[SAC-FAST] Re: SAC Subcommittee on FAST meeting at ALA Annual 2006

[qiangjin at uiuc.edu]

Hello everyone,

SAC Subcommittee on FAST meeting at ALA Annual 2006: 

Friday, June 23, 7:30 – 9:00 p.m., Hilton New Orleans 
Riverside, Oak Alley

Agenda (revised): 

1. Introduction of Members and Guests 
2. Announcements 
3. Comments on the FAST manual 
4. Ed O'Neill: Update on FAST developments since ALA      
Midwinter 2006
5. Arlene Taylor: complex searches
6. Shannon Hoffman: Results of non-professional catalogers 
assigning FAST subject headings 
7. Future plan: What should we accomplish before ALA 
Midwinter 2007? 

SAC Subcommittee on FAST:
Charge - To explore the issues related to the implementation 
of the Faceted Application of Subject Terminology (FAST) 
subject heading schema and advise on (1) scope and 
suitability of the FAST vocabulary and syntax, (2) the FAST 
use of the MARC21 authority format, (3) adequacy of the FAST 
documentation, and (4) other relevant topics relating to the 
continuing development, maintenance, and implementation of 
FAST. 

The FAST manual is available at:
http://www.oclc.org/info/research/wip/fast/

See you in New Orleans! 

Qiang