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PCC Policy Committee Chair, Chair-Elect, and Past Chair

Chair
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Term: Oct. 2024-Sept. 2025

Myung-Ja (MJ) Han
Head, Acquisitions & Cataloging Services
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL 61801
tel.: 217.333.9515
email: [email protected]

Chair-Elect
University of Victoria

Term: Oct. 2024-Sept. 2025

Dean Seeman
Head, Collection Management Services
University of Victoria Libraries
Victoria, BC
Canada
email: [email protected]

Past Chair
Western Washington University

Term: Oct. 2024-Sept. 2025

Casey Mullin
Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services
Western Libraries
Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA
tel.: 360.650.7458
email: [email protected]

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Permanent Members of PoCo

The British Library

Caroline Kent
Manager of Metadata Creation Program
The British Library
email: [email protected]

Library of Congress

Beacher Wiggins
Director, Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave., SE
Washington, DC 20540-4300
tel.: 202.707.5333
fax: 202.707.6269
email: [email protected]

Library and Archives Canada

Thi Bao Tran Phan
Manager (Acting), Bibliographic Description Section
Published Heritage Branch
Library and Archives Canada
395 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0N4
Canada
tel: 613.614.5290
email: [email protected]

OCLC

Cynthia Whitacre
Manager, WorldCat Metadata Quality
OCLC
6565 Kilgour Place
Dublin, OH 43017-3395
tel.: 614.764.6183 or 1.800.848.5878, ext. 6188
fax: 614.718.7397
email: [email protected]

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Rotating At-Large Members of PoCo

Columbia University

Term: Oct. 2022-Sept. 2025

Melanie Wacker
Head of Digital Resources Metadata
Cataloging & Metadata Services
Columbia University Libraries
New York, NY
tel.: 212.854.9676
email: [email protected]

Cornell University

Term: Oct. 2022-Sept. 2025

Steven Folsom
Head of Metadata Design and Operations
Library Technical Services
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
tel.:
email: [email protected]

New York University

Term: Oct. 2024-Sept. 2027

Charlene Chou
Head of Knowledge Access
Division of Libraries
New York University
New York, NY
[email protected]

Pennsylvania State University

Term: Oct. 2024-Sept. 2027

Elizabeth Hobart
Interim Head
Cataloging and Metadata Services
Penn State University Libraries
University Park, PA
tel.: 814.865.1756
email: [email protected]

Stanford University

Term: Oct. 2022-Sept. 2025

Nancy Lorimer
Head, Metadata Department
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
email: [email protected]

University of California Los Angeles

Term: Oct. 2023-Sept. 2026

Hermine Vermeij
Team Leader, Subject Specialist Catalogers; Music Cataloger
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
tel.: 310.825.3438
email: [email protected]

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Term: Oct. 2023-Sept. 2026

Myung-Ja (MJ) Han
Head, Acquisitions & Cataloging Services
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL 61801
tel.: 217.333.9515
Email: [email protected]

University of Minnesota

Term: Oct. 2023-Sept. 2026

Christine DeZelar-Tiedman
Cataloging Policies and Practices Librarian
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
tel.: 612.625.0381
email: [email protected]

University of Victoria

Term: Oct. 2024-Sept. 2027

Dean Seeman
Head, Collection Management Services
University of Victoria Libraries
Victoria, BC
Canada
email: [email protected]

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PCC Standing Committee Chairs

Standing Committee on Applications

Term: Oct. 2022-Sept. 2025

TJ Kao
Head of Metadata Creation
Content Support Services, Shields Library
UC Davis Library
100 NW Quad
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616
Tel: (530) 752 0931
Email: [email protected]

Standing Committee on Standards

Term: Oct. 2024-Sept. 2026

Ivan Kaproth-Joslin, Co-Chair
Catalog Librarian
Eastman School of Music
Rochester, New York
United States
tel.: 585-274-1430
email: [email protected]

Term: Oct. 2023-Sept. 2025

Honor Moody, Co-Chair
Metadata Creation Manager
Harvard Library
Information & Technical Services
Cambridge, MA
email: [email protected]

