May Library Futures Series

Schedule: 5/14-5/15

Wednesday, May 14

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.          

Presentation to all Library employees by John Riemer, UCLA Libraries, Peggy V. Helmerich Browsing Room

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.        

Cataloging Department (including staff from other units who are directly  involved in cataloging-related work) meeting with John Riemer and Raynna Bowlby, Stringer Conference Room

12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.             

LEC (minus Rich and Mary, who will be out) lunch meeting with John Riemer, Stringer Conference Room

2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.               

Meeting with Co-Ming, Robin, and John Riemer ,Stringer Conference Room

           

Thursday, May 15

 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.          

Raynna Bowlby meets with Cataloging Department (including staff from other units who are directly involved in cataloging-related work), Stringer Conference Room                                

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.            

LLC including Director of Library Undergraduate Services

LLC review progress on Strategic Directions and goals for 2013/14 and identify priorities for 2014/15, Stringer Conference Room        

John Riemer - Currently the head of the UCLA Library Cataloging & Metadata Center since 2000, John Riemer previously worked as Digital Cataloging Coordinator for the Digital Library of Georgia (1999- 2000) and led serials cataloging for over 15 years at University of Georgia. He holds an MLS degree and a B.A. in linguistics from UCLA.  In 2010/2011, he was chair of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging, serving a 2009-2012 elected term on the PCC Policy Committee. During this time, he has led an effort to expand the PCC's scope to include both traditional MARC/AACR2 cataloging and digital library project metadata/new metadata roles. He represents UCLA  and currently chairs ALA's Technical Services Directors of Large Research Libraries Interest Group ("Big Heads"). He is a member of the OCLC Research Library Partners Metadata Managers Focus Group. Within the University of California, he chaired the Bibliographic Services Task Force, whose 2005 report directly led to OCLC's development of WorldCat Local.  He serves as a member of the *Cataloging & Classification Quarterly *Editorial Board and writes guest columns for *Technicalities.  *Among his recent publications is "The Expansion of Cataloging to Cover the Digital Object Landscape"