[Baynet] Los Angeles and Spokane are hosting OCLC Western's popular cataloging classes-MARC 21 in Your Library and Just for Copy Cats

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Los Angeles and Spokane are hosting the popular cataloging classes─MARC 21 in Your Library and Just for Copy Cats 

OCLC Western <blocked::http://visit.oclc.org/t?r=896&c=1606169&l=30874&ctl=221F875:61CED683C78EB2FF86E46DA6EBFB38FED7E1CC818E7927B7&>  is offering the popular, in-person cataloging classes-MARC 21 in Your Library and Just for Copy Cats-in Los Angeles, California and Spokane, Washington. This is the first time these classes have been offered in these areas and are certain to fill up soon, so don't delay─register now!

Please review the course descriptions below. Both classes are designed to support and enhance basic cataloging skill sets, and to prepare you to participate in increasingly responsible levels of cataloging. 

MARC 21 in Your Library

MARC 21 in Your Library is an introduction to all things MARC. It defines what the coding standard is and clarifies how it ties in with our cataloging rules to work in your library's catalog. Upon completion of the course, you should be able to read a MARC record, speak the MARC language, and understand how errors in MARC coding affect an OPAC. 

This one-day, in-person class is not only intended for beginning catalogers; it also has appeal to a broader audience of library professionals. Acquisitions people, managers, even library directors, could also benefit from this class. Aside from understanding the basis of the records that form the backbone of library information systems, it will also provide them with the ability to communicate more effectively with the folks in and around their institution who already "speak MARC."

For a complete description and to register for upcoming sessions of this course, please click on the links below:

March 3, 2009 (Registration Deadline: 2/18/09) <blocked::http://visit.oclc.org/t?r=896&c=1606169&l=30874&ctl=221F870:61CED683C78EB2FF86E46DA6EBFB38FED7E1CC818E7927B7&> 
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time 
Location: Cal State University, L.A. 

May 19, 2009 (Registration Deadline: 4/20/09) <blocked::http://visit.oclc.org/t?r=896&c=1606169&l=30874&ctl=221F870:61CED683C78EB2FF86E46DA6EBFB38FED7E1CC818E7927B7&> 
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time 
Location: Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA  

Just for Copy Cats

Just for Copycats is a two day, in-person, basic introduction to copy cataloging, which primarily covers four subject areas: finding cataloging records you can copy; some of the challenges of doing so; some of the neglected database issues involved; and a brief look at important editing. Upon completion of this course, you should be able to find and copy book records that accurately reflect your items. 

For a beginning cataloger, this workshop is the second step in your journey to excellence (your first step should be MARC 21 in Your Library). A more experienced copy cataloger might also benefit from the course, finding nuggets of new information previously undiscovered.  

For a complete description and to register for upcoming sessions of this course, please click on the links below:

March 4-5, 2009 (Registration Deadline: 2/18/09) <blocked::http://visit.oclc.org/t?r=896&c=1606169&l=30874&ctl=221F871:61CED683C78EB2FF86E46DA6EBFB38FED7E1CC818E7927B7&> 
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time 
Location: Cal State University, L.A.

May 20-21, 2009 (Registration Deadline: 4/20/09) <blocked::http://visit.oclc.org/t?r=896&c=1606169&l=30874&ctl=221F871:61CED683C78EB2FF86E46DA6EBFB38FED7E1CC818E7927B7&> 
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time 
Location: Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA 

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