[Please send
expressions of interest by close of business Friday 26 January].
Bibliographic
Services, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa in
association with CatSIG is pleased to announce a series of one day seminars on
providing subject access to Māori materials and on cataloguing Māori materials.
Both Ngā Ūpoko
Tukutuku (Māori Subject Headings List) and the Iwi/Hapu Names List were
developed as part of the Māori Subject Headings Project jointly sponsored by
LIANZA, Te Ropu Whakahau and the National Library.
The seminars will
cover:
* Introduction
to Ngā Ūpoko Tukutuku/Māori Subject Headings
*
Cataloguing Māori language materials
*
Assigning terms from Ngā Ūpoko Tukutuku
*
Assigning terms from the Iwi/Hapu names list.
There will be an
opportunity to practice applying these resources.
Examples for
discussion can be submitted beforehand.
The seminars are
scheduled for mid-March 2007 and will be offered in
Before we can
confirm the exact details we need expressions of interest in attending.
Expressions of interest will not bind you to attend, but will enable us to
gauge demand.
The seminars will
be free to CatSIG members. Members of LIANZA who are not CatSIG members, and
others, will pay a nominal fee.
Please send
expressions of interest (clearly indicating "Subject Access to Māori
Materials" in the subject line) to Robyn East, Bibliographic Services,
National Library of Wellington, robyn.east@natlib.govt.nz.
Regards,
Paul