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Trish, This can be used by anybody--might be helpful. What timing--a new system and new cataloging rules. Harriet > Forwarded from the Office of Communications at the Library of Congress. > > More details for PCC NACO catalogers can be found in the PCC RDA Update, > May 2012, which will be sent separately. > > > NEWS from the > LIBRARY of CONGRESS > 101 Independence Ave., S.E. > Washington, D.C. 20540 > (202) 707-2905 > www.loc.gov<http://www.loc.gov> > > May 17, 2012 > Press Contact: John Sayers (202) 707-9216, > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > Public Contact: Paul Frank (202) 707-1570, > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > Public Contact: Beth Davis-Brown (202) 707-3301, > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > Program for Cooperative Cataloging at Library of Congress Launches RDA > Cataloger Training > > 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. > > "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. > > 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. > > "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." > > 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." > > The Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) is an international > cooperative effort aimed at expanding access to library collections by > providing useful, timely and cost-effective cataloging that meets > mutually-accepted standards of libraries around the world. For more > information, visit www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/<http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/>. > > Founded in 1800, the Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal > cultural institution and the world's largest library. It seeks to spark > imagination and creativity and to further human understanding by providing > access to its incomparably rich and multi-faceted collections, many of > which are freely available on its website at > www.loc.gov<http://www.loc.gov>. > > # # # > > PR 12-106 > 05-17-2012 > ISSN 0731-3527 > > > If you would rather not receive future communications from Library of > Congress, let us know by clicking > here.<http://LOCPR.pr-optout.com/OptOut.aspx?499x543x54985x1x3215487x24000x6&Email=bbro%40loc.gov> > Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20540-1610 > United States > > >