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A monthly podcast about the one thing on everyone's mind: library cataloging. Email questions, comments, or suggestions for potential guests to catapod.podcast@gmail.com Or follow on BlueSky @blueherw.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/blueherw.bsky.social) Or follow on X @Catapod_Podcast (https://x.com/Catapod_Podcast)

Episodes

  1. 02/04/2025

    Elizabeth (Liz) O'Keefe

    To give one a sense of the impact Elizabeth (Liz) O'Keefe has had on the cataloging profession throughout her career, here's an excerpt from the press release that went out when she won ARLIS/NA's Distinguished Service Award: "Much of her work with the development of metadata standards was accomplished through her long service on ARLIS/NA's Cataloging Advisory Committee (CAC) in many roles, including member, Chair, liaison to ALA's Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA), and liaison to the Machine Readable Bibliographic Information Committee (MARBI). Her advocacy in these and other forums helped persuade key players in the development of Resource Description and Access (RDA) that the new cataloging standard must be flexible enough to support the description of non-traditional library resources, including art and cultural works. Liz also made substantive contributions to other specialist standards, such as the Visual Resources Association’s Cataloging Cultural Objects, and the standards for the description of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, modern manuscripts, and graphics developed by the Rare Books & Manuscripts Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries. To all these endeavors she brought exceptional enthusiasm, unparalleled breadth and depth of knowledge, and formidable communication skills, leavened with a sly wit that could defuse the most contentious debate." Here’s that press release in full: https://assets.noviams.com/novi-file-uploads/arlisna/pdfs-and-documents/Press_Releases/2017/2016DSA_Award-546bc872.pdf  Enjoy the conversation! And as always, send feedback to catapod.podcast@gmail.com

    1h 2m

Ratings & Reviews

5
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A monthly podcast about the one thing on everyone's mind: library cataloging. Email questions, comments, or suggestions for potential guests to catapod.podcast@gmail.com Or follow on BlueSky @blueherw.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/blueherw.bsky.social) Or follow on X @Catapod_Podcast (https://x.com/Catapod_Podcast)