Online Audiovisual Catalogers
Abbreviation | OLAC |
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Formation | 1980 |
Type | Non-profit |
Purpose | "In 1980, OLAC was founded to establish and maintain a group that could speak for catalogers of audiovisual materials. OLAC provides a means for exchange of information, continuing education, and communication among catalogers of audiovisual materials and with the Library of Congress. While maintaining a voice with the bibliographic utilities that speak for catalogers of audiovisual materials, OLAC works toward common understanding of AV cataloging practices and standards."[1] |
President | Mary L Huismann |
Website | olacinc |
Online Audiovisual Catalogers, Inc., otherwise known as OLAC, was founded in 1980
Activities
Cataloging Policy Committee (CAPC)
OLAC's Cataloging Policy Committee (CAPC) represents audiovisual catalogers in national and international cataloging communities to help with the development of cataloging standards and rules, especially with
Another significant contribution to the library community has been OLAC's collaborative work, through its liaison relationships such as the SAC-SGFI, and its own internal efforts on the Library of Congress Genre-Form Term (LCGFT) projects.
OLAC Conferences
OLAC hosts a biennial conference for catalogers to come together and discuss topics related to cataloging, and has held a joint conference at least four times with the Music OCLC Users Group organization over the years.[3]
Nancy B. Olson Award
The Nancy B. Olson award, formerly the OLAC Award, is named for the group's founder. It is awarded to individuals who have made "significant contributions to the advancement and understanding of audiovisual cataloging."[18][19]
Publications
OLAC has published many reports, thought papers, and training materials over the years to support and advance the work of cataloging audiovisual materials. Currently, OLAC's work has focused on a series of 'best practices' guides for cataloging nonprint materials based on national and international standards.
According to a 2007 study with 354 respondents, special format catalogers (i.e., non-print materials) report spending the majority of their time cataloging electronic resources, sound recordings (both audio and music), and video resources, and of these special formats catalogers 31% were members of OLAC.[20] Bothmann also found that more than half of the respondents said that OLAC provided the most support for special formats cataloging.[20]
- Best Practices for Cataloging DVD-Video and Blu-ray Discs Using RDA and MARC21
- Best Practices for Cataloging Streaming Media Using RDA and MARC21
- Best Practices for Cataloging Video Games Using RDA and MARC21
- Library of Congress Genre-Form Thesaurus (LCGFT) for Moving Images: Best Practices
Previous publications included similar best practices guides, but in older standards like AACR2.[21]
Membership
As of May 2004, there were 379 personal members in OLAC.[20]
References
- ^ a b c "Online Audiovisual Catalogers". American Library Association. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- JSTOR 25645642.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-89579-719-3.
- ^ http://www.lib.noaa.gov/cataloging/Cataloging_Manual/Cataloging_bib_electronic.html, NOAA Central Library Cataloging Tools: Electronic Resources
- ^ http://web.library.yale.edu/cataloging/tools-resources/nonbook, Yale University Library Cataloging Tools: Nonbook Cataloging
- ^ http://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/event/id/429434/2014OLACMOUGConference, Music Library Association 2014 OLAC-MOUG Conference
- ^ http://www.liscareer.com/king_special.htm, What’s So Special About Cataloging Special Materials?
- ISBN 978-1-4408-3777-7.
- ISBN 978-1-134-91212-4.
- ^ "Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information Committee". Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ "Current Roster of CC:DA". Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ "NACO-AV Funnel Project". OLAC, Inc. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ "OCLC Member Groups". OCLC Member Groups. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- .
- ^ Young, Janis; Mandelstam, Yael (October 2013). "It Takes a Village: Developing Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms". Staff Publications (2). FLASH: The Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship and History.
- ^ "Call Numbers, Subject Headings, & Genre Headings". Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- ^ "Genre/Form and Subject Access to Moving Image Materials". Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- ^ "UO Libraries' Kelley McGrath Receives Nancy B. Olson Award". Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- ^ "GSLIS instructor honored with Nancy B. Olson Award". Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- ^ .
- ISBN 978-0-8108-8456-4.