ALCTS webinar: Preparing copy catalogers for RDA
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"Spidal, Debra" <dspidal_at_wsu.edu>
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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.
Received on Fri Mar 25 2011 - 03:07:22 EDT