1. Assistant Director for Delivery Services: Baylor University
Summary: Core Competencies for Cataloging and Metadata Professional Librarians
Bruce J. Evans: ALCTS Cataloging Competencies Task Force, Chair
Assistant Director for Delivery Services: Baylor University

2. Background Information
Brief background information.

3. Background Information
ALA Annual 2015 Interest Group Meeting: Creation of Cataloging Competencies Task Force
Bruce J. Evans, chair
Jennifer A. Liss
Arthur Liu
Scott Piepenburg
Beth Shoemaker
Karen Snow
Raegan Wiechert

4. Background Information, cont.
Summary of Charge:
The cataloging core competencies draft will:
be relevant to practitioners and educators 
​enumerate skills and knowledge required for cataloging
define competencies broadly, so that:
specialized metadata fields can extend upon document
changes in technology and standards don't necessitate frequent updates
acknowledge catalogers' total education and career-long development

5. Background Information, cont.
“Phase 1” work presented at Midwinter 2016
“Phase 2” saw revision to task force membership, presented initial draft at Annual 2016.
“Phase 3” included collection and analysis of community feedback to first draft, and completion of final competencies document.

6. Phase 2 & 3 Task Force Membership
Revised Task Force Membership
Bruce J. Evans, Chair
Jennifer A. Liss
Karen Snow
Beth Shoemaker
Allison R. Yanos
Susan Rathbun-Grubb
Maurine McCourry (joined Phase 3)

7. Final Step for Task Force: Core Competencies for Cataloging and Metadata Professional Librarians

8. Core Competencies for Cataloging and Metadata Professional Librarians
Outline:
Introduction
Core Competencies
Knowledge Competencies
Skill & Ability Competencies
Behavioral Competencies
Appendix
(Eliminated *Going Beyond the Foundation…*)

9. Core Competencies for Cataloging and Metadata Professional Librarians
Approved by ALCTS CaMMS Executive Committee (December 2016)
Final approval by ALCTS Board anticipated during Midwinter.
Shortly after Midwinter: Inclusion on ALA Competencies page: ers/corecomp/corecompspecial/knowledge competencies

10. Thank you!
Bruce J. Evans
ALCTS Cataloging Competencies Task Force, Chair
Assistant Director for Delivery Services: Baylor University