Head of Cataloging, Brooklyn Law School Library. May, 1990-March Major responsibilities similar to above.

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1 GEORGE A. PRAGER New York University Law School Library 40 Washington Square South Room 108 Mezzanine New York, NY (212) EMPLOYMENT Head of Cataloging and Assistant Professor, New York University Law School Library. March present. Major responsibilities include planning and implementing departmental policies and procedures; hiring; performance evaluations; ongoing staff training in cataloging, online authority control, database maintenance and reclassification activities, and the use of OCLC and INNOPAC; coordinating the Library s participation in the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (CONSER, BIBCO, NACO, and SACO), and in the OCLC National Level Enhance Program; original and complex copy cataloging and authority control; and resolving OCLC, RLIN, and INNOPAC problems. Head of Cataloging, Brooklyn Law School Library. May, 1990-March Major responsibilities similar to above. Serials Librarian and Asst. Professor, Baruch College Library, New York. Sept April Cataloged serials and loose-leaf publications, using OCLC and NOTIS, AACR2, Library of Congress classification and subject headings, and the MARC 21 formats. Directed all aspects of serials management, including ordering, serials check-in, processing, claiming, and payment. Planned and implemented modernization from a manual Kardex system (and OCLC's SC350), to NOTIS' serial control system. Also served as Reference Librarian when needed. Senior Librarian, Queens Borough Public Library, Jamaica, N.Y. Oct Aug Performed original and complex copy cataloging of monographs, musical scores and recordings, serials, and microforms, in most Western European languages. Reference librarian in several branches (part-time as needed). Bibliographic Assistant, Serials Cataloging, Columbia University Libraries. Feb Sep Check-in of newly received serials and continuations; updated records, if necessary, in accordance with AACR2 procedures. Created analytics for issues of monographic series in non- Slavic European languages. Bibliographic Assistant, Master Negative Reconversion Project, Original Monographic Cataloging Dept., Columbia University Libraries. Aug Jan Verified and generated entries for microforms on the RLIN database.

2 Clerical Assistant, College Library, Columbia University Libraries. Nov Aug In a major reserve library, trained and supervised approximately forty part-time workers. Managed circulation files, collection of fines and recall of overdue books. Federal Contract Archaeologist, Milford, Delaware. Summer Excavated sites throughout Delaware. Recovered and classified artifacts. Field Archaeologist, Univ. of Manchester Rescue Excavations, Brenyg Valley, North Wales, Great Britain. Summer Archaeological field work at a Neolithic site in North Wales. EDUCATION M.L.S., Columbia University, Courses in automated databases, reference, government documents, cataloging, international librarianship, serials. M.A., Classics, University of Toronto, Courses in Greek and Latin languages, literature, and history. B.A., Classics, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Summer program in archaeology, Merton College, Oxford University, LANGUAGES Reading knowledge of Ancient Greek, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Latin, Modern Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, and Spanish. Acquaintance with Arabic, Persian, Swahili. Basic conversational Japanese. AWARDS Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Services Law Librarianship, 2012 Certificate of appreciation from PCC for work on Provider-Neutral E-Monograph Model, July 2009 (Corecipient). 2

3 PUBLICATIONS Beijing Chronicles 2010, Technical Services Law Librarian, 37:3 (Mar. 2012), p. 1 ff. The Making of the 2011 Revision of the Integrating Resources Manual, Serials Review; corrected proofs available online at: (Coauthored with Valerie Bross) ALA/ALCTS/LITA/RUSA Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information Committee Representative s Report, Law Library Journal, vol. 98:4, p AALL MARBI Representative Report, (issued July 2007) AALL MARBI Representative Report, (issued June 2006) MARC Record Guide for Monograph Aggregator Vendors. 2 nd ed present (one of four co-authors). MARC Remarks columnist, Technical Services Law Librarian 31:1 (Sept. 2005); 31:4 (June 2006); 35:no.3 (Mar. 2010); 36:3 (Mar. 2011). Description & Entry columnist, Technical Services Law Librarian 28:1/2 (Sept./Dec. 2002): 2 articles; 28:3 (March 2003); 28:4 (June 2003): 29:2 (Dec. 2003); 29:3 (March 2004); 29:4 (June 2004); 30:3 (March 2005); 31:1 (Sept. 2005); 31:2 (Dec. 2005); 31:3 (March 2006). OBS OCLC Committee articles, Technical Services Law Librarian 22:3 (March 1997); 22:4 (June 1997); 23:1 (Sept. 1997); 23:2 (Dec. 1997); 23:3 (March 1998); 23:4 June All articles for above TSLL columns available via the Internet at: Provider-Neutral E-Monograph MARC Record Guide, 2009-present (one of three co-authors) INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Visiting Fellow, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, May 16-27,

