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FW: [rdaaust] RDA awareness training
by Chris Rae Todd 02 Nov '12

02 Nov '12

Hi All, This email came through on the Australian RDA list so I am sending it on to CatSIG, just in case anyone is interested. Chris Chris (Christine) Todd Team Leader, Cataloguing Team 1 National Library of New Zealand The Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua Direct Dial: +64 4 474 3093 email: chris.rae.todd(a)dia.govt.nz<mailto:chris.rae.todd@dia.govt.nz> The National Library is pleased to announce the official reopening on 27 November 2012 of its refurbished Wellington building. If you just can't wait come to our building on Molesworth Street between 10am - 5pm Monday - Saturday to find out more about what we have on offer - the Alexander Turnbull Reading Rooms and Turnbull Gallery are open now. . From: rdaaust-request(a)nla.gov.au [mailto:rdaaust-request@nla.gov.au] On Behalf Of Lynn Farkas Sent: Monday, 29 October 2012 4:06 p.m. To: aglin-l(a)nla.gov.au; rdaaust(a)nla.gov.au Subject: [rdaaust] RDA awareness training Dear Colleagues (including managers, supervisors and non-cataloguers!), apologies for cross-posting Lynn Farkas Information Services is pleased to announce the first of a series of training sessions on the introduction of RDA (Resource Description and Access), the new cataloguing guidelines. Our first two offerings will centre around 'RDA Awareness' - getting staff at all levels to think about how RDA will affect their areas and their clients. Cataloguing is the engine that drives library services, so changes in how and what libraries catalogue will have a flow-on effect to all other parts of the organisation. The sessions we outline below address that impact. They are designed to help your staff think about, and begin planning for, appropriate change. Our RDA awareness courses are short 1-hour introductions to specific topics, targeting the needs of non-cataloguing staff, team leaders, section heads and library managers - as well as practicing cataloguers. Please note that we will be offering more intensive full-day training for cataloguers (focusing on the practical details of cataloguing with RDA) in the first quarter of 2013, closer to the time when many national services will be cataloguing with the new guidelines. Course Details Course title: Managing RDA Venue: Lynn Farkas Information Services, 18 Howchin Place, Torrens ACT Duration: 1 hour Presenters: Lynn Farkas, Helen Rowe Date: Thursday, 22nd November 2012 Time: 9am - 10am Cost: $88.00 per person, including GST Summary: This session introduces RDA and explains how it affects various aspects of libraries and their user services. We deal in turn with the implications for customer services staff, top management, and cataloguing managers and supervisors. This session is designed for supervisors and managers at all levels, who have practical concerns about whether and/or how their sections might need to adjust policies and procedures. The focus of the session is on change management, policy planning and awareness of implementation decisions. Note: although we will refer to some of the new RDA guidelines to illustrate areas which might be affected, this course will not cover the cataloguing differences between RDA and AACR2 in detail. Can't get away from your office? Why not join our Webinar on Tuesday 27th November 2012, from 2.30pm to 3.30pm. The cost is the same - $88.00 per person (including GST) Course title: Managing RDA Venue: interactive online Webinar session accessed from your desktop Duration: 1 hour Presenters: Lynn Farkas, Helen Rowe Date: Tuesday 27th November 2012 Time: 2.30pm - 3.30pm Cost: $88.00 per person, including GST Summary: as above. Course title: Demystifying FRBR and FRAD Venue: interactive online Webinar session accessed from your desktop Duration: 1 hour Presenters: Lynn Farkas, Helen Rowe Date: Thursday 29th November 2012 Time: 10am - 11am Cost: $88.00 per person, including GST Summary: If you're not even sure what FRBR or FRAD are, this session is for you! We will explain FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) and FRAD (Functional Requirements for Authority Data) and how they underpin the new RDA cataloguing guidelines. More importantly, we will explain why you need to know about them and how this will help your cataloguing workflow. This session is designed to get staff used to new ways of thinking about cataloguing, in preparation for using the new RDA guidelines. The focus of the session is on understanding FRBR/FRAD concepts and terminology, with a practical interactive exercise to help consolidate these ideas. Cataloguers will find it particularly useful as a prequel to RDA training - and it will also help non-cataloguing staff understand this new initiative. This session is only offered as a Webinar at this stage. Note: Although we may refer to some of the new RDA guidelines to illustrate FRBR concepts, this course will not cover the cataloguing differences between RDA and AACR2 in detail. Never participated in a Webinar before? We'll send you details of how to 'attend' and what to expect. The Presenters Our presenters Lynn Farkas and Helen Rowe are experienced cataloguers, qualified trainers and designated RDA trainers. Both Helen and Lynn recently completed the National Library's intensive 'train-the-trainer' RDA course - so you'll be in good hands! Bookings Course sizes are limited for both face-to-face sessions and webinars. To book for either of these courses, please email Helen Rowe therowes3(a)bigpond.com<mailto:therowes3@bigpond.com>. If you are interested in 'Managing RDA', please ensure you state your preference for the face-to-face or Webinar option. We look forward to training you. Lynn Farkas Director, Lynn Farkas Information Services P/L PO Box 7068, Farrer, ACT 2607 Phone (02) 6286 4818 ==== CAUTION: This email message and any attachments contain information that may be confidential and may be LEGALLY PRIVILEGED. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure or copying of this message or attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email message in error please notify us immediately and erase all copies of the message and attachments. Thank you. ====

