ALCTS AACR2 2002 Revision Regional Institutes -- Sally Tseng Stephen Clark 01 Oct 2002 13:30 UTC

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Mon, 30 Sep 2002 16:54:21 PDT
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 16:54:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: Sally Tseng <sctseng888@yahoo.com>
Subject: ALCTS AACR2 2002 Revision Regional Institutes

  Dear Colleagues:
This is a friendly reminder.  The deadline for ALCTS Early Bird Special
is October 18, 2002 for the Chicago and Washington, D. C. Regional
Institutes.  Please do not miss one of the most important continuing
education in your career on the training of the 2002 Revision of AACR2!
ALCTS AACR2 2002 Revision and Metadata Regional Institutes
2002-2003

Chicago (Nov. 1-2, 2002), Washington, D.C. (Nov. 4-5, 2002),

Orlando, FL (Feb. 21-22, 2003), and, San Jose, CA (April 4-5, 2003)

For more information and registration, please visit ALCTS Web Site at:
http://www.ala.org/alcts/now/metadata.html

AACR2 2002 Revision has been comprehensively revised and published in
September!  The Library of Congress will implement this edition on
December 1, 2002!

These Regional Institutes have New Faculty Members with New Training
Materials with a focus on the AACR2 2002 Revision!!!  They are not
repeated of those held in 2001 (Boston and Dallas) and in March 2002
(San Diego) with similar title.

ALCTS, a leader in the profession sponsoring authoritative continuing
education programs, has invited experts to provide training at these
timely AACR2 2002 Revision and Metadata Regional Institutes.  They will
be held in several cities across the United States:  Chicago (Nov. 1-2,
2002), Washington, D.C. (Nov. 4-5, 2002), Orlando, FL (Feb. 21-22,
2003), and, San Jose, CA (April 4-5, 2003).  Please come to attend one
of the Institutes to get ready for this big challenge!

The ALCTS AACR2 2002 Revision and Metadata Regional Institutes include
experts speaking and training on new concepts, revised and expanded
chapters of the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd Edition, 2002
Revision, MARC 21, and the applications of these rules and formats.  It
also explores new approaches to cataloging resources, especially the
practicalities of dealing with Web resources with a vision for the future.

Learn from the experts the most effective and most efficient
applications for cataloging by applying the new concepts and new and
revised rules included in AACR2 2002 Revision chapters 1, 3, 9, 12, 21
and other relevant chapters.   New information and revisions to AACR2
will be compared and implications for MARC 21 will be included in the
presentations.

Scopes and topics range from cataloging in a dynamic electronic age to
the how-to's of creating records in various formats including:
cartographic materials, continuing resources, databases, electronic
resources, newly defined integrating resources, legal and loose-leaf
publications, serials, three dimensional items, video recordings, visual
images and Web Sites.  Also included are the steps to building a
Metadata repository, standards, thesauri and the development of
authority files to enhance end-user access as a means to provide
integrated access to diverse information resources.

Faculty and Topics

Acclaimed library professionals and educators have been invited to serve
as faculty for these Institutes.  They will give in-depth presentation
on the following topics:

"AACR and Metadata : Library Opportunities in the Global Semantic Web -
LC, IFLA, Dublin Core, Virtual International Authority Files, and More"

Dr. Barbara B. Tillett, Chief, Cataloging Policy and Support Office,
Library of Congress.

"More Than Books:  Access to Locally-Held Materials in Alternative Media"

Dr. Sheila S. Intner, Professor Emeritus, Graduate School of Library &
Information Science, Simmons College.

"The New Chapter 12 for AACR 2002"

Steve Shadle, Serials Cataloging Librarian, University of Washington
Libraries.

"Electronic Integrating Resources: AACR 2002 for Updating Web Sites and
Databases"

Steven Jack Miller, Head, Monographs Dept., University of
Wisconsin--Milwaukee Library.

"Amendments 2001: Changes to Chapter 9"

Nancy B. Olson, Retired Professor, Minnesota State University, Mankato.

"Chapter 3 Twenty Years Later:  Changes in Cataloging Cartographic
Materials"

Mary Lynette Larsgaard, Assistant Head, Map and Imagery Laboratory,
University of California, Santa Barbara Libraries.

"There Ought to be A Law:  AACR2 2002 Amendments, Integrating Resources
and Updating Loose-Leafs"

Rhonda K. Lawrence, Head of Cataloging, UCLA School of Law.

"Developing the Metadata Repository"

Grace Agnew, Associate University Librarian for Digital Library Systems,
Rutgers University Libraries.

"Metadata Schemas and Contolled Vocabularies for Art, Architecture, and
Material Culture",

Dr. Murtha Baca, Head, Standards Program or, Dr. Patricia Harpring,
Managing Editor, Getty Vocabulary Program, Getty Research Institute

ALCTS is proud to sponsor these significantly important AACR2 2002
Revision and Metadata Regional Institutes. To become a well-informed and
knowledgeable librarian for the 21st Century, visit ALCTS Web Site at:
http://www.ala.org/alcts/now/metadata.html

Space is limited. Sign up today for an ALCTS AACR2 2002 Revision and
Metadata Institute!

Program Chair

Sally C. Tseng, Chair
ALCTS AACR2 2002 Revision and Metadata Regional Institutes
P.O. Box 4992
Irvine, CA 92616-4992, U.S.A.
Phone:       949-552-5615
Fax:            949-857-1988
email:        sctseng888@yahoo.com

Charles Wilt
ALCTS Executive Director
ALA
50 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: (800) 545-2433 ext. 5030
Fax:      (312) 280-5033
email:  cwilt@ala.org

Julie Reese
ALCTS Events Manager
ALA
50 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: (800) 545-2433, ext. 5034
Fax:      (312) 280-5033
email:  jreese@ala.org

Best regards,

Sally C. Tseng. Chair
ALCTS AACR2 2002 Revision & Matadata Regional Institutes
CALA Executive Director
P.O. Box 4992, Irvine, CA 92616-4992
Phone: 949-552-5615, Fax: 949-857-1988 Email: sctseng888@yahoo.com