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 Dear Colleagues:

 AACR2 AND METADATA  - An ALCTS Institute, Thursday-Friday, August
16-17,
 2001 in Boston, Massachusetts

 The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (a
division
 of the American Library Association) invites you to participate in the
 "AACR2 and Metadata" Institute, Thursday-Friday, August 16-17, 2001 in
 Boston -- a great way to kick off the 2001 International Federation of
 Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Council and General
 Conference.

 This is one of the most important Institutes for your professional
 development in the 21st Century!  Please sign up immediately!

 The two-day event will offer a wealth of opportunities to hone
practical
 cataloging know how and investigate solutions to integrating resources,

 seriality and other tangled issues in the online and printed
environments
 -- of especial interest to those who face cataloging, collecting, Web
 interface design, or otherwise in the constantly evolving electronic
 environment.

 Find out the most effective and most efficient options for providing
your
 users with access to print and Web resources.  The first day will be
 devoted to a thorough examination of traditional cataloging practices
and
 upcoming changes for monographs and serials, the second day to
exploration
 of a variety of issues related to metadata.  Here are a few of the
areas
 to be covered:

 *       AACR2, Dublin Core, ISSN, MARC 21, RDF, W3C, XML, and
approaches
 to handling metadata
 *       Review of existing cataloging standards (e.g., AACR2, CONSER
 Guidelines, Hallam's Loose-leaf Cataloging, latest proposals and
decisions from JSCAACR, CC:DA and MARBI, etc.)
 *       Discussion on the future of cataloging in the electronic age
and
 the development of new rules, guidelines, and standards for electronic
and integrating resources (e.g., databases, loose-leaf, Web sites, etc.)

 FACULTY MEMBERS AND TOPICS:

 ALCTS had assembled a faculty of distinguished international scholars
to
 speak at the Boston Institute including:

 The keynote address "Cataloging in an Electronic Age" will be delivered
by Michael Gorman, Editor of AACR2 and Dean of Library Services,
California State University, Fresno.

 Matthew Beacom, Catalog Librarian for Networked Information Resources,
 Yale University, "Something Old, Something New: Using AACR2 and MARC to

 Catalog Web Resources";

 Jean Hirons, CONSER Coordinator, Library of Congress, "Seriality: What
 Have We Accomplished, What's Next?";

 Ann Huthwaite, Chair, Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR
 (JSCAACR) and Library Resource Services Manager, Queensland University
of
 Technology, ""AACR and other metadata standards: the way forward";

 Sheila S. Intner, Professor, GSLIS, Simmons College, "Struggling Toward

 Retrieval:  Can Alternatives to Standard Operating Procedures Help?";

 Erik Jul, Executive Director, OCLC Institute "MARC and Mark-up:
Different
 Metadata Containers for Different Purposes";

 Professor Yuan-liang Ma, Director, Shanghai Library, China, "Digital
 Resources and Metadata Application in Shanghai Library"; and

 Regina R. Reynolds, Head, National Serials Data Program, Library of
 Congress, "ISSN: Dumb Number, Smart Solution".

 The Boston Institute registration fee is $325 for ALCTS and New England

 Library Association members; $375 for ALA and IFLA members; $425 for
 non-members.

 AACR and Metadata continue to be vitally important topics, and combined

 with an outstanding faculty and excellent subject matter the regional
 Institute is a MUST attend for today's librarians.

 These Institutes are co-sponsored by the ALCTS SS, Committee to Study
 Serials Cataloging (CSSC), ALCTS CCS Cataloging Committee: Description
and Access (CC:DA) and the ALCTS Networked Resources and Metadata
Committee (NRMC).   A second Institute is scheduled for November 2001 in
Dallas, Texas and a third in the spring of 2002 in San Diego,
California.

 To learn more about the Institutes or to register, see the ALCTS Web
site
 at:  http://www.ala.org/alcts. Or contact:

 Julie Reese, ALCTS Events Manager, American Library Association, 50
East
 Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611, USA, Tel:  1-800-545-2433 ext. 5034,
Fax:
 312-280-5033, Email:  [log in to unmask]

 Or,

 Sally C. Tseng, Chair, ALCTS AACR2 and Metadata Regional Institutes,
and
 Head, Serials Cataloging, Science Library, University of California,
 Irvine, P.O. Box 19557, Irvine, CA 92623-9557, USA, Tel.: 949-824-6832,

 Fax:  949-824-2059, FAX (H):  949-857-1988,
 Email:     [log in to unmask]

 Mary Lynette Larsgaard, Co-Chair, ALCTS AACR2 and Metadata Institutes
 Assistant Head, Map and Imagery Laboratory, Davidson Library
 University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara CA 93106
 Tel.: 805/893-4049  Fax: 805/893-8799
 Email: [log in to unmask]

 Thank you!  We look forward to sharing a very productive Institute with
you.

 Sally
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 Sally Tseng, Chair
 ALCTS AACR2 and Metadata Institutes
 Head, Serials Cataloging                 Telephone:  949-824-6832
 Science Library #331                     Fax:        949-824-2059
 University of California, Irvine         FAX (H):    949-857-1988
 P.O. Box 19557                           email:      [log in to unmask]
 Irvine, CA 92623
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