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ALCTS webinar: Libraries & MARC Holdings: From Works to Items
Date: March 21, 2012
All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11am Pacific, noon Mountain, 1pm Central, and 2pm Eastern time.
Description: This session provides a brief introduction to and overview of the MARC21 Format for Holdings Data (MFHD) and ANSI/NISO Z39.71. Discussion topics include the importance of standardized holdings for such mission-critical library efforts as Item-Level Inventory Control, InterLibrary Loan (ILL) & Resource Sharing, and OffSite Storage.
Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of this webinar, attendees will learn the importance of holdings and adhering to holdings standards. Examples of Single-part, Multi-Part, and Serial Holdings will be presented, as well as the use and value of Summary Holdings Statements encoded within Holdings records
Audience: Librarians/library staff who create/maintain holdings information. Introductory session provides good background for anyone interested in the 2-day SCCTP Serials Holdings Workshop that provides a rich knowledge of the intricacies of coding MARC holdings.
Presenters: Everett Allgood is the Serials Cataloger & NACO Authorities Liaison at New York University. He serves as a trainer for the Serials Cataloging Cooperative Training Program (SCCTP), and has been conducting an extensive Serials inventory and barcoding project at New York University for over ten years.
Wen-ying Lu is the Continuing Resources Cataloger at the University of Colorado Boulder (CUB). Prior to joining CUB in 2010, she was a catalog librarian and the linguistics bibliographer at Michigan State University for ten years. She serves as a SCCTP trainer and co-authored the latest edition of the SCCTP Serials Holdings Workshop Manual.
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For additional information, pricing options, and registration information, please click on the following link:
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/032112.
ALCTS webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording shortly following the live event.
For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling 1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration@ala.org.For all other questions or comments related to the webinars, contact Julie Reese, ALCTS Events Manager at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5034 or alctsce@ala.org.
Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.