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The Multimedia Information and Technology Group (North West) is pleased to
announce a days training entitled:

Coming to terms with MARC 21

Liverpool John Moores University, 9.15am - 4.30p.m., Tuesday 22nd March 2005

It may have come to your attention that there is a helpful solution to the
metadata muddle – it is called MARC 21. MARC 21 is also the replacement for
the UK MARC format. If this is news to you then this is day course will
provide the introduction you need

 Programme

9.15 Registration and Tea/coffee

9.30 Introduction to the day

9.45 Face it MARC 21 is the future

10.00 The MARC 21 difference

10.45 Using the new format

11.00 Coffee

11.15 MARC 21 – the joy of format integration
Building your competence – using common fields

12.20 Consolidation of morning sessions

12.30 Lunch

1.15 Reviewing the potential of fixed fields in MARC 21
Few considered the fixed field in UKMARC – all this changes with MARC 21
linked to more powerful search facilities

3.00 Tea / Coffee

3.15 The wider world of MARC 21
Holdings, community information and specifically the Authority format

4.00 Review and feedback

4.30 Close


Presenter : Keith V. Trickey FCILIP

Keith has delivered training in the MARC format for many years. He was
awarded the Alan Jeffreys Award in 1997 for developing training in this
area. His training is both rigorous and entertaining, no matter how
unpromising the topic!
He works for Liverpool John Moores University, Cilip CPD programme,
Manchester Business School and Sherrington Sanders as an in house trainer.
Recent clients include the National Library of Barbados, British Council,
Clifford Chance, House of Lords, University of Birmingham, University of
Salford, Open University.

To be held at:

School of Business Information
Liverpool John Moores University
John Foster Building
98 Mount Pleasant
Liverpool

Refreshments provided

Costs will be £80.00 + VAT (£94.00) per person

*****Places are limited to 18 – please book early via the MMIT(NW) web site

http://www.bolton.ac.uk/learning/mmitnw/forms/booking.doc