Standing Committee on Training

Term: Oct. 2024-Sept. 2027

May Chan
Head, Metadata Services
University of Toronto Libraries
130 St. George Street
Toronto ON M5S 1A5
Canada
email: [email protected]

Term: Oct. 2023-Sept. 2025

Jeanette Norris, Co-Chair
Manager, Monographic Cataloging Latin Script Unit
Yale University Library
New Haven, CT
tel.: 203-432-8213
email: [email protected]

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PCC Liaisons

ALA/Core Liaison

Erin Grant
Director, Cataloging and Metadata Services
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
tel.: 206-685-2298
email: [email protected]

CC:DA Liaison (Committee on Cataloging: Description & Access)

William C. (Hank) Young
Principal Cataloger
Resource Description Services Department
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
United States
tel: 352.273.2733
email: [email protected]

ISNI Library Sector Steering Group Liaison

Michelle Durocher
Head, Metadata Management
Information and Technical Services
Harvard Library
Cambridge, MA
tel.: 617.384.7176
Email: [email protected]

ISSN International Centre Liaison

Dr. Gaëlle Béquet
Director, ISSN International Centre
CIEPS
45 rue de Turbigo
75003 Paris, France
tel.: (33 1) 44 88 22 20
fax: (33 1) 40 26 32 43
email: [email protected]

LD4P Liaison (Linked Data for Production)

Jennifer Baxmeyer
Assistant University Librarian for Metadata Services
Princeton University Library
Princeton, NJ
tel. 609.258.3631
email: [email protected]

MAC Liaison (MARC Advisory Committee)

TJ Kao
Head of Metadata Creation
Content Support Services, Shields Library
UC Davis Library
100 NW Quad
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616
Tel: (530) 752 0931
Email: [email protected]

OCLC FAST Policy and Outreach Committee Liaison

Dean Seeman
Head, Collection Management Services
University of Victoria Libraries
Victoria, BC
Canada
email: [email protected]

SAC (Subject Analysis Committee) on Faceted Vocabularies Liaison

Casey Mullin
Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services
Western Libraries
Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA
tel.: 360.650.7458
email: [email protected]
Note: PCC does not appoint a liaison to SAC itself; the LC Policy, Training, and Cooperative Programs liaison to SAC represents the SACO program.

ShareVDE Advisory Council Liaison

Melanie Wacker
Head of Digital Resources Metadata
Cataloging & Metadata Services
Columbia University Libraries
New York, NY
tel.: 212.854.9676
email: [email protected]

SkyRiver Liaison

Hope Harley
Product Manager
Innovative (part of Clarivate)
tel.: 540.443.5427
email: [email protected]

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PCC Steering Committee Members

Chair
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Term: Oct. 2024-Sept. 2025

Myung-Ja (MJ) Han
Head, Acquisitions & Cataloging Services
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL 61801
tel.: 217.333.9515
email: [email protected]

Chair-Elect
University of Victoria

Term: Oct. 2024-Sept. 2025

Dean Seeman
Head, Collection Management Services
University of Victoria Libraries
Victoria, BC
Canada
email: [email protected]

Past Chair
Western Washington University

Term: Oct. 2024-Sept. 2025

Casey Mullin
Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services
Western Libraries
Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA
tel.: 360.650.7458
email: [email protected]

Library of Congress

Beacher Wiggins
Director, Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate
Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20540-4300
tel.: 202.707.5333
fax: 202.707.6269
email: [email protected]

OCLC

Cynthia Whitacre
Manager, WorldCat Metadata Quality
OCLC
6565 Kilgour Place
Dublin, OH 43017-3395
tel.: 614.764.6183 or 1.800.848.5878, ext. 6188
fax: 614.718.7397
email: [email protected]

PCC Secretariat

Judith P. Cannan
Chief, Policy, Training, and Cooperative Programs Division
Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20540-4230
tel.: 202.707.2031
fax: 202.707.0810
email: [email protected]

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