Fwd: AACR2 2002 & Metadata Institute in San Jose, CA

[Roy Tennant]

Forwarded by request of "Kirsten Ahlen" <emailrobot at massmail.ala.org>, 
please do not respond to me.
Roy

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> From: "Kirsten Ahlen" <emailrobot at massmail.ala.org>
> Date: Fri Dec 13, 2002  9:07:37 PM US/Pacific
> Subject: AACR2 2002 & Metadata Institute in San Jose, CA
>
> Please forward this to anyone who may benefit.
>
> ALCTS AACR2 2002 and Metadata Regional Institute
>
> After two sold out offerings in early November, the Association for
> Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), the leader in the
> collection development and technical services profession, is pleased to
> announce another offering of the popular AACR2 2002 and Metadata
> regional institute in San Jose, CA on April 4-5, 2003.
>
> For more information and registration, please visit the ALCTS web site
> at http://www.ala.org/alcts.
>
> The ALCTS AACR2 2002 and Metadata regional institute includes experts
> speaking and training on new concepts, revised and expanded chapters of
> the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd Edition, 2002 Revised 
> Edition,
> MARC 21, and the applications of these rules and formats.  It also
> explores new approaches to cataloging resources, especially the
> practicalities of dealing with metadata for Web resources with a vision
> for the future.
>
> Learn from the experts the most effective and most efficient
> applications for cataloging by applying the new concepts and new and
> revised rules included in AACR2 2002 chapters 1, 3, 9, 12, 21 and other
> relevant chapters.   New information and revisions to AACR2 will be
> compared and implications for MARC 21 will be included in the
> presentations.
>
> Scopes and topics range from cataloging in a dynamic electronic age to
> the how-to's of creating records in various formats including:
> cartographic materials, continuing resources, databases, electronic
> resources, newly defined integrating resources, legal and loose-leaf
> publications, serials, three dimensional items, video recordings, 
> visual
> images and web sites.  Also included are the steps to building a
> metadata repository, standards, thesauri and the development of
> authority files to enhance end-user access as a means to provide
> integrated access to diverse information resources.
>
> Topics
>
> Acclaimed library professionals and educators have been invited to 
> serve
> as faculty for this institute.  They will give in-depth presentation on
> the following topics:
>
> --"AACR and Metadata: Library Opportunities in the Global Semantic Web 
> -
> LC, IFLA, Dublin Core, Virtual International Authority Files, and More"
> --"More Than Books:  Access to Locally-Held Materials in Alternative
> Media"
> --"The New Chapter 12 for AACR 2002"
> --"Electronic Integrating Resources: AACR 2002 for Updating Web Sites
> and Databases" and "Chapter 9 Changes for Both Direct and Remote Access
> E-Resources"
> --"Chapter 3 Twenty Years Later:  Changes in Cataloging Cartographic
> Materials"
> --"There Ought to be A Law:  AACR2 2002 Amendments, Integrating
> Resources and Updating Loose-Leafs"
> --"Developing the Metadata Repository"
> --"Metadata Schemas and Controlled Vocabularies for Art, Architecture,
> and Material Culture"
>
> ALCTS is proud to sponsor this critically important AACR2 2002 and
> Metadata regional institutes. To become a well-informed and
> knowledgeable librarian for the 21st Century, visit the ALCTS web site
> at http://www.ala.org/alcts.
>
> Space is limited. Sign up today for an ALCTS AACR2 2002 and Metadata
> Institute!
>
> The registration deadline is March 28. Registration will be taken
> on-site if space is available.
>
> Registration fees:
> Register by March 13: $425 for ALCTS Members; $475 for ALA Members; 
> $525
> for Non-Members; $250 for Full-Time Students.
>
> Register after March 13: $475 for ALCTS Members; $525 for ALA Members;
> $575 for Non-Members; $300 for Full-Time Students.
>
> For more information or to register contact Kirsten Ahlen, ALCTS, 50 E.
> Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; 1-800-545-2433 ext. 5037; kahlen at ala.org
>
>
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