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Continuing Education Clearinghouse

This page is designed to let people share announcements of continuing education events (e.g., workshops, preconferences, etc.) in all areas of technical services offered ALCTS and its state/regional affiliates, as well as organizations not affiliated with ALCTS. This is also a place where people may share resources, such as handouts, PowerPoint slides, lists of readings, etc. from continuing education events.

Please feel free to share information about an upcoming continuing education event or materials from successful programs in the appropriate categories below. To contribute to any section on this page, please contact:

• Louise Ratliff, UCLA Library Cataloging & Metadata Center Librarian (Email: lratliff@library.ucla.edu )
• J. Parker Owen, DeKalb Technical College Learning Resource Center Librarian (Email: owenp@dekalbtech.edu )
• Feng Shan, Indiana University South Bend, Head of Electronic Services (Email: fshan@iusb.edu )

Note for Editors: Suggested Possible Categories on the CRG Clearinghouse page:

--National level continuing education events sponsored by ALCTS (courses, workshops, preconferences) Acquisitions | Cataloging | Collection | Preservation | Serials --Regional, state or local continuing education events sponsored by ALCTS affiliates --Other continuing education events not sponsored by ALCTS or its affiliates --Materials from successful programs (Handouts, slides, urls, etc.) --Bibliographies/suggested readings --Participant stories/testimonials (Did you attend an excellent CE event? Write about it here)

Current Information about RDA (Resource Description and Access)

• Presentation at California Library Association, November 2010

• RDA Presentation at California Library Association, November 2009

• "The Battle of RDA: Victors or Victims" -- (an RDA resource page by Rick J. Block)

• "Resource Description and Access Happy Fun Time Companion" -- (an amusing introduction to RDA)

As of July 2009 ALA Annual Conference:

• Changes to AACR2 Instructions

• MARC 21 Format 2009 Changes to Accommodate RDA (Draft)

• Site for RDA Testing by U.S. National Libraries and others

• The closest we have to live a demo of RDA

Continuing Education Offerings

National-Level Continuing Education Events Sponsored by ALCTS

• ALCTS Web Courses

Regional, State, and Local Continuing Education Events Sponsored by ALCTS Affiliates

• NCTPG (Calif.) Annual Spring Program
• SCTPG (Calif.) Upcoming Programs
• MLNC (Missouri) Classes and Events
• NOTSL (Ohio) Spring Program
• OhioNET (Ohio) Training Calendar
• OVGTSL (Ohio Valley Region) Upcoming Program

Other Continuing Education Venues

• BCR Training & Continuing Education courses
• Library of Congress Catalogers Learning Workshop
• Lyrasis Classes and Events -- Formed by the merger of PALINET and SOLINET
• Minitex Classes and Events

• NISO Events -- upcoming events including webinars and in-person events

• OCLC Education and Professional Development

• OCLC Western Education and Training

• Serials Cataloging Cooperative Training Program (SCCTP)
• Texas Library Association webinars

For-Profit Continuing Education Offerings

• Neal-Schuman Professional Education Network

Publications & Training Materials

• ALA Professional Resources
• Library of Congress Catalogers Learning Workshop Course Materials (free)
• Online Audiovisual Catalogers (OLAC) Publications
• Serials Cataloging Cooperative Training Program (SCCTP)

Presentations and Webcasts

• Rediscovering our Hidden Collections, California Library Association Conference, Nov. 2010
• BCR Free Friday Forums These are one hour long sessions on a variety of topics, many of which are related to technical services, metadata, and cataloging. Archived Sessions are also available for viewing.
• Presentations on RDA by the Joint Steering Committee