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        Eric R. Childress
        Consulting Project Manager
        <P>Eric R. Childress is a Consulting Project Manager in OCLC Research. He provides project management support for OCLC Research initiatives and participates as a contributing team member on selected research projects. Eric reports to Chief Scientist Thom Hickey.</P>
    <P>A specialist in metadata standards and systems, he has been active professionally in the <A href="http://www.ala.org/alcts">Association for Library Collections and Technical Services</A> (ALCTS), the <A href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc">Program for Cooperative Cataloging</A> (PCC), and the <A href="http://dublincore.org/">Dublin Core Metadata Initiative</A> (DCMI), serving as chair, member, or liaison with various committees and working groups. Eric has authored or co-authored articles and columns for a variety of professional journals including Library Resources &amp; Technical Services, the VRA Bulletin, and the Journal of Internet Cataloging. His wide-ranging expertise on metadata-related topics is often tapped for invited presentations at international professional conferences and workshops.</P>
    <P>Prior to OCLC Childress worked in the cataloging departments of the libraries at <A href="http://www.elon.edu/library">Elon University</A> and the <A href="http://library.uncg.edu/">University of North Carolina at Greensboro</A> (UNCG). He holds a B.A. (Geography) and M.L.S. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.</P>
    <P>At OCLC Eric Childress has been part of the product teams that developed the <A href="../../worldwide/catexpress">OCLC CatExpress</A> service and <A href="../../worldwide/connexion/default.htm">Connexion</A>. For OCLC Research, he served on the <A href="../projects/archive/default.htm">CORC</A> (Cooperative Online Resource Catalog) project during 1998-2000, and currently is working on the <A href="../projects/fast/default.htm">FAST</A> (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) and <A href="../projects/mswitch/default.htm">Metadata Switch</A> projects.</P>

        <LI><A href="../projects/fast/default.htm">FAST</A> (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology)
    <LI><A href="../projects/mswitch/default.htm">Metadata Switch</A></LI>

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