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Subject: [rdaaust] Still places in RDA Webinar series

Dear Colleagues (apologies for cross-posting).

There is still time to register for our ‘Getting Ready for RDA 2.0’ webinar series.

Lynn Farkas Information Services is pleased to offer ‘Demystifying Linked Data’ as the next topic in the series, and for a limited time you can also view a recording of the previous topic, ‘LRM (Library Reference Model) in a Nutshell’. ‘. 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.

LRM in a Nutshell

If you missed 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 - we are providing special access to this webinar recording for the next month. Cost is $95.00 per person, including GST. Upon receipt of your order, we will register you and send you a link to the recording.

Course title:      LRM (Library Reference Model) in a Nutshell (recording)
Venue:               Interactive online Webinar session accessed from your desktop.
Duration:          1.5 hours
Presenters:        Lynn Farkas, Helen Rowe
Date/Time:         view this recording at any time and date convenient to you for the next month
Cost:                   $95.00 per person, including GST

Summary:

The webinar will cover:

· Background to LRM

· Why LRM was developed

· What’s the same in the new LRM model

· What’s different and what’s changed

· What’s new in LRM

· Implications for RDA Toolkit use.

Bookings

To book for either of these webinars, please email farkastraining@gmail.com

Helen and I look forward to your attendance.

Kind regards,

Lynn Farkas, Director

Lynn Farkas Information Services Pty Ltd