The SAA Oral History Section invites you to a community chat on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, at 2-3 pm EST with oral history archivists Lauren Kata and Steven Sielaff, who will discuss a new crosswalking project spearheaded by the Oral History Metadata Elements List. Part of the leadership team for the Oral History Association Metadata Working Group, Kata and Sielaff will talk about how the Metadata Elements List came about, an already-completed OHA pilot crosswalk project, and the kind of metadata expertise that the Working Group still needs. If you have oral history cataloging experience in Dublin Core, EAD, MARC, or PB Core and want to learn more about the crosswalk initiative, please join us for this informative chat!
A Q&A will follow Kata's and Sielaff's talks. This event will be recorded.
Date: October 8, 2025
Time: 2-3pm EST
Speakers:
Lauren Kata is the Associate Academic Librarian for Archives and Special Collections at New York University Abu Dhabi Library (NYUAD). She serves as the NYUAD Archivist.
Steven Sielaff is Senior Editor & Collections Manager at the Baylor University Institute for Oral History in Waco, Texas, where he holds the faculty rank of Associate Clinical Professor. He serves as associate director of the Oral History Association.
Moderator: Anu Kasarabada, OHS Chair and archivist/oral historian at the University of Kentucky
Registration link: Coming soon!
Please share widely! Contact Anu Kasarabada with questions about this event at akasarabls@gmail.com.
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Anu Kasarabada
Archivist/Oral Historian
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
akasarabls@gmail.com------------------------------