[DCRM-L] Call for new members: SAC Subcommittee on Faceted Vocabularies

[Sarah Hovde]

(as ever, please excuse cross-posting!)

The ALA Core Subject Analysis Committee (SAC)’s Subcommittee on Faceted
Vocabularies
<https://www.ala.org/core/sections/metadata-and-collections/sac-subcommittee-on-faceted-vocabularies>
(SSFV) seeks new members to serve a two-year term (July 2026-June 2028).

 About SSFV:

 The Core SAC Subcommittee on Faceted Vocabularies (SSFV) facilitates the
implementation and use of faceted vocabularies in library metadata. SSFV
accomplishes its goals through development of best practices and training
materials for catalogers/metadata creators, as well as strategies and
mechanisms for retrospective application of faceted terms in legacy
metadata.

 “Faceted vocabularies” are defined as the constellation of vocabularies,
term lists and other structured metadata that collectively and respectively
describe distinct attributes of library resources. These attributes
include, but are not limited to, genre/form, musical medium of performance,
creator/contributor characteristics, geographic place, and chronology.
Prominent faceted vocabularies currently in use, on which SSFV focuses its
efforts, include Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms (LCGFT), Library of
Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus (LCMPT), and Library of Congress
Demographic Group Terms (LCDGT).



You can learn more about our work through the SSFV report, Retrospective
Implementation of Library of Congress Faceted Vocabularies (RIBP, Version
1.2), <https://hdl.handle.net/11213/23820> which provides a set of best
practices for implementers wishing to apply LC faceted vocabularies, as
well as its earlier versions: RIBP (Version 1.1)
<https://alair.ala.org/items/98c8ff69-9fc3-4999-bde9-b02ce305a899> and RIBP
(Version 1.0)
<https://alair.ala.org/items/9f7e0b3b-8f6e-4a27-b195-5f65a854e270>. Current
subgroups include the Literature Task Group, Module Maintenance and Testing
Task Group, Chronological Data Task Group, and LC Proposals Task Group.
These groups may be adjusted or reformed as needed to respond to changing
priorities.

Eligibility requirements:

   - Current member status in Core, but do not have to be a member of
   Subject Analysis Committee (SAC)
   - Willingness to participate actively on at least one SSFV focused task
   group (genre/form, literature, chronological data, LC proposals) for the
   duration of the two-year term
   - Special expertise or interest in the application of faceted
   vocabularies (in current cataloging and/or retrospectively)
   - Attendance at in-person ALA meetings is not required; SSFV conducts
   most of its business asynchronously and in virtual meetings
   - Prior experience with LC proposals is preferred for the LC Proposals
   Task Group.

Interested individuals should send a statement of interest and a summary of
qualifications (or CV) to SSFV Chair Sai Deng (sai.deng at ucf.edu) and past
Chair Sarah Hovde (shovde at umd.edu). Applications will be considered on a
rolling basis, but for priority consideration, please submit by June 5,
2026.



Thank you,

Sai and Sarah


-- 
*Sarah Hovde*
Monographs & Media Cataloging Librarian
University of Maryland Libraries
shovde at umd.edu
she/her/hers
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