**excuse the cross posting**

The Cataloging Norms Interest Group (CNIG) of Core seeks facilitators for virtual roundtable discussions for its session on Friday, June 25, 2021 from 10am-11am Central time / 11am-Noon Eastern at the 2021 Virtual ALA Annual Conference

Housed within the Core division of ALA, the Cataloging Norms Interest Group offers a forum for the exploration, communication, and exchange of ideas on the dynamics and evolution of cataloging/metadata norms and workflows. We encourage and seek out participation from anyone with an interest in cataloging – from public, academic, school or special libraries – regardless of experience level or training.

Roundtable discussions are small, informal group discussions intended to give participants the opportunity to network, discuss best practices, and share information. Discussion facilitators are responsible for identifying and developing a topic, creating discussion questions, and facilitating a discussion. Discussion facilitators will also provide a quick report back to the group at large toward the end of the session. If similar proposals are submitted and accepted, facilitators may be asked to co-facilitate.

Those interested in participating as a discussion facilitator should submit a proposal that includes:

The topic you wish to explore. Topics should relate to cataloging and/or metadata and its related aspects in academic, public, special, or school libraries. We particularly encourage and seek out diverse voices.
An abstract which explains the topic
Three sample discussion questions.

Interested participants should try to attend a 1-hour practice session to be scheduled sometime before the conference. Exact date and time to be determined.

Please submit your proposal to Susan Martin ([log in to unmask]) and Alex Whelan ([log in to unmask]) CNIG co-chairs by May 7, 2021.

Susan Martin

Associate Professor

Chair, Collection Development and Management

James E. Walker Library Middle Tennessee State University

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