The International Conference on Bibliographic Control in the Digital Ecosystem, organised by Firenze University and to be held online from 8-12 February 2021 aims to explore the new boundaries of Universal Bibliographic Control. The conference will bring together metadata experts from major libraries and publishers’ associations.

The programme is announced. Participation is free, but registration is necessary.

The free webinar covers navigating and searching the Toolkit, new features and functions of the site, and some tips for getting the most out of it. Register by January 25th.

The next RDA Lab Series, presented by cataloger and recent RDA Steering Committee member Kate James, is scheduled to run from 23 February 2021 to 18 August 2021. This upcoming iteration of the familiar series invites registrants to work with the new RDA Toolkit in either one of two time slots of their choosing. While designed specifically for the time convenience of users in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Oceania and the UK, the series welcomes participation by catalogers everywhere. Registration is now open here on the ALA Store website. 

This multi-day working forum, sponsored by the Collaborative Initiative for French Language Collections (CIFNAL), the German-North American Resources Partnership (GNARP), both working projects of the Center for Research Libraries, will focus on three areas: collaborative collection development and services; the growing range of content and format types; and the evolving role of libraries and librarians in the research process. The program is online. Sessions are free, registration is required.

This is a 1.5-hour training webinar for IFLA Committee Members who contribute standards to the Namespaces. Register to join the webinar.

The next meeting of IFLA Linked Data Technical subcommittee (LIDATEC) will take place online on 27 January 2021. The agenda is online.

The BCM RG (Bibliographic Conceptual Models Review Group) will hold its second annual business meeting on Tuesday, December 22 2020 from 3 to 5 pm CET. The action plan 2020-2021 and the review of RDA/IFLA LRM maps will be on the agenda. The complete maps are published under an open license in the RDA Vocabularies project and are available for download from the RDA Registry

Observers are welcome, and should contact melanie.c.roche@free.fr for more details.

The Library Publishing Forum is an annual conference bringing together representatives from libraries engaged in (or considering) publishing initiatives to define and address major questions and challenges.

The Library Publishing Coalition (LPC) is accepting proposals until 6 December 2020.

Academic Publishing in Europe (APE) conference will go online in January 2021.

Topic: The new face of trust

The preliminary program is announced. Registration is open.

Topic: Cataloguing by entities or the big bang of  data!

The conference, organized by Bibliographic Transition in France, will deal with the notion of cataloguing by entities in three stages, through an explanation of the concept, then the presentation of the necessary tools and finally some projects or achievements in progress.

Please register before 1 December 2020