The 2024 OLAC Conference took place from October 8-11, 2024. This was OLAC's first hybrid conference and was hosted at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, with the Elmer L. Andersen Library as its on-site location and Zoom as its virtual location. The Conference included in-depth workshops, presentations, and lightning talks.

Recordings are currently available to registered attendees via the conference Sched site. They will eventually be publicly available in the OLAC Repository.

PROGRAM
Day and Time (CST) Event (P = Presentations; W = Workshops)
Monday 10/7
10am - 5pm Preconference: Advocacy for Cataloging and Metadata (Leonard Martin)
 
Tuesday 10/8
10am - 12n Opening and Keynote: A Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Toolkit for Audiovisual Catalogers (Treshani Perera)
12:45 - 2:45pm Program Block 1
  • Map Cataloging Basics for the Beginner or Occasional Map Cataloger, Part 1 of 2 (Paige Andrew) (W)
  • Video Games Cataloging (Junghae Lee) (W)
  • The Magic School Bus explores a streaming video cataloging policy (Katie Peterson); Weirdness Will Save Us (Brian Falato) (P)
3:15 - 5:15pm Program Block 2
  • Map Cataloging Basics for the Beginner or Occasional Map Cataloger, Part 2 of 2 (Paige Andrew) (W)
  • Cataloging Graphic Novels (Stefanie Hunker) (W)
  • BIBFRAME 101 (Autumn Faulkner) (P)
 
Wednesday 10/9
10am - 12n Program Block 3
  • Electronic Resources Cataloging (Bobby Bothmann) (W)
  • Navigating the Genre Jungle and the Subject Swamp: Subjects, Genres and Forms for Audiovisual Materials (Kelley McGrath) (W)
  • Cataloging Objects for Circulation (Andrew Le, Julie Renee Moore) (W)
12n - 1:15pm Business Meeting/Luncheon
1:15 - 2:15pm Lightning Talks
2:45 - 4:45pm Program Block 4
  • Putting the pieces together: evaluating the impact of descriptive cataloging for puzzles, games, and realia (Julie Renee Moore, Robert Freeborn, Andrew Le) (W)
  • Videorecordings (Basic) (Jeannette Ho) (W)
  • Mentorship program for OLAC members (Beth Fogler, Kyla Jemison, Ann Kardos) (P)
 
Thursday 10/10
10am - 12n Program Block 5
  • Media Devices: Introduction to the Media Devices RDA Best Practices (Bruce J. Evans, Kristi Bergland) (W)
  • Critical Cataloging Set: Accessibility Metadata (Teressa Keenan); Critical Cataloging & Solo Librarianship (Katie Yeo) (P)
  • Standards and Best Practices for Assigning Subject Headings to Moving Images (Scott Dutkiewicz, Tomeka L. Jackson, Jen M. Jones) (W)
12:15 - 2:15pm Program Block 6
  • Videorecordings (Advanced) (Jeannette Ho) (W)
  • Developing Resources for OLAC Unified Best Practices using Official RDA Toolkit (Sarah Hovde, Junghae Lee, Robert Freeborn) (P)
  • MarcEdit for A/V Cataloging (Stacie Traill, Tina Gross, Elissah Becknell) (W)
3:15 - 4:45pm Closing Session
  • Panel Discussion (Brian Falato, Jeannette Ho, Bobby Bothmann, Autumn Faulkner, Bruce J. Evans, Katie Peterson, Stefanie Hunker, Morris Levy)
  • Closing Remarks (Bobby Bothmann, Laura McElfresh)
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