OCATS meeting April 27, 2023

[Trina Grover]

Hi Everyone,

The next OCATS meeting is scheduled for April 27th at 3pm EDT and we welcome any meeting agenda items you have.  Notes from previous meetings are available at https://ocats.ca/. 

At this meeting members of the CFLA Cataloguing and Metadata Standards Committee (CFLA CMSC) will  discuss the new Cataloguing Code of Ethics.  Please join us to to learn about the Code, find out how the Code is being used, and share your thoughts.

Hope to see you there!

Natalie, Trina, and Kelly

OCATS Co-Chairs

[Trina Grover]

Good Day OCATS Members, save the date and join us to hear from the Metadata Standards Committee on Thursday the 27th.  Closer to the date we will share details about how to join this online conversation.

Code of Ethics for Cataloguers: Consulting the Canadian Cataloguing Community

Session description

 

CFLA Cataloguing and Metadata Standards Committee (CFLA CMSC) invites you to discuss the new Cataloguing Code of Ethics released in January 2021. The Committee would like feedback from the Library community so it can consider recommending that the CFLA-FCAB Board of Directors officially endorse the Code. The Cataloguing Code of Ethics has already been endorsed by the American Library Association Core Board of Directors and the Board of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) in the United Kingdom. 

 

The Cataloguing Code of Ethics is a useful tool to enhance cataloguing practice by raising awareness of ethical issues in the creation of metadata records and addressing systematic barriers to inclusion which have traditionally been present in library catalogues. The Code provides a decision-making framework to guide the process of cataloguing, metadata creation as well as retrospective projects.

 

We welcome you to this session to learn more about the Cataloguing Code of Ethics, ask questions, find out how the Code is already being used and participate in this national consultation process.

It is recommended that participants read the Code of Ethics for Cataloguers before attending this session, available at https://sites.google.com/view/cataloging-ethics/home

 

Presenters

May Chan, Head, Metadata Services, University of Toronto Libraries

Emma Cross, Cataloguing and Metadata Librarian, Carleton University Library

Antonio Muñoz Gómez, Digital Scholarship Librarian, University of Waterloo Library

Beth Shoemaker, Head, Bibliographic Services, Victoria University Libraries, University of Toronto

[Trina Grover]

Hello OCATS Member,  this week we will meet via zoom at 3pm on Thursday the 27th; please join us to hear from members of the CFLA Cataloguing & Metadata Standards committee about the new Cataloguing Code of Ethics.

 

Use this link to join the Zoom meeting on Thursday afternoon:

https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/88503176826

 

Meeting ID: 885 0317 6826

Passcode: 493589

Trina Grover, Librarian (she/her)

Toronto Metropolitan University Libraries

tgr...@torontomu.ca