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How’s your catalog holding up? Are you holding out for a hero or are you just trying to hold on to what you’ve got? If you have something to say about matters related to holdings information in your library, we’re interested in hearing about it at ALA Annual in Orlando. The ALCTS CRS Committee on Holdings Information seeks to address and study matters related to holdings information in all formats, with special attention to standards, use, and functionality in the exchange and use of holdings information in and among systems. The committee’s interests include the application of holdings information wherever it appears, including local catalogs, group catalogs, and union catalogs. If you have a proposal for a related topic and would like to share that topic at ALA Annual, please share your idea.

 

Some possible ideas include:

•         Analytics on Holdings for discovery systems

•         Automated holdings projects

•         Configuring discovery systems for optimization of holdings

•         Holdings among consortia libraries

 

In an attempt to help ensure presenters can make travel arrangements after confirmation of selection, we’d like to receive proposals by April 4th, 2016 and will attempt to notify selected presenters by April 15.

 

Submit your topic and brief description (150 words max) to Shelley Almgren, CRS Committee on Holdings Information, Chair,  salmgren@txwes.edu

 

 

On Behalf of CRS-Holdings Committee,

 

 

Shelley

 

Shelley Almgren

CRS Committee on Holdings Information, Chair

Periodicals/Systems Librarian

West Library

Texas Wesleyan University

1201 Wesleyan St.

Fort Worth, TX 76105

817.531.4816

salmgren@txwes.edu