SCCTP trainers for Basic Serials -- Jean L. Hirons Stephen Clark 25 Feb 2003 18:57 UTC
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 12:57:12 -0500 From: "Jean L Hirons" <jhir@loc.gov> Subject: SCCTP trainers for Basic Serials This message is being sent to multiple lists; please excuse the duplication. Dear Colleagues, The Serials Cataloging Cooperative Training Program (SCCTP) has developed five courses since its inception in 1998. The first course, Basic Serials Cataloging, has been extremely successful and has been given in numerous venues throughout North America. Many of the trainers who have been giving Basic Serials are now also giving one or more of the other SCCTP courses and a goal for 2003 is to train additional trainers to give the Basic Serials course. Two train-the-trainer sessions are being planned, to be held in Denver and Atlanta, between July-December 2003. We are particularly looking for trainers from the south, midwest, and western states, but will be happy to have new trainers in all regions of the country. A separate train-the-trainer session for Spanish speakers will be held in conjunction with the Mexican Library Association meeting in May in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Basic Serials is a two-day course with sessions on what is a serial, original and copy cataloging, major/minor changes, and electronic serials. It includes a PowerPoint presentation and exercises following most of the sessions. A needs analysis is completed by course attendees and forwarded to trainers prior to the class so that trainers can determine which elements of the course to highlight. The course is generally taught by a team of two trainers. To be eligible, you must have 2 or more years of serials cataloging experience, good speaking and training skills, and the support of your institution to attend one of the train-the-trainer sessions. We ask that trainers be willing to provide two workshops a year and hopefully that your institution will give you time off for this purpose. All costs associated with providing an SCCTP workshop are paid by the sponsor of the training and, in most cases, you will be given an honorarium. The only financial cost to your institution is the initial train-the-trainer session. There is no fee; only the costs of travel, lodging, etc. I am writing at this point to get an initial sense of how many catalogers are interested, in what regions of the country, as well as the best time for such training. Based on this information, times will be set and a formal call for trainers will be issued. At that time a resume and references will be requested. If you are interested, please respond directly to me (jhir@loc.gov) with your name, email, phone, name of institution, and preferred location and times (i.e., month or season). The train-the-trainer sessions will be two full days and will include a training skills component. If you would like further information, please feel free to contact me or consult the SCCTP Web site at: http://www.loc.gov/acq/conser/scctp.html. I hope you will want to be part of this growing and dynamic group of trainers! Jean Hirons CONSER Coordinator Library of Congress 101 Independence Ave. SE Washington, DC 20540-4160 voice: 202-707-5947 fax: 202-707-1778 email: jhir@loc.gov