December 04, 2023

Call For Proposals

The Department of Library and Information Science at Catholic University of America invites researchers, practitioners and students to submit proposals for the 2024 Bridging the Spectrum Symposium, a forum for sharing research findings, best practices, and works in progress in library and information science. The 16th Symposium will be a virtual event held on Friday, March 1, 2024.

The Symposium will include three types of presentations: briefings, posters and panels.

• Briefings are 15-minute presentations of an innovative practice, project, or research activity.

• Posters are exhibits describing a practice, project, or research activity.

• Authors can organize panels of speakers to present and discuss an emerging theme or topic.

Proposal topics may include, but are not limited to, the following: 

• Community engagement and outreach, including marketing and advocacy for library and information services

• Information services against misinformation and propaganda

• New developments in information organization (linked data, semantic web, etc.)

• Preservation and management of born-digital and digitized resources 

• Management and analysis of data and information

• Library networks and international collaboration

• Technology trends and impact on information services

• Management of information services in cultural institutions

Important Dates

• Proposals due: January 5, 2024

• Notification of acceptance: Late January 2024

• Symposium: March 1, 2024

The submissions can be made through

https://catholic.iad1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6EwiScDCkUg125w

Overviews of past symposia are available on the Symposium website at https://lis.catholic.edu/news-events/symposium/index.html

Please feel free to contact the Symposium Committee at cua-lis-symposium@cua.edu if you have questions.

Symposium Committee: Sue Yeon Syn, Kevin Gunn, Shane MacDonald, Maria Thurber, Heather Wiggins

APAC's Idea of the Month

The December Idea of the Month is similar to last month - another addition to the Central Discovery Index. The Faculti* Streaming Platform gives users instant access to thousands of relevant and up-to-date academic and professional research insights. This continually expanding media library of research news and analysis includes insights from The United Nations, the Federal Reserve, Harvard University, Stanford University, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge and academic and research institutions worldwide.

The Faculti audience is predominantly the higher education, academic and research community, but also associated professional organizations such as financial institutions, policy organizations, think tanks, hospitals and schools. Faculti is an inclusive platform that works with new PhD students through to Nobel Laureates.

*Faculti pronounced exactly the same as the word faculty.

The December Idea of the Month is to add Faculti to 360/Alma/SFX knowledge bases and Central Discovery Index

https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/574345-content/suggestions/47314280-add-faculti-to-360-alma-sfx-knowledge-bases-and-ce

Reparative Cataloging at the WRLC

Each month, members of the WRLC Reparative Cataloging Subgroup take turns sharing news related to reparative cataloging and recent updates to the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSHs).

The Library of Congress does not have any updates or changes to LCSH for November 2023.

The request to change the term Orthodox Jews to Orthodox Jewish People in the WRLC catalog was discussed by the Reparative Cataloging Subgroup; further discussion regarding the possible change is scheduled for our January meeting.

Recent news related to reparative work:

• These American birds and dozens more will be renamed, to remove human monikers (NPR)

  • Get ready to say goodbye to a lot of familiar bird names, like Anna's Hummingbird, Gambel's Quail, Lewis's Woodpecker, Bewick's Wren, Bullock's Oriole, and more. That's because the American Ornithological Society has vowed to change the English names of all bird species currently named after people, along with any other bird names deemed offensive or exclusionary. "Names have power and power can be for the good or it can be for the bad," says Colleen Handel, the society's president and a research wildlife biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska.

As always, if you see headings or descriptions that you feel should be updated or changed, please submit the Reparative Description Heading Reporting Form created by the Reparative Cataloging Subgroup or join us at our next meeting on January 24, 2024.

• Librarian, Instruction and Research - Gallaudet University

• Librarian, Electronic Resources - Gallaudet University

• Library Systems Coordinator - American University

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