AJL RAS Cataloging Committee Virtual Annual Meeting
17 June 2021, 12:30-2pm EST| Zoom
Old Business
New Business
1. Catalogers’ forum – a place where catalogers can talk, maybe once a month, about cataloging issues (Haim, 10 min)
2. New RDA Toolkit's Community Resources section and the Judaica/Hebraica community (Ahava, 10 min)
3. Use of Wikidata in creating NARs (Yossi, 5 min)
a. See: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Main_Page
b. Example: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6560822
4. Update on BM201-449 class schedule expansion (Gabe, Haim, Marlene, 10 min)
5. Topics for discussion in different forums (workshops/panels/round-tables):
a. succession planning for Judaica catalogers (10 min)
b. Christian bias in LCSH; Anglo-Centric taxonomies; bias in cataloging; reactions to Cataloging Code of Ethics (10 min)
6. Other business (5 min)
Future Business
3. What constitutes "Sacred Works"? Should we have a list of such works? (Heidi, Robert)