC Conference, “Post-Modern Cataloging: It's All AV Now!” (More information on the conference theme can be found at http://olac2012.weebly.com/).

 Each time there is an OLAC conference, a scholarship is awarded to a member who has never attended a conference before.  This year’s recipient is Tricia MacKenzie.  She is a metadata librarian at George Mason University, Virginia.  Tricia is responsible for original and complex copy cataloging of audiovisual materials, as well as training staff in copy cataloging of audiovisual materials.  Congratulations, Tricia! 

 OLAC will award one Conference Scholarship that will provide funds for a member of Online Audiovisual Catalogers to attend the OLAC 2012 Conference in Albuquerque, NM, October 18-21, 2012.
 
Eligibility:
Any personal member of OLAC who has never attended an OLAC Conference is eligible for the OLAC Conference Scholarship.

The June 2012 (vol.32 no.2) issue of the OLAC Newsletter is now available as a PDF or an HTML document.

Thanks to Scott M. Dutkiewicz the LCGFT for Moving Image Materials, list has been updated through April 16, 2012 (List 4).
 

 Congratulations to Cyrus Ford, OLAC's new Web Administrative Assistant.  Working with the current Web Administrator, this position will assist with keeping the OLAC Web page available on the Internet and up to date with correct and timely information.  If you have updates or corrections for the OLAC webpage please contact us via the online contact form.

 OLAC will award one Conference Scholarship that will provide funds for a member of Online Audiovisual Catalogers to attend the OLAC 2012 Conference in Albuquerque, NM, October 18-21, 2012. Visit the conference website fro more information about the conference.

 Congratulations to Bobby (Robert) Bothmann, Metadata & Emerging Technologies Librarian, Minnesota State University, Mankato for winning the 2012 Nancy B. Olson award.

The March 2011 (vol.32 no.1) issue of the OLAC Newsletter is now available as a PDF and as a HTML page