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RDA records in Wellington City Libraries' catalogue
by Pauline Hayter 02 Nov '12

02 Nov '12

Hi All Thanks for that message Chris, WCL's catalogue currently includes about 130 RDA records residing (almost) happily alongside the AACR2 ones. In answer to your four questions: A) No reactions so far from staff outside cataloguing, or our patrons B) & C) As we can dictate (through the use of what are called "Bib forms") what tags/subfields can display in our OPAC (our in-house system is CARLX) there is no problem with display of the full record, although currently we do have a problem with the 264 tag, subfield "c" in the search results lists - our parameters generate publication date display in short title records (in all modules) from 260/c, so any RDA records with a 264 tag will not display a date - we have requested a change to our parameters from the CARL/TLC folk but I don't think that will happen in a hurry - therefore we have decided (for now) to change the 264 tag to a 260 tag in our own system after bringing the record in. D) We do not edit any RDA records on the NUC and do minimal editing on them in our own system - mainly because a little knowledge is a dangerous thing! - but sometimes add pagination, or fix the copyright date symbol. I have been looking at documentation on the internet which has been helpfully put up there by some caring cataloguers - there are some editing cheat sheets which may be useful on the Special Libraries Cataloguing site:- http://special-cataloguing.com/node/1408 & lately I have been looking at Yale University's documentation - an example here re the 264 tag:- http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/Orbis2Manual/CIP2RDA.htm & I have also gone through LC's "Using the RDA toolkit" document:- http://www.loc.gov/aba/rda/pdf/ToolkitCourse.pdf to help with navigating the RDA rules universe. We will have to develop, or are willing to work with others to develop, some kind of cheatsheet or a set of guidelines for how to deal with editing CIP RDA records - at the moment we are just letting sleeping dogs lie pretty much, but that can't last ... Regards Pauline Pauline Hayter Advanced Cataloguer Wellington City Libraries ph. 04-801-4094 Email: Pauline.hayter(a)wcc.govt.nz

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RDA Records in NZ library catalogues
by Chris Rae Todd 02 Nov '12

