Saturday, April 17, 2010

NYLINK Workshop: The Future of Cataloging, Syracuse, NY

Seats are filling up for Cataloging Outlook with 2020 Vision, at Le Moyne College in Syracuse on Wednesday May 19: http://nylink.org/education/cat2020.cfm.

Please join us to hear:

· Karen Coyle, discussing the need to re-examine our basic precepts for why we have library catalogs and where we are headed.

· John Myers (Union College) on the latest progress of Resource Description and Access (RDA) and Functional Requirements of Bibliographic Records (FRBR).

· Sandy Card (Binghamton University), informing participants on cooperative cataloging arrangements in place at SUNY libraries.

· Jennifer Bowen (University of Rochester) for an update on the latest developments of the eXtensible Catalog project.

Rounding out the Nylink calendar for April (register today!):
· April 20: Open Source for Websites Series-Drupal
· April 23: True Serials: An Online Demonstration
· April 27: Cataloging E-Books
· April 28: RDA: An Update
· April 29: Introduction to the eXtensible Catalog (XC)
· April 30: Open Source for Libraries
For a complete class schedule and to register please see Nylink’s website: http://nylink.org/education/
Thank you for your interest!