Bryant & Stratton College News

Joseph Dudley (System Librarian, Bryant & Stratton College) recently participated in an international review of BIBFRAME records in the Share-VDE PCC data pool.

–Joseph Dudley, Bryant & Stratton College

Case Western Reserve University News

From January Through March (6th), Case Western Reserve University has hired 2 people:

Alyssa Pierce – Digital Preservation Manager Lisa Longenecker – Metadata Librarian

–Effy Brewer, Case Western Reserve University

Oberlin College News

The Oberlin College Libraries Discovery and Metadata Services team, led by Timothy Keller, has been working in collaboration with the Five Colleges of Ohio Collection Services Subcommittee to implement a LC subject term flagging project in the Oberlin College library catalog (OBIS), and in CONSORT, the shared catalog of Denison University, Kenyon College, Ohio Wesleyan University, and College of Wooster. The project went live to the public in mid-February, and small red flags now appear beside problematic subject headings, alerting library users that these subject terms are being reviewed.  The source for the flagged terms is the complete list of problematic subject terms maintained by The Cataloging Lab, an open, community-driven initiative that facilitates collaborative development of proposals for new and modified subject headings to be submitted to the Library of Congress. Clicking on the flag brings up a contextual note that leads to the “subject term flagging info” page on the libraries’ website.  Contact Tim Keller tkeller@oberlin.edu for more information.

–Alison Ricker, Oberlin College

Ohio Library Support Staff Institute Announcement

OLSSI: the Ohio Library Support Staff Institute will hold its annual conference July 23 – 25, 2023 at the University of Dayton.

–Michael Bradshaw, OLSSI Chair Emeritus, Supreme Count of Ohio