CaMMS Subject Analysis Committee

Charge

To study problems and recommend improvements in patterns, methods, and tools for the subject and genre/form analysis and organization of library materials, including particularly classification and subject headings systems, and to provide liaison for those areas of interest between CaMMS and other ALA and non-ALA organizations that have an interest in and concern for these activities.

Roster

Alex Thurman (Chair, July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2015)
Mrs. Elizabeth Perlman Bodian (Member, July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2015)
Mr. Brian Cain (Member, July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2016)
Mr. Christopher David Case (Member, July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2015)
Mr. Peter Vincent Fletcher (Member, July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2015)
Mr. Robert M. Loo (Member, July 1, 2014, to January 21, 2015)
Ms. Karen Diane Miller (Member, July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2015)
Andrea M. Morrison (Member, July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2016)
Ms. Louise M. Ratliff (Member, July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2015)
Linda M. Turney (Member, July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2015)
Matthew W. Wise (Member, July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2016)
Christine Showman Farrar (Sears List of Subject Headings Rep, January 1, 2014, to December 15, 2014)
Mrs. Jennifer C. L. Bromley (Intern, July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2015)
Robert L. Maxwell (SAC Liaison to CCDA, July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2015)
Deborah A. Rose-Lefmann (Decimal Classification Editorial Policy Committee Rep, January 1, 2010, to December 31, 2016)
Susie Seefelt Lesieutre (Intern, July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2015)
John C. DeSantis (International Federation of Library Associations Rep, July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2015)
Mr. Casey Mullin (Music Lib Assoc Representative, March 1, 2014, to February 28, 2016)
Caroline Saccucci (Library of Congress Liaison, July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2017)
Janis L. Young (Library of Congress Liaison, July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2017)
Julie Reese (Staff Liaison, July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2018)
Charles Wilt (Staff Liaison, July 1, 2001, to February 13, 2015)

Displaying active committee roster as of 07/01/2014. Last retrieved on 02/13/2016. Members can log in to view full contact information for committee members.

Composition

The Subject Analysis Committee consists of 9 members appointed from the membership at large serving 2-year terms and led by a chair. There are also 9 liaisons, 2 interns, and 2 representatives involved in the committee.

Subcommittees & Task Forces

Origin

This group has a long history of addressing key subject analysis issues over the years. It has included working groups or task forces on the following issues:

  • Authority Records for GSAFD
  • Fiction Guidelines
  • Form Headings/Subdivisions Implementation
  • Library of Congress Classification Training Materials (Joint PCC SCT/CSS SAC Task Force)
  • Library of Congress Subject Heading Revisions Relating to the Poor People's Policy
  • Metadata and Classification
  • Metadata and Subject Analysis
  • Promote Subject Relationships/ Reference Structures
  • Revision of the Guidelines on Subject Access to Individual Works of Fiction
  • Semantic Interoperability
  • SWOT Subcommittee
  • Subject Analysis Training Materials
  • Subject Reference Structures in Automated Systems
  • Task Force on Named Buildings & Other Structures
  • Subject Relationships/Reference Structures

Get Involved

ALA values committed and active committee members. Qualified members are welcome to volunteer to serve on CaMMS Subject Analysis Committee. Members are expected to be active, to attend 3 out of 4 meetings of the committee during their two year appointment, and to become involved in various subcommittees or task forces Express your interest in serving on this or other committees by filling out an application form. Appointments take place once a year, during the spring. Committee service usually begins following Annual Conference, about July 1.

Staff Liaison

Keri Cascio
ALCTS Executive Director
(800) 545-2433 x5030
kcascio@ala.org
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