Catalogers – looking to learn new or enhance existing cataloging skills?

We've got a variety of cataloging courses that are sure to interest you!

• Cataloging with RDA
  This workshop will bring you the latest news on RDA and give you a thorough overview of the new content standard. Topics include: FRBR review, RDA Core elements for description, preferred titles and names, changes from AACR2, and more.

  Register Now – Tuesday, November 13 – Friday, November 16, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. CST

• RDA for Copy Catalogers
  This two-day live-online workshop will help you to recognize and interpret MARC records created using RDA. Among the topics to be covered: FRBR review, new RDA MARC fields, differences between AACR2 and RDA descriptions, access points for persons, families, corporate bodies, works and expressions, and more.

  Register Now – Wednesday, November 28 – Thursday, November 29, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. CST

• Cataloging & Classification Basics
  This course is designed to give you the practical, hands-on information needed to succeed in cataloging. The course will cover MARC bibliographic, classification and categorization schemas, basic copy cataloging, and other areas essential to the cataloging department. Hands-on exercises will provide practice learning your new skills and all examples and exercises will be based on OCLC-MARC, accessed through the Connexion cataloging interface.

  Register Now – Tuesday, December 4 – Thursday, December 13, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. CST
  Early bird registration ends 11/12

• Know & Go: Deciphering Music Preferred Titles
  This hour-long session will help catalogers better understand these access points and the RDA instructions for formulating them. Among the topics to be covered include: the purpose of preferred titles, distinctive and non-distinctive music titles, when and how to add medium of performance, and numeric designation for a musical work and key to preferred titles.

  Register Now - Monday, December 10, 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. CST