Sorry everyone - obviously that wasn't meant for the whole list!
Kate
At 16:14 18/02/2008, you wrote:
>Hi there
>
>If I can get a place, can I go to this please?
>
>Kate
>
>
>At 15:52 18/02/2008, you wrote:
>>Cataloguing Practice, 6 March 2008, at Aslib, London
>>Programme Features:A practical course, for
>>people with cataloguing experience, on using
>>AACR2 (Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules 2nd
>>ed.) and the MARC (MAchine Readable Catalogue) Manual.
>>- Introduction: the essential principles and
>>purposes of cataloguing - The tools available:
>>AACR2; MARC (UKMARC, USMARC, MARC21) ;
>>authority files - The tools in use: AACR2
>>descriptions; AACR2 access points; MARC coding
>>- The manual product: physical formats; guides
>>- The automated product: OPACs as the output
>>user interface; adding further data to increase
>>user access through the OPAC - Practical
>>exercises including: making simple and complex
>>records for different types of material;
>>building an authority file; developing Local
>>Practice Notes; accessing and using records in online OPACs via the Internet.
>>Why you should attend:If you have experience of
>>cataloguing or database compilation but need
>>guidance or practice using AACR2 and MARC
>>(including MARC21), or want to refresh
>>knowledge gained some time ago, this course
>>will give you the skills needed, including some
>>practice in using online public access
>>catalogues (OPACs) and thinking about their
>>design criteria. Participants are invited to
>>bring typical material from their collections
>>to form a group of items that can be considered
>>in the practical sessions. This course is not
>>aimed at complete beginners; they would benefit
>>by taking Aslib's companion course Basic Cataloguing and Indexing.
>>On completing this course, you will be able to:
>>- make catalogue records for a wide variety of
>>different information forms encountered in your
>>workplace, at an appropriate level for your users
>>- provide suitable access points for these records
>>- add further access possibilities for an automated catalogue
>>- develop Local Practice Notes appropriate to your collection and users
>>- build an authority file
>>- organise your collection appropriately for users' needs
>>- make appropriate recommendations on choice of OPAC software
>>Course Director: James Shearer. James is an
>>Information Consultant and a part-time Senior
>>Lecturer at a Business School, where he teaches
>>undergraduate and postgraduate classes
>>concerned with information management and
>>information strategy. Particular interests are
>>information strategy, information retrieval,
>>database development, and knowledge management.
>>He has taught a number of short course in the
>>UK and abroad dealing with aspects of
>>information retrieval and has published, with
>>Alan Thomas, two books: Cataloguing and
>>classification : trends, transformation,
>>teaching and training (Haworth Press, 1997) and
>>Internet searching and indexing : the subject
>>approach (Haworth Press, 2000). He is currently
>>researching the use of thesauri as an aid to knowledge capture.
>>Course fee: £260+VAT (Aslib Corporate members)/£325+VAT (non members)
>>To book your place, please visit: http://www.aslib.com/training/4/03.html
>>Nicole Adamides, ASLIB Training
>>The Holywell Centre, 1 Phipp Street, London, EC2A 4PS
>>Tel: 020 7613 3031 Fax: 020 7613 5080
>>www.aslib.com/training Email: [log in to unmask]
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