ALCTS Cataloging Now! Institute Registration (Karen Muller) ERCELAA@ctrvax.Vanderbilt.Edu 04 Aug 1998 02:24 UTC
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 17:28:21 -0500 From: Karen Muller <kmuller@ALA.ORG> Subject: ALCTS CATALOGING NOW! INSTITUTE ACCEPTING REGISTRATIONS FOR 3PRESENTATIONS Need to get more original cataloging done? Do you want to learn about the bibliographic community's new initiatives for creating and maintaining quality cataloging that is both authoritative and cost-effective? The Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) has developed and is introducing new "core standards" as a means of increasing the pool of mutually acceptable records available for copy cataloging, so that catalogers can use their time and expertise for original cataloging. The goal is increased quality cataloging records, rich enough in content to be used with little or no local modification, yet reasonable enough to be generated in greater numbers. "Cataloging Now! An ALCTS Institute on the PCC Core Record" will be presented three times this fall in cosponsorship with regional networks. "Cataloging Now!" will be presented September 18, 1998, in Worcester, Mass., in cooperation with NELINET; on October 22, 1998, in Dallas, Tex., in cooperation with AMIGOS; and on October 23, 1998, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in cooperation with SOLINET. A fourth presentation is tentatively scheduled for April 16, 1999 in New York State. ALCTS, RUSA, and the PCC cosponsor the series of workshops. The presenters will introduce the concept of the core record in a plenary session, followed by separate breakout sessions for catalog librarians, administrators, and public services librarians in separate breakout sessions. Catalog librarians will discuss the principles of creating core records. Administrators will be introduced to issues of management and training of catalogers in this new environment. Public services librarians will consider the implications of core records available in OPACs. Faculty are selected from a team of trainers and may include: Willy Cromwell-Kessler, the Research Libraries Group, Mountain View, CA; Kate Harcourt, Columbia University, New York; Colleen Hyslop, Michigan State University, East Lansing; Michael Kaplan, Indiana University, Bloomington; Glenn Patton, OCLC; Brian E.C. Schottlaender, University of California, Los Angeles; Joan Schuitema, Loyola University (Chicago); Sally Sinn, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, Md.; Joan Swanekamp, Chief Catalog Librarian, Yale University; or Beacher Wiggins, Library of Congress. Costs vary by location; registration information is available from the networks or from the ALCTS Office. Contact Yvonne A. McLean, 800/545-2433 ext. 5032; or consult the ALCTS web at http://www.ala.org/alcts/events/institutes/index.html. -- Karen Muller Executive Director, LAMA/ALCTS 50 E. Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611 USA 800-545-2433 x5031 312-280-5031 (direct line) fax: 312-280-5033 e-mail: kmuller@ala.org http://www.ala.org/alcts http://www.ala.org/lama