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Train the PCC Series Trainer class** with optional NACO Series Training
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
8:45 am - 4:30 pm
 
The Program for Cooperative Cataloging will present a course entitled
"Train the PCC Series Trainer" at the Library of Congress in Washington,
DC on Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Optionally, participants may wish to attend a NACO Series training
class following this course, to be offered at LC Wednesday, May 16
through Friday, May 18.  Applications for both will appear on NACO web
pages.
 
Information about Train the PCC Series Trainer course
 
The instructor will be Judy Kuhagen, Senior Cataloging Policy
Specialist, Cataloging Policy and Support Office.  The course is being
offered to experienced series catalogers from LC and from PCC
institutions that have achieved independence for NACO series
contributions.  The course is offered with these goals:
 
1. To train catalogers from PCC institutions and LC to function as NACO
Series trainers, reviewers, and liaisons for libraries in the NACO
program
2. To expand the pool of Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC)
trainers, reviewers, and liaisons
3. To share the expertise of participating catalogers with the larger
library community  
 
Building on the experience of the participants, the instructors will
prepare trainees to deliver the Series course in their own and other
NACO institutions.  The course will focus on the use of training and
cataloging documentation in Series training; effective instructional
techniques for diverse training situations; and the administrative
aspects of Series training and authority record contribution. 
Documentation used in the course includes, but is not limited to: AACR2
and LCRIs for Chapters 25-26; MARC 21 Authority Format; the Series
Training Manual for NACO Participants, and other print and online
documents developed and updated for this class.
 
Strong presentation skills are vital to a trainer*s success in
delivering the intensive multi-day classroom course for NACO Series. 
The TTST sessions will not focus on developing these communication
skills in potential trainers.  Thus, it is important for trainers to
possess and/or develop these skills outside the context of this one-day
workshop. 
 
The class will accommodate approximately 10 participants.
 
Objectives:
 
At the end of the course, the NACO Series trainer will be able to:
 
1.  Train catalogers to create and revise series authority records for
contribution to the national authority file.
2.  Explain the context of series training in the PCC
3.  Negotiate arrangements for the series training session
4.  Instruct participants on administrative requirements for NACO
series work
5.  Recognize and apply effective training techniques for adult
learners in diverse situations
6.  Use NACO Series training documentation in training
7.  Train participants to apply cataloging documentation
8.  Serve as NACO series reviewer to help a library reach independence
 
Tentative schedule with numbered objectives included
 
8:45 am Arrival/Registration
 
 9:15  Introductions, welcome, schedule, etc. 
 
 9:30  Overview of objectives for day   
  1.  Train catalogers to create and revise SARs for NAF
  4.  Explain context of series training in PCC
 
 9:35  Sequence/Series training preparations
  6.  Negotiate arrangements for series training session
 
10:30  Break
 
10:45  Series Training content   
  3.  Use NACO Series training documentation
  2.  Train participants to apply cataloging documentation 
 
12:00  Lunch*  
 
 1:00   Series Training content, continued 
 
 2:15   Break
 
 2:30   Series Training content, continued 
 
 4:00   Administrative aspects
  5.  Serve as series reviewer to help library reach independence
  7.  Instruct participants on admin requirements; 
  Training tips     
 
8.  Recognize and apply effective techniques for adult learners in
diverse training situations
 
 4:30  Class ends
 
Expectations
 
Upon completion of the class, NACO series trainers will be expected to
interact with at least one new institution per year.  The interaction
may involve one or a combination of three functions:
 
1. NACO Series Trainer--The training task generally requires travel to
the institution for a multi-day training workshop, with travel expenses
covered by the institution(s) receiving instruction.
2. NACO Series Reviewer--The review task involves approximately 2-8
hours a week during the review period, about six months.  A Reviewer
comments on the institutions' series authority records and answers
questions to prepare the trainee institution for independent
contribution to the NACO database.
3. LC Series Liaison--The LC Liaison function is one performed only by
LC catalogers because they work directly in the LC ILS where the NACO
database resides.  If needed during review, and after a library has
become independent of review, the LC liaison answers questions and
cancels duplicate records. This is an ongoing task, but one which should
require no more that 1-4 hours per week.
 
All NACO trainers, reviewers, and liaisons are expected also to keep
abreast of developments in NACO and the PCC and to maintain contact with
other NACO staff in the Cooperative Cataloging Team. 
 
Registration 
 
PCC catalogers may register by filling out the application on the NACO
web site at: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/naco/series/TTSTinfo.html 
 
The deadline for expressions of interest or registration is Friday,
March 2nd. Confirmations will be sent out 2 weeks later, on Friday,
March 16th.
 
The PCC is not offering funds to cover travel costs of participants. 
It is expected that an institution sending a prospective trainer will
cover such costs as an investment in the increased expertise of their
staff member and as a benefit for the larger library community. 
 

Optional attendance at NACO Series Training course
 
Newly trained PCC Series Trainers are encouraged to attend all or part
of this course to see how Series training materials are presented to
NACO catalogers in a classroom setting.  The class will run 8:45 am to
4:30 pm Wednesday, March 16 through Friday, March 18.  Judy Kuhagen is
the lead instructor with assistance from senior LC catalogers.
 
If you wish to attend the standard Series Training course in addition
to the TTST session, please mention it on your registration for the TTST
session. 
 
Accommodations
 
The most convenient accommodations would be Capitol Hill Suites 
http://www.capitolhillsuites.com ,  but it is also rather expensive. 
Other accommodations on the Hill are B&Bs located in the northeast and
southeast quadrants of Capitol Hill. Please check these web sites:
http://www.bbonline.com/dc/washington.html; 
http://www.bedandbreakfastdc.com   
For other B&Bs, simply do a search on Google. Holiday Inns
(http://www.holidayinns.org) is another alternative for hotels located
in DC or Virginia and near a Metro Station. We are on the Blue/Orange
Metro line (Capitol South Station), so you will be able to find some in
DC and northern Virginia.   
 
We strongly urge you to make reservations now if you are at all
interested as availability lessens as time goes on.  If plans change,
you should be able to cancel within a reasonable time frame. 
 
Travel arrangements should wait until you have received confirmation.
 
ADA accommodations:
Library of Congress programs comply with the Americans with
Disabilities Act. If accommodations are needed, please include pertinent
information when responding to the Series Institute invitation.

 
David Saah
Coop Team
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Ph: (202) 707-3131
Fax: (202) 252-2082