02 Nov '12

Hi All, Janess, Charlotte and I have been thinking about what might be helpful for people in dealing with RDA right now - with more records becoming available and while we're still in a pre-implementation period. Here are some thoughts that we hope might be useful 1. Looking at RDA records so that we gain some idea of their content and some of the differences between RDA and AACR2. The recent CatSIG RDA seminar included an activity looking at records. This is available on the DescribeNZ wiki at http://nznuc-cataloguing.pbworks.com/w/file/59465135/Identifying%20RDA%20Re… It is also possible to look for RDA records in the NUC, the New Zealand Libraries Catalogue and the National Library's own catalogue, by searching on the keyword "rdacarrier" 2. Assessing how RDA records function in our catalogues at the moment. Some libraries will already have quite a few RDA records in their catalogues and it would be useful share experiences of a) any reactions to the records from other staff and users b) how the records display in your OPAC and how the new fields are (or aren't) indexed c) anything about these records that you are having to change at the moment so that they work in your system d) anything about these records that you have questions about and are wondering how or whether to edit. National Library of New Zealand has about 100 RDA records in our catalogue at the moment. Our answers to the above questions are as follows: a) With so few records it's no surprise that we have had no comments from other staff about any changes (with the exception of one former cataloguer who noticed some differences in record content). b) At present our Voyager OPAC doesn't display the 336-338 fields (the content type, media type and carrier type fields) but these fields are indexed in the general keyword index. The new MARC 264 field covering publication/ distribution, copyright, etc. also doesn't display in the OPAC. We will look at getting this changed. Relationship designators (e.g. author, illustrator, librettist) display in the OPAC and are indexed in the general keyword index. c) With so few records coming in at this stage, we have done virtually no editing. The one change we made to a record was to get the copyright symbol to display correctly. d) We haven't had any RDA records come in that seemed to need lots of changes yet, although we realise that we will need to look at CiP records at some stage. I'm hoping the comments that come in for c) and d) will help us develop some kind of cheatsheet or set of guidelines to deal with RDA records in this transition period. If there are libraries that have already developed something of this sort, or found someone else's guidelines that you are following, it would be great if you were willing to share this with the rest of us. Have a good weekend Chris Chris (Christine) Todd Team Leader, Cataloguing Team 1 National Library of New Zealand The Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua Direct Dial: +64 4 474 3093 email: chris.rae.todd(a)dia.govt.nz<mailto:chris.rae.todd@dia.govt.nz> The National Library is pleased to announce the official reopening on 27 November 2012 of its refurbished Wellington building. If you just can't wait come to our building on Molesworth Street between 10am - 5pm Monday - Saturday to find out more about what we have on offer - the Alexander Turnbull Reading Rooms and Turnbull Gallery are open now. ==== CAUTION: This email message and any attachments contain information that may be confidential and may be LEGALLY PRIVILEGED. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure or copying of this message or attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email message in error please notify us immediately and erase all copies of the message and attachments. Thank you. ====

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Enhanced bibliographic records on the NUC
by Janess Stewart 19 Oct '12

19 Oct '12

Upgraded records As part of the Maximising Te Puna Value programme, the National Library of New Zealand recently made available in the National Union Catalogue (NUC) its back files of pre-publication ISSN and ISBN records. We will continue to add these records and Cataloguing-in-Publication (CiP) records to the NUC as part of our standard workflow. All of these records are for resources that fit the scope of the New Zealand National Bibliography: http://nznuc-cataloguing.pbworks.com/w/page/57060042/Scope%20of%20the%20New… The National Library is now offering monthly MARC files of bibliographic records that have been upgraded to full records on the NUC. The files include: · records that were previously ISSN or ISBN or ISMN pre-publication records * records that were previously CiP records * records that were previously short records added by other libraries Libraries will be able to use these MARC files to upgrade in their local systems short bibliographic records that they have brought in previously from the NUC. These records are only for material in scope for the New Zealand National Bibliography. The files are available on the National Library website at http://beta.natlib.govt.nz/librarians/te-puna/te-puna-records Tables of Contents (TOCs) Since 2010 cataloguers at the National Library of New Zealand have been adding table of contents information to records for New Zealand published material in accordance with the policy available on the DescribeNZ wiki: http://nznuc-cataloguing.pbworks.com/w/page/38345509/National%20Library%20o… A recent project to add TOCs to New Zealand and Pacific monographs published between 2005 and 2009 resulted in nearly 2000 TOCs being added to bibliographic records on the NUC. Ten Dewey-sequenced MARC files have been created and libraries will be able to use these MARC files to upgrade bibliographic records in their local systems that they have previously brought in from the NUC. The MARC files of these records are available on the National Library website at http://beta.natlib.govt.nz/librarians/te-puna/te-puna-records Book awards The National Library of New Zealand has been addding notes to bibliographic records when a publication is the winner of a major New Zealand book award e.g. the New Zealand Post Book Awards. A MARC file of these records has been created and libraries will be able to use them to upgrade bibliographic records in their local systems that they have previously brought in from the NUC. The MARC file is available on the National Library website at http://beta.natlib.govt.nz/librarians/te-puna/te-puna-records Janess Stewart Team Leader Serials Cataloguing Team Collection Description National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa Knowledge, Information, Research and Technology Branch The Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua Direct Dial: +64 4 474 3118 Extn: 4918 Fax: +64 4 474 3161 email: janess.stewart(a)dia.govt.nz<mailto:janess.stewart@natlib.govt.nz> www.dia.govt.nz<http://www.dia.govt.nz/> The National Library is pleased to announce the official reopening on 27 November 2012 of its refurbished Wellington building. If you just can’t wait come to our building on Molesworth Street between 10am – 5pm Monday – Saturday to find out more about what we have on offer - the Alexander Turnbull Reading Rooms and Turnbull Gallery are open now. ==== CAUTION: This email message and any attachments contain information that may be confidential and may be LEGALLY PRIVILEGED. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure or copying of this message or attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email message in error please notify us immediately and erase all copies of the message and attachments. Thank you. ====

