Registration Program Speakers Directions NELINET
NELINET logo The Cutting Edge Catalog:
Challenging Traditions
A NELINET Conference

Friday, November 22, 2002
Hogan Center, College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, Massachusetts

The Cutting Edge Catalog: Challenging Traditions
Friday, November 22, 2002 ~ 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

8:30 a.m. Registration
9:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Robert Cunningham, Director of Educational Services, NELINET
9:45 a.m. "Future Directions for Descriptive Metadata Standards in Libraries"
Rebecca Guenther, Library of Congress
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. "The Once and Future Catalog: A Few Thoughts on the Impact of FRBR on AACR"
Matthew Beacom, Yale
11:30 a.m. "Integrating Cataloging Services with a New WorldCat: OCLC's Future Plans"
Marty Withrow, OCLC
12:15 p.m. Lunch (included)
1:30 p.m. "Cataloging Practices and Trends in the E-commerce Industry"
Cindy Cunningham, Amazon.com
2:15 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. "The Scholastica Project at Belmont Abbey College"
Donald Beagle, Belmont Abbey College
3:15 p.m. Wrap Up
3:30 p.m. Adjourn


Questions? Contact Robert Cunningham (1.800.635.4638 x1936 or cunningham at nelinet.net)