Apologies for cross-posting. Dear colleagues CatSIG is offering the following RDA webinars with Deborah Fritz from TMQ for cataloguers. "Rudimentary RDA" will be offered as a webinar using GoToMeeting in two three-hour sessions. The content covers: · How RDA is intended to help the users of our OPACs · What are FRBR, WEMI, FISO, and FRAD · What is really different about RDA · What is the RDA Toolkit · What is RIMMF · How the Toolkit and RDA-based cataloging software (such as RIMMF) will make it simpler for us to describe and provide access to resources · What we should do with RDAMARC records that we copy, to make those records work properly in our OPACs See the TMQ website http://www.marcofquality.com/trn/rda.html for more information. The first webinar will be held on Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th March, 8.00am-11.00am (New Zealand time). If sufficient registrations are received a second webinar will be offered on Wednesday 3rd and Thursday 4th April, 8.00am-11.00am (New Zealand time). The cost of the webinar will be $50.00 per individual. Please register for the webinar by February 20th by emailing the CatSIG Committee at catsigcommittee@gmail.commailto:catsigcommittee@gmail.com with the following information: Name/s: Organisation: Address: Phone: Email address: Regards Janess 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@dia.govt.nzmailto:janess.stewart@natlib.govt.nz www.dia.govt.nzhttp://www.dia.govt.nz/ The National Library’s refurbished Molesworth Street building is now open from, Monday to Saturday 8.30am to 5.00pm. The Alexander Turnbull Reading Rooms and Turnbull Gallery are open, Monday to Saturday 10.00am to 5.00pm. All welcome.