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Debbie Benrubi
In the past year we've placed OLAC literature at several regional Technical Services Groups (ALCTS affiliates) and State Library Association meetings, as well as two regional Innovative user group meetings. In addition we sent OLAC brochures to ALCTS for distribution at the two pre-conferences we co-sponsored with ALCTS this year at ALA. Please forward to Debbie announcements of regional workshops and meetings where she might be able to send brochures. And if you are giving a workshop yourself, she will send you some brochures to distribute. Her email address is benrubi@usfca.edu .
OLAC increased its visibility at ALA this year at two very successful preconferences. Cataloging Digital Media, Back to the Future , was an all-OLAC cast, from the co-chairs in charge of planning the preconference (Julie Moore, Carolyn Walden, and Anchalee Panigabutra-Roberts) to the speakers (Jay Weitz, Anchalee Panigabutra-Roberts, and Robert Ellett, who doubled as MC) to the bibliography coordinator, Marcia Barrett. The preconference garnered international attention, with participants from Sweden , The Netherlands, Slovenia , Canada , Nigeria , and across the U.S. Thank you Julie, Carolyn, and Anchalee for making it happen. We also co-sponsored the Streaming Media and Proliferating E-Books preconference.
Also at ALA Annual, Pat Loghry attended the New Members Round Table Reception to talk about OLAC and Kate James represented OLAC at the ALA Afflliates booth.
We've sent OLAC materials to about thirty cataloging professors in an ongoing project to get the word out about OLAC to cataloging students. Debbie also monitors AUTOCAT for media cataloging questions and thanks those who point out the OLAC website and publications.
In the last year several OLAC members have helped to promote OLAC:
Elizabeth Madson from Missouri Library Network Corporation distributed OLAC brochures at two training sessions on cataloging non-print and Internet materials;
Rebecca Lubas handed out brochures and talked up OLAC at the New Mexico Library Association preconference on nonprint cataloging;
Scott Piepenburg did a workshop on "Cataloging the dreaded AV cart" at the Texas Library Association conference and had a slide describing OLAC along with the link, and showing the site;
Joanna Fountain included several OLAC links and a plug in my annual Cataloging Academy in South Texas ;
Jennifer Anderson represented OLAC at the NMRT Meeting at ALA Midwinter in Denver .
Dana Tonkonow promoted OLAC, the website, and publications in a/v cataloging workshops at Connecticut Library Association and Connecticut State Library as well as at a CLA mentoring session.
To all who have helped with OLAC outreach, Thank you very much. Sincere apologies if your name was left out of this report.
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Newsletter 29.4 (December 2009)
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