I have only done introductory sessions. However all of my team are senior para-professionals.

I did 2 sessions, one on FRBR & WEMI, the other on the background to RDA and a brief overview of the new standard and the differences between it and AACR2. I did consider omitting FRBR but found that it was very difficult to prepare materials and explain RDA without providing some information on FRBR. I think staff found the FRBR session quite difficult, because of its theoretical nature and also because there are no real practical examples of a catalogue which operates in this way. So I’m unsure just how much they took from the session. They were much more engaged with the RDA session itself.

Rosemary

Can I ask, in terms of training para-professional cataloguing staff are people planning on teaching FRBR and WEMI.  Like Katrina I’ve focused on the actual practicalities of RDA for now with the thought that I will return to FRBR and WEMI when our catalogues are more structured in that way.  But I’d be interested to hear what others are doing.

Helen

Thanks for this Jackie. I’m interested to see you’ve built in time for discussion sessions as well as just training. Do you anticipate continuing these once you start cataloguing fully?

I’m also interested in the whole WEMI thing. I suspect I’ve not given that as much thought as I should have compared to the actual practicalities of doing RDA. Maybe that’s incredibly blinkered of me though…..

Katrina

We have drawn up a training programme to take place over the next few months, starting with an introductory session for all staff, then more tailored sessions for cataloguing staff, with the expectation that they will do some self tutoring probably using the Cambridge materials (thanks very much for these), plus some discussion sessions. As mentioned earlier, trying to explain FRBR, and WEMI etc to the uninitiated, even the initiated, is quite a challenge! 

Jackie 

Good afternoon and welcome back to the discussion on adopting RDA where we’re turning our thoughts to training.

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To start this session, I’d like to start by asking

How did you approach/are you approaching training? – this can be for those in your team, or as touched upon this morning, for those who don’t catalogue directly but still might be affected.

Katrina

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