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Please visit the Candidates for Office page to view the photos and bios for this year’s candidates running for the offices of Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect and Secretary. Thanks to Heather, Sharon, Susan and Euem for volunteering to run — we couldn’t do it without you!
Our next RDA Practice Group Meeting will be on May 11 from 9 am – 12 pm at Nebraska Wesleyan University in the library. Information on maps and parking are found on the group wiki.
http://rdapractice.pbworks.com/w/page/50284619/FrontPage
This session will focus on creating simple monographic records using RDA. For those who can attend, please visit the May 11 link on the wiki frontpage for information on the agenda topics and things that you can do to prepare ahead of class so that we can hit the ground running that day.
We will be using the RDA Toolkit online and the Connexion browser for this class. If you have a login for these, please bring them to class.
Lastly, please let Casey Kralik (email: casey.kralik@bellevue.edu) know if you plan to attend by May 4th.
The TSRT/ITART Spring Meeting begins in less than 24 hours! Are you ready? We have been working hard to make sure everything falls into place for Friday the 13th. We are very excited to announce that we will have 60 attendees this year coming to the Bellevue University campus (Administrative Services Building). In preparation for tomorrow’s events, the Spring Meeting page has had some additions. Please check the page for:
Please feel free to give me a call at 402-557-7309 or email casey.kralik@bellevue.edu if you need assistance.
The RDA Practice Group will have its second meeting at the UNO Library, room 112, on Friday, March 23rd from 9 am to 12 pm. The main focus of this meeting is to discuss resources with major emphasis on navigating the toolkit. In addition, we will have a question and answer period so be prepared with any questions regarding RDA and the toolkit that you might have.
Please take a look at the group’s wiki to view information about our group, past meetings, resources and RDA announcements.
As always, anyone can attend and there is no fee. We operate on the generosity of our host institution. If you would like to be a host institution, please contact Casey Kralik (casey.kralik@bellevue.edu) for a future meeting.
If you would like to join us for the second meeting, please RSVP to Casey Kralik (casey.kralik@bellevue.edu) by March 16.
Don’t forget – registration is currently open for the TSRT/ITART Spring Meeting. The meeting will be held on Friday, April 13, in the Administrative Services Building on the Bellevue University campus.
To register, fill out the online registration form. We have recently added a reduced registration rate of $15 for students. To get this rate, you must be a current library science student and a member of NLA.
Attendees can receive up to 4 continuing education credits for this meeting. Please fill out the Nebraska Library Commission CE form after attending.
For more information about the meeting, see the TSRT Spring Meeting web page.
The Library of Congress has announced its Long-Range RDA Training Plan, which outlines the process that will be used to train LC catalogers to work with RDA. The plan also includes an RDA implementation date of March 31, 2013. An announcement about the plan, as well as the full text of the plan itself, is available on the Library of Congress web site.
Would you like to learn more about RDA? Interested in getting your feet wet in creating RDA records? Do you have questions about RDA and are not sure who to ask?
The Library of Congress plans to implement RDA (Resource, Description and Access) no sooner than January 2013. Many of us have already been to countless workshops and webinars on RDA but most of us have not been to a workshop where hands-on work has been done. In light of this, I have proposed to a group of willing catalogers that we form an RDA Practice Group.
Our group would meet once a month (typically the 4th Friday) to practice creating RDA records, lead discussions on RDA resources and answer any questions you may have on RDA from creating workflow to navigating the RDA Toolkit.
A wiki has been created and will be shared with participants. On the wiki, we hope to place practice examples and records, questions/answers and links to valuable RDA resources and news.
Who can attend? Anyone who is interested in learning more about RDA and can dedicate their time to a 3-4 hour meeting.
Our first meeting will be on February 24th, 2012 at UNL at 9 a.m. (exact location and details forthcoming). We plan to work on creating records for monograph books.
If you would like to join us, please RSVP to Casey Kralik (casey.kralik@bellevue.edu) by February 17, 2012, and she can let you know what you will need to bring to the first meeting.
Are you looking for a unique continuing education experience for 2012? Consider learning computer programing through Code Year, a learning experience offered by Code Academy. By completing one lesson a week, you will be introduced to the basics of programming over the course of the year.
If you complete the whole year, you can earn 15 C.E. credits through the Nebraska Library Commission. See this blog post for details.
If you are a cataloger, you can find support from a huge community of catalogers participating in Code Year. See this blog post for a list of participants, and join this wiki to keep in touch with the participating catalogers.
The first lesson was sent out this Monday, January 9, but if you join now, you should be able to catch up quickly.
As the end of the year approaches, now is the time to start thinking about renewing your NLA membership. NLA is encouraging online renewals this year (you don’t have to submit your payment online if you don’t want to; even filling out your form online and then sending a check will greatly help to streamline the renewal process). To renew online, go to the NLA website, select Member Resources from the menu across the top of the page, and then choose Member Renew.
While you are renewing, if you are not already a member of the Technical Services Round Table, please consider joining us. TSRT membership only costs $5.
Building the Digital Library
Bellevue University, Bellevue, Nebraska
April 13, 2012
Technical Services Round Table is seeking presentations for our 2012 spring meeting, which will be held on the Bellevue University campus on April 13, 2012. The theme is “Building the Digital Library,” and we invite you to submit your proposals for presentations, panel discussions, and posters focusing on the various aspects of creating, building, sharing, and collaborating on digital libraries and their collections. Desirable topics include metadata, digital archiving, management and storage, and digital curation of electronic formats from books and documents to journals and music. Presentation length of time desired: 50 minutes.
Please submit proposals to casey.kralik@bellevue.edu by January 16, 2012. Include the following information in your proposal: Presenter name, session or poster title, session or poster description, technology needed, and your contact information.