Kia ora koutou, I know it’s hard to think about training in 2019 as we wind down to Christmas, but these webinars look timely and relevant. Kia pai tō rā! Nā Anoushka Anoushka McGuire | Team Leader, Cataloguing Team 1 National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa Direct Dial: +64 4 470 4524 | www.natlib.govt.nzhttp://www.natlib.govt.nz/ The National Library of New Zealand is part of the Department of Internal Affairs From: rdaaust-request@nla.gov.au [mailto:rdaaust-request@nla.gov.au] On Behalf Of Farkas Training Sent: Monday, 3 December 2018 4:52 PM To: aglin-l@nla.gov.au; aliacatlibs@lists.alia.org.au; librariesaustralia-l@nla.gov.au; librariesaustraliadocdel-l@nla.gov.au; rdaaust@nla.gov.au; wain@lists.curtin.edu.au Subject: [rdaaust] Latest RDA Webinar Dear Colleagues (apologies for cross-posting). Lynn Farkas Information Services is pleased to offer ‘Demystifying Linked Data’ as the next topic in our ‘Getting Ready for RDA 2.0’ webinar series. Course details are below. Course title: Demystifying Linked Data Venue: Online Webinar session accessed from your desktop. Duration: 1.5 hours Presenters: Lynn Farkas, Helen Rowe Date: Wednesday, 23 January 2019 Time: 11.00am - 12.30pm, Australian Eastern Daylight Savings time Cost: $95.00 per person, including GST group discounts (for 6+ from the same organizational email) are available on request Participation: If you have never attended a webinar, we’ll send you details of what to expect. There will be time allocated to answer questions. Summary: Our aim is to explain linked data in the context of library and information management. The webinar will cover: * The ‘basics’ - what linked data is and why it is important * Linked data’s role in modern web services * Linked data’s potential as a tool for libraries and information managers * How linked data can be used * Relevance of linked data to RDA cataloguing. If you cannot attend the live presentation, each registered participant is given 30 days’ unlimited access to the webinar recording, to view (or re-visit) at your convenience. Bookings To book places in this webinar, please email farkastraining@gmail.com LRM in a Nutshell We have also had a number of requests to repeat our first webinar, LRM (Library Reference Model) in a Nutshell – which explains the new conceptual model that forms the basis for RDA’s upcoming changes. Lynn Farkas Information Services is happy to announce that we will provide special access to this webinar recording until the end of January 2019. Please contact farkastraining@gmail.com for details of cost, and access instructions. Access to this webinar will require prepayment, so the sooner you contact us the longer you will have to view the webinar. Helen and I look forward to your attendance at these webinars. Kind regards, Lynn Farkas, Director Lynn Farkas Information Services Pty Ltd