Subject: ALCTS webinar: Preparing copy catalogers for RDA
From: "Spidal, Debra" <dspidal_at_wsu.edu>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:19:06 -0700
Apologies for duplicate postings.
ALCTS webinar: Preparing copy catalogers for RDA
Date: April 6, 2011
All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11am Pacific, noon
Mountain, 1pm Central, and 2pm Eastern Time.
Description: This webinar will address the pressing issue of training
copy cataloging and acquisitions staff in the fundamentals of RDA. It
will familiarize technical services managers with the crucial
differences between AACR2 and RDA and will facilitate teaching the
basics of RDA to their staff. It will provide guidance in navigating the
shared cataloging environments like OCLC since now RDA records will
increasingly populate both national and local databases. Based on the
Columbia University Libraries experience some workflow suggestions will
be discussed.
Audience: This webinar will be of interest to technical services
managers, who will need to explain the essentials of RDA to support staff
Presenters: Irina Kandarasheva is a Copy Cataloging Unit Librarian in
Monographs Processing Services Division at Columbia University
Libraries. She is a copy cataloging manager and trainer with more than
10 years experience in the field. She holds an MA in Art History in
addition to an MLS from Queens College.
Mark Wilson is a Precataloging Unit Librarian and Eurasian Cataloger in
Monographs Processing Services Division at Columbia University
Libraries. He has more than 20 years experience cataloging a variety of
Non-Roman languages and scripts, training copy catalogers and automating
library systems. He holds an MLS from Queens College.
This is the fifth is a series of five webinars on RDA. The webinars
included in the RDA series are:
February 2, 2011 - Changes from AACR2 to RDA. Part 1: Description
February 9, 2011 - Changes from AACR2 to RDA. Part 2: Access Points
March 2, 2011 - RDA and Serials Catalogers: Will Our Work Really Change?
March 16, 2011 - Linked library data: tuning library metadata for the
Semantic Web
April 6, 2011 - Preparing copy catalogers for RDA
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To Register, complete the online registration form at
http://www.ala.org/ala/onlinelearning/reg/webinar.cfm for the session
you would like to attend.
Fees for individual webinars:
Group Rates - ALCTS Members & Non-Members: $99
Individuals - ALCTS Members: $39; Non-Members: $49
Participants outside the United States may register at the ALCTS member
rate.
Pricing for RDA Series: (All 5 webinars)
Group Rates - ALCTS Members & Non-Members: $346
Individuals - ALCTS members: $120; Non-members: $160
Participants outside the United States may register at the ALCTS member
rate.
ALCTS webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the
recording shortly following the live event.
For questions about registration, contact Tom Ferren, ALA Senior
Registration Coordinator at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4293 or
tferren_at_ala.org. ALCTS webinar: For all other questions or comments
related to the webinars, contact Julie Reese, ALCTS Events Manager at
1-800-545-2433, ext. 5034 or jreese_at_ala.org.
Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.
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