OLAC History and Facts
1980/1981
- 30 audiovisual catalogers gathered
in New York on July 1st to
investigate forming an organization to advance the cause of
AV cataloging (Nancy Olson, chair)
- The name of this organization is
the On-Line Audiovisual
Catalogers
- First issue of the Newsletter
published (Nancy Olson, editor)
1982/1983
- Co-sponsored a panel discussion at
ALA on how videorecordings are
processed, cataloged and organized at several institutions
- Establishment of liaisons with the
four major bibliographic
utilities (OCLC, RLIN, WLN, UTLAS)
- Co-sponsored ALA program:
"The Movies: Organization of Film Libraries about Film"
1984/1985
- Joint OLAC/MOUG Conference held
April 30-May 1, 1984 at
OCLC (OLAC Conference guidelines proposed)
- Cataloging Policy Committee (CAPC)
officially began work in June
in Dallas as an OLAC Standing Committee (Verna Urbanski,
chair)
- OLAC co-sponsors ALA program:
"Chapter 21, AACR2 and Choice of
Access Points for Nonbook Materials, or, How Did We Get From There
to Here?"
- The first Question and Answer
Session held after the Business
Meeting in Dallas
- Title of Newsletter changed to
OLAC Newsletter
- Removal of the hyphen in
organizations name:
OnLine Audiovisual Catalogers
- Logo contest
(winner: Ms. Rosalynde Cowdrey, University of North Florida)
- Co-sponsored ALA program:
"Cataloging of Microcomputer Software
Sharing Session"
1986/1987
- Editorial staff of OLAC Newsletter
compiled: Editor-in-Chief,
Production, Book Review, Conference, Question & Answer, Articles &
News
- Co-sponsored ALA program: "New
Directions in Subject Access to
Nonbook Matierals"
- OLAC named the official Machine
Readable Data File Users Group
for OCLC
- New York Conference Program: "A
Return to the Scene of the
Crime" celebrated OLAC's founding in New York and honored Nancy
Olson with a presentation and tribute on July 1, 1986
- OLAC Award guidelines drafted by
Laurel Jizba
- Archives of OLAC documents, reports,
and correspondence to be
kept by the OLAC Treasurer/Archivist (Cathy Leonardi)
- OLAC presentation made to OCLC Users
Council by Sheila Intner
- OLAC designated as OCLC's
audiovisual users group
- OLAC's second conference held November 6-7, 1986 at OCLC: "Formats: Old and New"
- Co-sponsored ALA program: "Coping
with Computer Files
in the Library"
- Users Council Executive Committee
appointed a Users Council
delegate to act as a liaison with OLAC (Susan Besemer)
- OLAC Award presented for the first
time to Verna Urbanski at
ALA in San Francisco
1988/1989
- OLAC's third conference:
"Decision-making for AV Catalogers"
held November 2-4, 1988 in Culver City, CA
1990/1991
- Program of internships to CAPC
initiated
- Co-sponsored ALA program: "More with
Less: Minimal-Level
Cataloging of AV Materials"
- OLAC's fourth conference:
"Technology: Friend or Foe?" held
October 17-19, 1990 in Rochester, NY
- Officers Handbook completed
- Establishment of the OLAC Archives
at the University of
North Florida
1992/1993
- CAPC Chair became member of the OLAC
Board
- OLAC "Chair" is changed to OLAC
"President"
- OLAC sponsored publication is
published: Cataloging
Unpublished Nonprint Materials: A Manual of Suggestions,
Comments, and Examples by Verna Urbanski, with Bao Chu Chang
and Bernard L. Karon
- OLAC's fifth conference: "Quantity
vs. Quality: Are They
Compatible?" held October 1-3, 1992 in Rockville, MD
1994/1995
- Liaison relationship with
Association of Moving Image
Archivists' Cataloging and Documentation Committee established
- OLAC's sixth conference (joint
conference with MOUG): "New
Technologies, New Challenges" held October 5-8, 1994 in Oak Brook,
IL
- "Rationale for Cataloging Nonprint
Collections" compiled by
CAPC
- Two Ad Hoc Committees appointed:
OLAC Research Grant and OLAC
Scholarship
- Co-sponsored ALA preconference
program: "Interactive Multimedia"
in Chicago
- OLAC sponsored publication is
published: A Library Manager's
Guide to the Physical Processing of Nonprint Materials
by Karen Driessen and Sheila Smyth
- OLAC Web site created (Sue
Neumeister, Web manager)
- OLAC celebrated its 15th birthday
after the Saturday night
Business meeting on June 24, 1995 in Chicago
- NACO-AV funnel project set up by Ann
Caldwell
- OLAC membership directory
(1995/1996) published
1996/1997
- OLAC's seventh conference: "The
Audiovisual Commons and the
Electronic Future" held October 3-5, 1996 in Denton, TX
- First conference scholarship winner
named: Rebecca L. Lubas
- OLAC Research Grant offered
- Kay Johnson wins the "Name the Q&A
Column" contest with:
"Everything You Always Wanted to Know About AV Cataloging...
Please Ask!"
1998/1999
2000/2001
2002/2003
- OLAC Membership Directory available online
- OLAC's tenth conference "Electronic and Media Cataloging for the 21st Century" held September 27-29, 2002 in St. Paul, MN
- CAPC's "Guide to Cataloging DVDs Using AACR2r Chapters 7 and 9" created
- CAPC's "Summary Notes for Catalog Records" compiled
- "Introduction to Cataloging Electronic Integrating Resources: An Online
Training Presentation" created
2004/2005
- OLAC's eleventh conference "Expanding Access: Connecting the Global Community to a Multitude of Formats" held October 1-3, 2004, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- OLAC is granted an official representation to ALA's Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA)
2006
- OLAC's twelfth conference "Preparing for a Brave New World: Media Cataloging on the Threshold of RDA"
held October 27-29, 2006 in Mesa, AZ
Last updated: December 1, 2006
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