Hi Paul,

I assume you would want the catalogers at GWU Law Library to go
through this bridge training and then be reviewed for series?  I
assume that we would be reviewed by you, as we were for RDA NACO?

Thanks,

Robert

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Robert Bratton
Cataloging Librarian
Jacob Burns Law Library
George Washington University
Washington, DC  20052


On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 11:29 AM, Frank, Paul <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> This message is being posted on behalf of the PCC Standing Committee on
> Training RDA Series Training Task Group:
>
> Following up on the recent announcement of the RDA series bridge training,
> now available at:
>
> http://www.loc.gov/catworkshop/courses/rda_naco_series/course%20table.html
>
> we would like to inform you of the procedures for reviewing the institutions
> that take this course, which is required for all NACO members who produce
> series authority records.
>
> Catalogers who are working with a current reviewer in the NACO bridge
> training can use that reviewer to also review series, if that person agrees
> to it, once you have completed the NACO series bridge training. Please
> inform the review group at [log in to unmask] That reviewer will decide
> when you are independent and inform the PCC Secretariat.
>
> If you do not have a current reviewer who can review series, catalogers may
> instead submit series authority records to the NACO Series review group once
> your institution has finished the series bridge training.  When submitting a
> series authority record, as you put the record into the OCLC Online Save
> File, in the box “Submit for Review” put the following OCLC holding symbols:
> UBY, GU, CLU, YLS, IUL.  This is needed because the Review Group members
> share the task of examining authority records.
>
> The review group will inform you when you are independent, which should not
> take long. This is not intended to be an exhaustive review like the original
> training. This is simply to convert you to RDA as regards series authority
> records.
>
> A reviewer will usually respond promptly; around the time of ALA Annual and
> Midwinter Conferences, however, all reviewers are likely to be away from
> their offices.
>
> Paul Frank
>
> Cooperative Programs Section
>
> Cooperative and Instructional Programs Division
>
> Library of Congress
>
> 101 Independence Ave., SE
>
> Washington, DC 20540-4230
>
> 202-707-1570
>
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