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RDA for non-cataloguers
by Chris Rae Todd 17 Oct '12

17 Oct '12

Hi folks, Here are two presentations that introduce RDA to non-cataloguers. The first is a 2010 presentation by Judy Kuhagen of the Library of Congress for the LC reference staff, and the second is a much shorter and more general presentation that I gave at the 2010 LIANZA but it has been updated slightly for 2012. 1. http://www.rda-jsc.org/docs/10_11_30_LCReferencestaffbriefingrev2011.ppt 2. RDA: Coming Soon to a Catalogue Near You powerpoint: http://nznuc-cataloguing.pbworks.com/w/file/58870591/RDA%20Coming%20Soon%20… If anyone has come across other presentations of this kind, please send them to the CatSIG list. Many thanks Chris Chris (Christine) Todd Team Leader, Cataloguing Team 1 National Library of New Zealand The Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua Direct Dial: +64 4 474 3093 email: chris.rae.todd(a)dia.govt.nz<mailto:chris.rae.todd@dia.govt.nz> ==== CAUTION: This email message and any attachments contain information that may be confidential and may be LEGALLY PRIVILEGED. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure or copying of this message or attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email message in error please notify us immediately and erase all copies of the message and attachments. Thank you. ====

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CatSIG RDA Seminars
by Chris Rae Todd 12 Oct '12

12 Oct '12

Apologies for cross-posting. Thank you to everyone who attended an RDA seminar at the end of last month. We were very fortunate in having Barbara Tillett as our key speaker. The feedback from the Palmerston North and Dunedin groups has been very positive. The Auckland group also had a great atmosphere, but as we didn't deliver their evaluation forms until after the seminar, we haven't heard back from people yet. The main issue identified was the time constraints in Palmerston North which limited the opportunities for discussion. There are two main messages that came through, both at the seminars and in your evaluation forms. 1. People would like more practical engagement with RDA. The activity that involved examining records was very well-received. 1. One size will not fit all when it comes to RDA training. Libraries vary in the amount of original cataloguing versus copy-cataloguing that they do. They vary in their use of the MARC format. They vary in the ways they are able to interact with their library system, and the best time to think about moving to a new cataloguing standard also varies from library to library. So where to from here? 1. The three National Library cataloguing team leaders are definitely attending the National Library of Australia's RDA Train the Trainer course in early November. This will provide us with training and materials that we could use to offer some form of RDA training in New Zealand, depending on all those variables I mentioned above. 2. The first impact of RDA that is affecting libraries is the increase in the number of RDA records coming in to the NUC from OCLC. I will send a separate email, after Labour Weekend, to start some discussion about how different libraries are dealing with RDA records at present. I'm hoping that this discussion can lead to the development of factsheets or guidelines that we can all use during this transition period. I will be on leave next week, but back again after Labour Weekend to continue this work. If people have thoughts about RDA training please do send them to this list or directly to me if you prefer. Have a great weekend everyone Chris Chris (Christine) Todd Team Leader, Cataloguing Team 1 National Library of New Zealand The Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua Direct Dial: +64 4 474 3093 email: chris.rae.todd(a)dia.govt.nz<mailto:chris.rae.todd@dia.govt.nz> ==== CAUTION: This email message and any attachments contain information that may be confidential and may be LEGALLY PRIVILEGED. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure or copying of this message or attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email message in error please notify us immediately and erase all copies of the message and attachments. Thank you. ====

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Moving on from the MARC format
by Chris Rae Todd 12 Oct '12

