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ALCTS webinar: Special Collections Cataloging: Manuscripts

Date: Wednesday, October 31, 2018

All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11 AM Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 PM Central, and 2 PM Eastern time.

This is part 2 of a two-part series.

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Description: Are you an accidental cataloger of manuscripts? This webinar is intended for catalogers who have little or no experience with rare and unique materials but who nonetheless find themselves faced with a rare or unique collection. The presenter will share general archival principles, best practices, and tips for creating finding aids and converting those to MARC records. This webinar is a companion to Special Collections Cataloging: Monographs.

Learning outcomes:

The attendees of this webinar will be able to recognize and use the MARC fields specific to manuscript collections and use a crosswalk to create a MARC record from a finding aid.

Who should attend?

Catalogers of all levels who are beginners when it comes to special collections and creating MARC records for manuscript collections.

Presenter:

Heather Perez is the Special Collections Librarian at Stockton University in Galloway, New Jersey. As a lone arranger, she oversees all operations of the collections, including acquisitions, processing, cataloging, and reference. An archivist for 12 years, previously she worked at a public library in the local history room.

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For additional information about this webinar, please go to the following website:

http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/103118

Registration Fees:  

Registration fees for single webinar:  ALCTS Member $43; Non-member $59; Group rate $129  

Registration fees for two-webinar series:  ALCTS Member $69; Non-member $95; Group rate $206  

Complete the individual webinar online registration form or the complete series online registration form. Sessions are listed by date and you must log in.

All webinars are recorded and the one-time fee includes unlimited access to the webinar recording. All registered attendees will receive the link to the recorded session so if you are unable to attend the webinar at the time it is presented, you will have the opportunity to listen to the recording at your convenience.

For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling 1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration@ala.org. For all other questions or comments related to the webinars, contact Megan Dougherty, Program Officer, ALCTS Continuing Education at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5038 or mdougherty@ala.org.

Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.