Introduces the 2023 revision of the Core Competencies for Cataloging and Metadata Professional Librarians, which provides an outline of the knowledge, skills, and behaviors essential for metadata professionals navigating challenges such as AI, evolving bibliographic standards, and the increasing demand for inclusivity and accessibility in cataloging. The session will explain how the Competencies differ from, intersect with, and bolster other competencies and standards documents available for library professionals. We will explore ways Competencies can be used to support professional growth.
Virtual Trainer
Bobby Bothmann is a professor at Minnesota State University, Mankato where he serves as the catalog and metadata librarian. Bobby catalogs analog and digital resources of all kinds, including books, serials, moving images, objects, cartographic resources, musical and spoken word audio recordings, and music in between many meetings. He is a member of the editorial board for Cataloging & Classification Quarterly and an active member of OLAC (OnLine Audiovisual Catalogers) where he has served in various leadership roles including treasurer, president, and the current archivist. He holds an MLIS from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and an MS in Geography and English Technical Communication from MSU Mankato. Bobby moonlights as an adjunct instructor for the School of Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he teaches cataloging and classification courses and tries to covert one student per semester to the cataloging side of the Force.