4 Speaker, Casalini Libri, Fiesole, Italy, and Universita di Firenze, March 2011 (10 lectures on international developments in cataloging, RDA, and Provider-Neutral records). Speaker, Peking University, October 2010 (2 lectures on international developments in cataloging, and on RDA). OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Member, JSC [Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA] RDA Examples Group, April Chair, PCC Task Group on Hybrid Integrating Resource Records, Jan present. Chair, PCC SCT [Standing Committee on Training] RDA Records Task Group, Oct present. Member, PCC Task Group to Formulate or Recommend PCC/NACO RDA Policy on Authority Issues, Dec present. Speaker at the AALL Annual Meeting, July 25, 2011 on: The Elusive Updating Loose-Leaf: Cataloging Standards and Practices for the 21 st Century (co-presenter with Melissa Beck). Speaker at the Chinese and American Forum on Legal Information and Law Libraries (CAFLL), July 23, 2011 on: RDA: a More International Cataloging Standard? Co-chair, PCC SCT Task Group to Review the Integrating Resources Manual, May-June Member, RDA/MARC Working Group, March 2011-present. Special Assistant to Jolande Goldberg, Senior Cataloging Policy Specialist, Law Classification Specialist, Policy and Services Division, Library of Congress, Oct Mar. 2011(six weeks at Library of Congress). Assisted in expansion of KZ schedule for international criminal law, re-classification of titles in LC s collection, and subject heading proposals for related subject headings. Also worked with LC s Law Team on reclassification of LC titles into new KIA-KIX indigenous law schedule, Oct (two weeks) Member, Genre/Form Subcommittee, Subject Analysis Committee, ALCTS, Mar present. Speaker at the AALL Annual Meeting, July 12, 2010 on: The Ever-Evolving World of Vendor-Supplied MARC Records: Update on the Provider-Neutral E-Monograph Record, and: MARC and RDA: an Overview: MARC 21 Changes for RDA. Secretary, ALA ALCTS Cataloging and Metadata Management Section Executive Committee, Jan present. 4

5 Member, Program for Cooperative Cataloging Standing Committee on Training, Oct present. Instructor for the NACO Training Course at Rutgers University, Oct. 1-2, 6-8, Chair, AALL-TSIS-SIS Cataloging and Classification Standing Committee, July 2009-present. Member, CONSER Standard Record MARC Working Group, Nov Aug Instructor for the NACO Training Course at New York Public Library, Oct , Co-chair, PCC Provider-Neutral E-Monograph Record Task Group, July 2008-Aug Instructor for the NACO Series Training Course at the Library of Congress, Apr , Member, AALL TS-SIS Task Group on Standards for Vendor-Supplied Bibliographic Records, Cataloging and Classification Standing Committee, Oct present. Member, AALL TS-SIS Genre Term for Law Materials Project, July 2006-present. Co-presenter, Big Apple Catalogers Klatsch, Nov. 17, 2005, on the topic: Cataloging Internet Resources. Member, BIBCO Operations Committee, Program for Cooperative Cataloging, term: Oct AALL Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information Committee (MARBI) Representative, Aug July Sole instructor, NACO Training Course at New York Public Library, June 9-June 16, Member, Inherently Legal Subject Headings Project, March Member, AALL TS-SIS Cataloging & Classification Committee Task Group on Replacement Volumes, Sept July NACO series trainer and reviewer, certified Oct. 2003; working as NACO reviewer with several institutions, Oct present. NACO (Name Authorities Cooperative Project) trainer and reviewer, certified Oct. 2002; working as NACO reviewer with several institutions, Nov present. Chair, AALL-TSIS Online Bibliographic Services Local Systems Subcommittee,

6 Speaker at the Association of Jewish Libraries, New York Metropolitan Area Chapter, Spring Cataloging Workshop, March 31, 2003, on the topic: ClassWebPlus: Methodology for Using LC s Classification and Subject Headings. Speaker at the New York Law Librarians Technical Services Roundtable, Nov. 21, 2002, on the topic: Major Changes in AACR2. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Library Association (ALA) American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) New York Technical Services Librarians (NYTSL) OTHER INTERESTS Trekking and mountaineering (Member, Appalachian Mountain Club). Cooking (Member, Culinary Historians of New York). Opera. 6