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ALCTS webinar: Library of Congress Classification (LCC): Intermediate

This session is part 2 of a 2-part series:

• Library of Congress Classification (LCC): Introduction

• Library of Congress Classification (LCC): Intermediate

Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2016

All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11am Pacific, noon Mountain, 1pm Central, and 2pm Eastern time.

Description:

This session will focus on the selection and construction of LC Classification (LCC) call numbers for literature, maps and atlases, and moving images, including the construction of cutters for literary works and juvenile belle lettres.

Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to:

* Construct Cutters for literary works

* Construct literary author numbers and Cutters for juvenile belle lettres (PZ schedule)

* Construct call numbers for maps and atlases

* Apply the existing LCC PN schedule for moving images

* Learn about alternatives to the PN schedule for moving images

Who should attend?  Intermediate level catalogers and metadata librarians

Prerequisites: Catalogers with some experience with classification or those who have attended Part 1 in this series.

Presenter: Bobby Bothmann is metadata & emerging technologies librarian at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and professor in Library Services. Bobby catalogs books, electronic resources, and investigates new technologies. He holds an MLIS from the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee and an MS in Geography & English Technical Communication from MSU Mankato. Bobby is also adjunct instructor for the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Registration Fees:  

ALCTS Member: $43 Each ; $69 series (save $17)

Non-member: $59 Each ; $95 series (save $23)

Group rate (members): $99 ; $159 series (save $39)

Group rate (non-members): $129 each ; $206 series (save $52)

International: $43 each ; $69 series (save $17)

For additional information and access to registration links, please go to the following website:

http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/092116

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.