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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@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@ala.org.
Posted
on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.