Trish,

This can be used by anybody--might be helpful. What timing--a new system
and new cataloging rules.

Harriet



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> More details for PCC NACO catalogers can be found in the PCC RDA Update,
> May 2012, which will be sent separately.
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> Program for Cooperative Cataloging at Library of Congress Launches RDA
> Cataloger Training
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> The Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) Secretariat staffed by the
> Library of Congress has launched a free, comprehensive and authoritative
> web-based training series for catalogers making the transition to the new
> Resource Description and Access (RDA) protocol.
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> "RDA for NACO Catalogers" on the Library's Cataloger's Learning Workshop
> website is a self-paced, interactive series of training modules designed
> for Name Authorities Cooperative Program (NACO) authorities catalogers.
> The series, now available at
> www.loc.gov/catworkshop/courses/rda_naco/<http://www.loc.gov/catworkshop/courses/rda_naco/>,
> will also be available through the Library's iTunesU channel.
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> The modules, developed by the PCC Secretariat with assistance of PCC
> members and Library of Congress multimedia staff, includes videos,
> demonstrations, quizzes and exercises, and live "real-time" webinars that
> will be facilitated by PCC RDA catalogers.
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> "The robust RDA for NACO Catalogers program prepared by the PCC
> Secretariat allows our external cataloging partners to receive first-rate
> instruction at their own pace and in their own place," Beacher Wiggins,
> director for Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access at the Library of
> Congress, said. "With rising travel costs, the multi-pronged online
> approach to training is the wave of the future for the PCC, and I am
> delighted with this offering."
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> According to Linda Barnhart, head of the Metadata Services Department at
> the University of California, San Diego Libraries and current PCC Policy
> Committee chair, "RDA for NACO Catalogers has been eagerly anticipated and
> will be a tremendous help to NACO catalogers everywhere. This creative and
> accessible training program is a major step forward in RDA implementation,
> and supports the PCC goal of consistent, reliable and quality records. We
> are grateful to the PCC Secretariat for its innovative thinking and
> expertise in authority work in developing this multifaceted training
> effort."
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