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ALCTS webinar: Library of Congress BIBFRAME Progress

Date: Thursday, March 27, 2019

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

 

Description: The webinar will look at the complexities of moving from MARC to BIBFRAME, and from BIBFRAME back to MARC. Although many libraries are experimenting with BIBFRAME as the new standard for recording bibliographic data, many institutions will require MARC data for their cataloging needs for years to come. The webinar will also look at other notable areas of progress at the Library of Congress as part of its BIBFRAME initiative.

Learning outcomes:

Participants will come away from the webinar with an understanding of: the challenges presented by mapping from MARC to BIBFRAME, and from BIBFRAME to MARC; BIBFRAME progress at the Library of Congress.

Who should attend?  Data providers, Catalogers, Technical Services staff, Programmers, Coders, Ontologists.

Presenters:

Sally McCallum is the Chief of the Network Development and MARC Standards Office at the Library of Congress. The Network Development and MARC Standards Office manages the Library of Congress BIBFRAME initiative.

Judith Cannan is the Chief of the Cooperative and Instructional Programs Division at the Library of Congress. The Cooperative and Instructional Programs Division is responsible for BIBFRAME training at the Library of Congress.

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This webinar is free.  To attend this free webinar, simply signup online and you will receive the access link via email.

For additional information and access to the registration link, please go to the following website: http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/032719

ALCTS webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording shortly following the live event.

For all other questions or comments related to the webinars, contact Megan Dougherty, ALCTS Program Officer, Continuing Education at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5038 or mdougherty@ala.org.

Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.