12 Oct '12

Here are links to two presentations for people who are interested in the Bibliographic Framework initiative of the Library of Congress. 1. Sally McCallum's presentation from a talk given at IGeLU: http://igelu.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/IGeLU-sally-McCallum.pptx plus a transcript of Sally's talk by Chris Keene of the University of Sussex at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wDvBYFmXMooChQP7ZJ5Upts7ueRlpykAuDySgIl… 2. Library of Congress New Bibliographic Framework Initiative: Update Forum http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5605 Speaker: Eric Miller Co-Founder and President of Zepheira The Library of Congress has contracted with Zepheira to help accelerate the launch of the Bibliographic Framework Initiative. The new bibliographic framework project will be focused on the Web environment, Linked Data principles and mechanisms, and the Resource Description Framework (RDF) as a basic data model. Zepheira, led by Eric Miller, has been active in the development of Semantic Web and library standards as well as open source tools to support linked data technologies and library applications. Zepheira will provide both a model (or models) to serve as a starting point for discussion and an analysis of related initiatives. The Library anticipates an iterative process, drawing from feedback from the community, and a subsequent progression of requirements. The stated goals are a flexible bibliographic framework, a robust reference code, a supporting infrastructure for deployment, and an effective migration plan from MARC to a new framework. Cheers Chris Chris (Christine) Todd Team Leader, Cataloguing Team 1 National Library of New Zealand The Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua Direct Dial: +64 4 474 3093 email: chris.rae.todd(a)dia.govt.nz<mailto:chris.rae.todd@dia.govt.nz> ==== CAUTION: This email message and any attachments contain information that may be confidential and may be LEGALLY PRIVILEGED. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure or copying of this message or attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email message in error please notify us immediately and erase all copies of the message and attachments. Thank you. ====

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New issue of Catapult
by Sonya Maclaurin 08 Oct '12

08 Oct '12

Dear colleague, The latest issue of Catapult is now available on the DescribeNZ wiki: http://nznuc-cataloguing.pbworks.com/w/page/54647809/Catapult Sonya Maclaurin (Secretary of CatSIG) Sonya Maclaurin Bibliographic Access & Metadata Librarian University of Otago Library PO Box 56 Dunedin 9054 NEW ZEALAND ph (03) 479 4974, fax (03) 479 7640 email sonya.maclaurin(a)otago.ac.nz

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12/379 Team Leader, Cataloguing vacancy
by Sonya Maclaurin 08 Oct '12

08 Oct '12

Team Leader, Cataloguing Full time, Permanent Salary Range: $65,969 - $89,252 Are you committed to metadata for resource discovery and access? Do you want to help shape what the National Library will do to make New Zealand metadata more useful and accessible? Come and help lead the people who catalogue the published collections of the National Library and the Alexander Turnbull Library and create the New Zealand National Bibliography. We are looking for someone who: * Enjoys motivating people and working with a high-performing team; * Enjoys problem-solving and would relish the chance to lead one of our cataloguing teams as we implement the new international cataloguing guidelines, Resource Description and Access; * Enjoys thinking about descriptive practices and how these need to develop to meet the changing environment and user needs; * Has at least five years' post-qualification experience, including substantial experience with descriptive practices; * Is enthusiastic, energetic and has a sense of humour. This position will give you the chance to demonstrate these skills, help develop national policy, and work with a great team in a strongly collegial environment. A degree and a library qualification or a degree and professional registration with LIANZA is required. For more information please contact Kim Gutchlag, Manager, Collection Description on kim.gutchlag(a)dia.govt.nz<mailto:kim.gutchlag@dia.govt.nz> or telephone (04) 474 3085 Applications close 16 October 2012

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TMQ Webinar-OCLC JCCw Dec 5-6 and Dec 12-13: Now on OCLC Training Portal
by Janess Stewart 04 Oct '12

04 Oct '12

Posted on behalf of Deborah Fritz. For any libraries that need this training, the "Just for Copy Cats" workshop is being offered for the first time ever as an OCLC webinar, split over four days Dec 5-6 and Dec 12-13 from 1:00-4:00pm each day (EDT--Florida time). This two-part course outlines the basic principles of copy cataloging in a MARC record environment. It will introduce you to the art of: finding cataloging records that you can copy; ensuring that those records really match your resources; and fixing the really important things that might need fixing in those records. Click here for more details about the contents of the course<http://www.marcofquality.com/trn/introductory.html> See the OCLC Training Portal for more details about this workshop and to register: Just for CopyCats. Part 2, Matching and Essential Editing-AACR/MARC (TMQ) Thanks, Deborah - - - Deborah Fritz TMQ, Inc. deborah(a)marcofquality.com<mailto:deborah@marcofquality.com> www.marcofquality.com<http://www.marcofquality.com> ==== CAUTION: This email message and any attachments contain information that may be confidential and may be LEGALLY PRIVILEGED. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure or copying of this message or attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email message in error please notify us immediately and erase all copies of the message and attachments. Thank you. ====

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