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ALCTS webinar: Cataloging Non-English Materials

Date: Wednesday, August 28, 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: This webinar uses the non-English materials at Mississippi State University Libraries collections to illustrate the principles of cataloging materials in Non-English languages. Attention will be given to the various online tools available to translate these materials and where information may be obtained, the rules (both RDA and LC-PCC statements) guiding the description of these materials, and highlights cases where further research was needed.

Learning outcomes:

At the end of the webinar, the attendees should be able to

Utilize online tools for translation of non-English materials
Understand rules governing the cataloging of non-English materials
Understand needed research methods for cataloging non-English materials
Know which outside resources to use when “stuck” on a piece

Who should attend?

Library catalogers of all library types.

Presenters:

Joy DuBose (jdubose@library.msstate.edu) is Assistant Professor and Special Collections Cataloger at Mississippi State University.

Preston Salisbury (psalisbury@library.msstate.edu) is Assistant Professor and Monographic Cataloging Team Leader at Mississippi State University.

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Registration Fees: ALCTS Member $43 ; Non-member $59 ; Group rate $129

How to register:

Complete the individual webinar online registration form (requires logging in). Sessions are listed by date.

Please note: this is an individual webinar; not one in a series as the previous email mistakenly implied.

For additional information, please go to the following website:

http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/082819

Call 1-800-545-2433 and press 5 to reach our customer service representatives or

Register by mail for the session you would like to attend. (If you receive an error message after clicking the "register by mail" link, right-click the link and save the form to your computer.)

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

Contact

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 Megan Dougherty, Program Officer, ALCTS Continuing Education at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5038 or mdougherty@ala.org.

Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee