National Library of Australia

What's in a Name? : the role of authorities in the 21st century

Dockside Convention Centre, Balcony Level, Cockle Bay Wharf, Darling Park, Sydney
Monday 31st January 2005

Program

9:00-10:00 Registration (coffee and tea on arrival)
10:00-10:05 Welcome and Opening
Ebe Kartus, Chairperson ACOC
10:05-11:05 VIAF - The Virtual International Authority File
Ed O'Neill, Consulting Research Scientist, OCLC Online Computer Library Center
(Chair: Ebe Kartus)
11:05-11:30 Morning tea
11:30-12:30 A Portal for the People
Joint paper
Roxanne Missingham, National Library of Australia
Margaret Kennedy, National Library of Australia
(Chair: Ann Huthwaite)
12:30-12:45 Introducing the ACOC
ACOC members introduce themselves so that you can discuss cataloguing issues with them over lunch
12:45-2:00 Lunch
2:00-2:45 Archival Authorities and Open Network Information Infrastructure
Gavan McCarthy, Director, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, University of Melbourne
(Chair: Anne Robertson)
2:45-3:30 FAST - Faceted Application of Subject Terminology
Ed O'Neill, Consulting Research Scientist, OCLC Online Computer Library Center
(Chair: Anne Robertson)
3:30-4:00 Afternoon tea
4:00-4:45 AACR3 and Authorities
Joint paper
Ann Huthwaite, Queensland University of Technology and ACOC member
Deirdre Kiorgaard, National Library of Australia, ACOC representative to the Joint Steering Committee for the Revision of AACR
(Chair: Rob Walls)
4:45-5:00 Question time
All speakers
(Chair: Rob Walls)
5:00 Seminar closes