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AJL RAS 2021 Cataloging Committee Meeting Minutes
March 3, 2021 | Zoom, 12:30-2pm EDT
Old Business
1. Welcome, introductions (Neil, all)
New Business
1. Incoming coordinator of Hebrew NACO/BIBCO/SACO funnels (Neil, Heidi)
2. Patronymics in NARS (Haim, Aaron)
3. New class number schedule for History of Judaism by region or country (Marlene), presentation:
Marlene, Gabe, and Haim will form a task force to draft the proposal for re-working the crowded sections of LC class schedules for which there is literary warrant to substantiate such changes.
Other Business
1. Discussion on the need to explore new avenues for succession planning so that younger generations can carry on the work that we Judaica/Hebraica Librarians do (Jasmin, Michelle and others). This may be a subject for discussion at this annual conference or future round-table discussions
2. Upcoming RAS events:
Pre-work if you want to participate in the hands-on part: create your own Wikidata account. Come with two examples of personal names you want to create on Wikidata (make sure they are not already there or that they only have poor records; you should have a short bio of the person, preferably based on an online resource such as a finding aid.
Future (2021 Summer) Business
1. Update on LC class schedule expansion proposal (Marlene, Gabe, Haim)
2. Updating HCM-RDA -- patronymics and other changes (Jasmin, Neal)
3. New RDA Toolkit's Community Resources section and the Judaica/Hebraica community (Ahava)
a. What content should be in the section?
b. Who should be responsible for it?
4. What constitutes "Sacred Works?" Should we have a list of such works (Heidi, Robert)
5. Use of Wikidata in creating NARs (Yossi)
a. See: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Main_Page
b. Example: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6560822
6. Christian bias in LCSH, Anglo-centric taxonomies, general bias in cataloging, reactions to the Cataloging Code of Ethics (Marlene, Neil) -- possibly a self-standing conference panel, proposed by Amalia
In attendance:
Gabe Angulo, Brandeis, gangulo@brandeis.edu (Member)
Sharon Benamou, UCLA, benamou@library.ucla.edu
Jackie Ben-Efraim, AJU, j.benefraim@gmail.com
Michelle Chesner, Columbia, mc3395@columbia.edu, (AJL VP)
Ahava Cohen, NLI, ahava.cohen@nli.edu.il
Beth Dwoskin, U. of Michigan
Neil M. Frau-Cortes, UMd, nfrau@umd.edu (Chair)
Vanessa Freedman, University College London, v.freedman@ucl.ac.uk
Haim Gottschalk, LC, hgot@loc.gov (Member)
Margo Gutstein, Simon Wiesenthal Center, mgutstein@wiesenthal.com
Roger Kohn, LC, rkoh@loc.gov
Heidi Lerner, Stanford, lerner@stanford.edu
Amalia S. Levi, HeritEdge Connection, amalia@heritedge.foundation, (RAS president, Member, ex officio) Elaine Mael, Baltimore Hebrew Institute Collection, Towson U., Maryland, EMael@towson.edu Louis (Chaim) Meiselman, UPenn, lmei@upenn.edu Yisrael Meyerowitz, LC, ymey@loc.gov
Caroline Miller, UCLA, crmiller@library.ucla.edu
Tarina Rosen, Emory, libtr@emory.edu
Dovid Roth, NLI, David.Roth@nli.org.il (Member)
Daniel Scheide, FAU, dscheide@fau.edu (Member)
Marlene Schiffman, Yeshiva U., schiffma@yu.edu
David Sheby, Ph.D. [retired]
Jasmin Shinohara, U Penn., jshino@upenn.edu (Member)
Avrom Shuchatowitz, Yeshiva U., shuchatow@yu.edu
Rachel Simon, Princeton, rsimon@princeton.edu
Daniel Stuhlman, Temple Sholom Chicago, librarian@sholomchicago.org
Havva Zellner, JTSA, hazellner@JTSA.EDU
Minutes by Gabe Angulo