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ALA ALCTS Pre-conference Announcement

Title: Cataloging Digital Media Back to the Future!

Date: ALA ALCTS Pre-conference, Thursday, July 9, 8:30-5:00

Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago, Columbia Hall, I/J

Speakers: 

Jay Weitz, Senior Consulting Database Specialist (OCLC);

Anchalee (Joy) Panigabutra-Roberts, Assistant Professor, Metadata Services Librarian & Women's and Gender Studies Faculty & Liaison (University of Nebraska-Lincoln);

Robert Ellett, Lecturer (School of Library & Information Science, San Jose State University) and Catalog Librarian (Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, VA)

This pre-conference workshop provides practical information on the descriptive cataloging of digital media. Some hands-on exercises will be provided. The following digital media types will be covered: DVD-Video, Blu-Ray Discs, DVD-Audio, DualDisc, DVD-ROM, Playaways, and Streaming Media. This pre-conference highlights the recent cataloging guides published by OLAC (Online Audiovisual Catalogers, Inc.) (DVD, Playaways, and Streaming Media). There will be a presentation of future trends of cataloging digital media, especially with regard to RDA.

Sponsored by Cataloging and Classification Section (CCS)

Co-Sponsored by Online Audiovisual Catalogers, Inc. (OLAC)

Registration: http://www.ala.org/ala/conferencesevents/upcoming/annual/2009/registration.cfm

Event Code:  AS1

To add this pre-conference to an existing registration, please call Experient, the ALA registration company, at 1.800.974.3084.

Best wishes,

Julie