Cataloging Basics explains the fundamental cataloging concepts and processes for beginning catalogers.

 

This class will explore resources for cataloging including MARC and RDA, provide an overview of the parts of a typical bibliographic record including MARC (and how those relate to the public catalog interface), discuss working with copy (records in OCLC), explore key differences in cataloging vocabulary and workflows in RDA, and provide additional resources for cataloging a variety of materials. 

 

Outcomes:

Participants will understand the basics of cataloging including understanding bibliographic information and evaluating records in OCLC. Participants will be able to identify and evaluate RDA and hybrid records in MARC format, and receive exercises with answers for practicing creating records.

 

No cataloging experience is needed to participate in Cataloging Basics.

 

This webinar will be delivered via SEFLIN Connect. Log-in information will be emailed approximately one week before the course.

 

Presented by: Robin Fay
Robin Fay became Head of Database Maintenance, University of Georgia Libraries in 2001. Prior to that position, she was the Technical Services Librarian at Oxford/Emory University. Throughout much of her career, she has freelanced web design and metadata work. As an early adopter of technology, she has been involved in many software and web development projects in the incubation stage. Her research interests are library  and community sourced metadata (RDA, DC, RDF/XML and other semantic web schemas) for materials including digital objects, linked data and the intersection of the semantic and social webs. Robin is a prolific content creator (georgiawebgurl on most social media websites); her book Semantic Web Technologies and Social Search for Librarians was published in 2012 (Neal Schuman/ALA TechSource). Robin is a sought after instructor and presenter with 12 years experience in teaching and training. She holds a MLIS (University of South Carolina); B.A. in English (University of Georgia).

 

Registration deadline:  09/15/2015

 

Staff from Florida libraries may register for this workshop at no charge. Priority will be given to SEFLIN members. Non-members will be placed on a waiting list and added as space permits after the registration deadline.

 

Non-Member Registration Form