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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The RBMS Controlled Vocabularies Editorial Group (CVEG) will hold its next meeting on Wednesday, February 12, at 3-4 pm ET (2 CT/1 MT/ 12 PT). The
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RsUIDlf0lgqxVvTI6qryjtun0LcLJAw3SYfTuysBljg/edit?usp=sharing" title="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RsUIDlf0lgqxVvTI6qryjtun0LcLJAw3SYfTuysBljg/edit?usp=sharing">
agenda for the meeting can be found here</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Anyone who is interested may attend and participate in meetings. Visiting a meeting is also a great way to get a sense of the work the committee does if you are considering volunteering for the next committee cycle. The
<a href="https://www.ala.org/acrl/membership/volunteer/volunteer">volunteer form</a> for 2025-2027 RBMS terms is open now through February 28, 2025.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Finally, as a reminder, CVEG currently has four newly proposed terms open for public comment through Wednesday, February 5:
<a href="https://rbms.info/cv-comments/2025/01/22/new-term-baby-books-cvrmc/">Baby books</a>,
<a href="https://rbms.info/cv-comments/2025/01/22/new-term-singer-sewn-bindings-cvrmc/">
Singer-sewn bindings</a>, <a href="https://rbms.info/cv-comments/2025/01/22/new-term-biological-insertions-cvrmc/">
Biological insertions</a>, and <a href="https://rbms.info/cv-comments/2025/01/22/new-term-pressed-plants-cvrmc/">
Pressed plants</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for your participation in building the RBMS vocabularies. Please contact
<a href="mailto:vocabularies@rbms.info">vocabularies@rbms.info</a> with any questions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sarah Hoover and Jenny Bradshaw<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">CVEG co-editors<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sarah Hoover<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Special Collections Cataloger<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wilson Special Collections Library<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:sehoover@email.unc.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">sehoover@email.unc.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">she/her/hers<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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