October 2021 Meeting Minutes

OCATS Meeting Agenda

Date: Thursday October 4, 2021

Time: 10:30am – 11:30am

Location: Virtual Meeting via Microsoft Teams

1. Welcome & Land Acknowledgement – if anyone would like to suggest changes to the Land Acknowledgement contact Tammy Moorse – tmoorse @hpl.ca
2. Approval of Agenda – Approved

3. OCATS Logo Update
   • attendees voted on the new logo. The “fade” logo will go on the website, but black and white photo will also be available
4. Introduction – Elisa Sze (UofT), Education and Orientation Officer RDA Steering Committee (starting January 1, 2022, see http://www.rda-rsc.org/node/674)
   • Elisa would like to know what resources libraries need to introduce staff to RDA
   • She will put together a survey that can be circulated
   • She welcomes feedback on the RDA Toolkit (elisa@rdatoolkit.org)
   • There’s a free trial of the RDA Toolkit at https://rdatoolkit.org
   • RDA YouTube channel is at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd5pa3AoQIr17wESE9YHcnw. There are explanations of RDA concepts, how to navigate the Toolkit, etc.
   • Thomas Brenndorfer and Elisa have submitted a presentation on introductory RDA for OLA 2022
   • Tammy will follow up with Elisa and Thomas about coming back to OCATS in 2022 to present on RDA
   • May Chan raised the issue of accessibility to the RDA Toolkit. Accessibility to cataloguing tools is an ethical issue; many libraries lack the financial ability to subscribe. May would be willing to advocate for consortia access to RDA Toolkit
   • Kelly Buehler and Lindsay will draft a survey to identify which cataloguing tools libraries have access to and which they would like access to – to be ready for the December OCATS meeting
5. Member Check-In
   • Jana Prokupek – Burlington Public Library – BPL is switching from Sierra to Polaris with all that entails. Only cataloguers will have access to the Polaris client; public service will use Leap. Hamilton Public Library and Guelph Public Library are also on Polaris, and there was some discussion about the merits of the client vs Leap
   • Natalie MacDonald – Canadian Research Knowledge Network
     • CRKN is ready to implement Indigenous subject headings in English and French. Their second phase will be to remove the word “Indians” from names of nations, etc. (e.g. Cree vs Cree Indians). Natalie is willing to share their spreadsheet for French headings. See https://www.marc21.ca/CSH/index-e.html for the latest CSH (July 2, 2021). Patty Brisson and Natalie (nmacdonald@crkn.ca) elcome questions about implementation of the new headings
     • CRKN has created a rights statement on public domain works: https://www.crkn-rcdr.ca/en/rights-statement-project
     • CRKN staff are now NACO (Name Authority Cooperative Program) For more information on NACO: https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/naco/
6. OCATS Mentorship or Networking – Initial Discussion
   • Should we create a way to offer mentorships or other networking opportunities to OCATS members?
   • Perhaps we should have an annual meeting to meet and get to know each other
   • Kelly and Lindsay will fold some additional questions into the survey mentioned in section 4 above: your profile, area of expertise, area about which you have questions
   • Can we get more people involved? Students from university and library technician programs?
   • OLA has a mentoring program – Tammy will investigate coordinating with them
7. Music Cataloguing & Classification
   • Joanne MacDonald (Ottawa Public Library, joanne.macdonald@ottawa.ca) had questions about how other libraries classify music: changing from World Music to Global Music for inclusivity; placement of R&B and Hip Hop in to a Pop/Rock category; use of the term Folk Music
   • May Chan suggested that a good approach might be to learn how the music is viewed in its country of origin; do people consider it popular, classical, or folk, for example?
   • Someone (?) said that the classification scheme at their library had a tendency to separate “white” music (pop/rock) from “black” music (R&B, hip hop, soul)
   • Kelly Buehler (Toronto Public Library) said that TPL’s pop section is a huge category that includes everything from Frank Sinatra to Joni Mitchell to the Beastie Boys
   • Attendees discussed the level of cataloguing for various types of music. Anne Dundas said that London Public Library doesn’t want to put too much work into cataloguing a dying resource (CDs)
   • Lindsay said that her library no longer buys CDs but relies on a rotation collection from the county cooperative. She made the point that although CD circulation statistics may be low, streaming is not always a viable alternative due to lack of infrastructure or low income
   • Lindsay found a good resource for music cataloguing (etc.) at Edmonton Public Library: https://manuals.epl.ca/cat/soundrecordings/nonclassical
8. Barcode Scanners
   • Suggestions wanted around wireless or reading QR codes
   • Nobody at the meeting had suggestions
9. Other Business – none
10. Next Meeting Date and Time – Thursday December 9 and 10 am
11. Adjournment