AACR2 2002 & Metadata Institute

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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 23:09:33 -0600
From: Kirsten Ahlen <kahlen_at_ala.org>
Subject: AACR2 2002 & Metadata Institute in Orlando

Please forward this to anyone who may benefit. 
 
ALCTS AACR2 2002 and Metadata Regional Institute 
 
After two sold out offerings in early November, the Association for
Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), the leader in the
collection development and technical services profession, is pleased to
announce another offering of the popular AACR2 2002 and Metadata
regional institute in Orlando, FL on February 21-22, 2003. 
 
For more information and registration, please visit the ALCTS web site
at http://www.ala.org/alcts. 
 
The ALCTS AACR2 2002 and Metadata regional institute includes experts
speaking and training on new concepts, revised and expanded chapters of
the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd Edition, 2002 Revised Edition,
MARC 21, and the applications of these rules and formats.  It also
explores new approaches to cataloging resources, especially the
practicalities of dealing with metadata for Web resources with a vision
for the future. 
 
Learn from the experts the most effective and most efficient
applications for cataloging by applying the new concepts and new and
revised rules included in AACR2 2002 chapters 1, 3, 9, 12, 21 and other
relevant chapters.   New information and revisions to AACR2 will be
compared and implications for MARC 21 will be included in the
presentations. 
 
Scopes and topics range from cataloging in a dynamic electronic age to
the how-to's of creating records in various formats including:
cartographic materials, continuing resources, databases, electronic
resources, newly defined integrating resources, legal and loose-leaf
publications, serials, three dimensional items, video recordings, visual
images and web sites.  Also included are the steps to building a
metadata repository, standards, thesauri and the development of
authority files to enhance end-user access as a means to provide
integrated access to diverse information resources.    
 
Topics 
 
Acclaimed library professionals and educators have been invited to serve
as faculty for this institute.  They will give in-depth presentation on
the following topics: 
 
--"AACR and Metadata: Library Opportunities in the Global Semantic Web -
LC, IFLA, Dublin Core, Virtual International Authority Files, and More" 
--"More Than Books:  Access to Locally-Held Materials in Alternative
Media"  
--"The New Chapter 12 for AACR 2002" 
--"Electronic Integrating Resources: AACR 2002 for Updating Web Sites
and Databases" and "Chapter 9 Changes for Both Direct and Remote Access
E-Resources" 
--"Chapter 3 Twenty Years Later:  Changes in Cataloging Cartographic
Materials"  
--"There Ought to be A Law:  AACR2 2002 Amendments, Integrating
Resources and Updating Loose-Leafs" 
--"Developing the Metadata Repository"  
--"Metadata Schemas and Controlled Vocabularies for Art, Architecture,
and Material Culture"  
 
ALCTS is proud to sponsor this critically important AACR2 2002 and
Metadata regional institutes. To become a well-informed and
knowledgeable librarian for the 21st Century, visit the ALCTS web site
at http://www.ala.org/alcts. 
 
Space is limited. Sign up today for an ALCTS AACR2 2002 and Metadata
Institute!  
 
The registration deadline is February 14. Registration will be taken
on-site if space is available. 
 
Registration fees: 
Register by February 5: $425 for ALCTS Members; $475 for ALA Members;
$525 for Non-Members; $250 for Full-Time Students. 
 
Register after February 5: $475 for ALCTS Members; $525 for ALA Members;
$575 for Non-Members; $300 for Full-Time Students. 
 
For more information or to register contact Kirsten Ahlen, ALCTS, 50 E.
Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; 1-800-545-2433 ext. 5037; kahlen_at_ala.org

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