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Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 11:46:02 -0500
From: Karen Muller <kmuller@ALA.ORG>
Subject: ALCTS CATALOGING NOW!  AN INSTITUTE ON THE PCC CORE RECORD

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 *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 to be
generated in greater numbers.

*Cataloging Now! An ALCTS Institute on the PCC Core Record* will
be presented October 15, 1999, in Parma, Ohio, in cooperation with the
Ohio Library Council (OLC), OHIONET, and the Cuyahoga County Public
Library.

The presenters will introduce the concept of the core record n a
plenary session, followed by separate breakout sessions for catalog
librarians, administrators, and public services librarians.  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 will include Kate Harcourt, Columbia University, New York;
Michael Kaplan, Indiana University, Bloomington; Glenn Patton, OCLC;
and Beacher Wiggins, Library of Congress.

The institute will be held at Cuyahoga County Public Library,
Administrative Building, 2111 Snow Road, Parma, Ohio.   Registration
fees for this presentation of Cataloging Now! are $95 for ALCTS or
OHIONET or OLC Members, $145 for ALA Members, and $195 for
Non-members.  Registration information is available from Wayne Piper,
OLC, (614) 221-9057 .   Information is also available on the ALCTS web
at http://www.ala.org/alcts/events/institutes/index.html.

ALCTS is a division of the American Library Association.