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ALCTS webinar: Special Collections Cataloging: Maps

Date: Wednesday, October 2, 2019

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

Description: This webinar is intended for catalogers who have little or no experience with rare and unique maps but who nonetheless find themselves faced with a rare or unique map to catalog. The presenter will share general principles, best practices, and tips for cataloging special collections maps. At the end of the webinar, attendees should be able to identify content standards and best practices used in special collections map cataloging, understand how special collections map cataloging differs from standard descriptive practice, identify research tools that aid in the identification and description of special collections maps, and learn how to create successful cataloging workflows for these unique materials. No previous knowledge of map cataloging is necessary, although general familiarity with the MARC record structure is helpful.

Learning outcomes: 

At the end of the webinar, the attendees should be able to:

● Identify content standards and best practices used in special collections map cataloging, including: DCRM(C), RDA, the Getty Vocabularies, LCGFT, and RBMS controlled vocabularies.

● Understand how special collections map cataloging differs from standard descriptive practice

● Identify research tools that aid in the identification and description of special collections maps

● Learn how to cultivate relationships with map librarians, archivists, and special collections librarians as well as how to create successful cataloging workflows.

Who should attend?

This webinar would be geared toward catalogers and metadata specialists whose work includes special collections map cataloging, archivists, and map librarians who are interested in learning standards and best practices for describing unique and rare maps.

Presenter:

Carolyn Hansen is Head of Cataloging & Metadata Services at Stony Brook University, where she is the primary cataloger of special collections maps. She previously worked as Map Cataloger at the Brooklyn Historical Society and has been cataloging special collections for twelve years.

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Registration Fees: ALCTS Member $43 ; Non-member $59 ; Group rate $129   

How to register:

Complete the individual webinar online registration form (requires logging in). Sessions are listed by date.

For additional information, please go to the following website: 

http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/100219

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ALCTS webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording shortly following the live event.

Contact

For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling 1-800-545-2433 and selecting 5 from the menu.  For all other questions or comments related to the webinars, contact the ALCTS Office at alctsce@ala.org.

Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.