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SUMMARY:Beyond Your Department: Uniting Catalogers (ALA Webinar)
DESCRIPTION:The Massachusetts Library System is pleased to announce that we 
 have contracted with ALA to provide our members with access to their live 
 webinars.  These webinars are free to MLS members who register through our 
 calendar.  Please do not register directly with ALA. Members who register 
 directly with ALA are responsible for paying their registration fee. 
 \n\nPlease help us keep MLS sponsored training free for all members. If you 
 are unable to attend the live webinar\, please cancel your registration. A 
 cancellation link can be found in your confirmation email\, or you may 
 contact Sarah Donnelly at sdonnelly@masslibsystem.org to cancel. 
 \n\n\nDescription\n\nBy the end of the session\, attendees will form a 
 community of technical services professionals. Fighting against the 
 perceptions of catalogers as isolated or antisocial can be a challenge\, 
 especially when many institutions only have one librarian assigned to 
 catalog. Further\, many of these catalogers hold multiple roles and may not 
 originally be catalogers\, resulting in a higher frequency of flawed 
 records and inaccessible OPACs. We can address these problems by creating 
 cataloging communities\, which will improve the quality of their work\, 
 thereby improving the usability of catalogs for patrons.This presentation 
 will provide examples and opportunities to connect catalogers\, informed by 
 the presenters’ initiatives in creating a statewide cataloger community. 
 These opportunities to build community will be modeled with one-on-one 
 interactions\, cold emailing\, listservs\, workgroups\, roundtables\, 
 connecting with existing resources\, etc. The session will create 
 connections among catalogers\, with the larger goals of improving access to 
 library materials and sharing metadata best practices. The formation of 
 these communities will encourage more librarians to participate in metadata 
 projects\, making the field a more welcoming place to learn and work. These 
 communities will also empower librarians to champion technical services 
 roles and positions.\n\n\n\nLearning Outcomes\n\nAt the end of the 
 session\, attendees will be able to:\n\n\n	articulate the importance of 
 creating community amongst catalogers and metadata specialists\;\n	form 
 larger connections with other catalogers and metadata specialists within 
 their communities\; and\n	prioritize collaborative metadata projects and 
 the sharing of best practices for improved records.\n\n\n\n\nWho Should 
 Attend\n\nTechnical service employees\, ranging from official catalogers to 
 anyone who has cataloging responsibilities in their 
 libraries.\n\n\n\nPresenters\n\nAmy Banks is a cataloging librarian at the 
 Utah State Library. Amy has a B.A. in English Education and an M.A. in 
 English from Brigham Young University. She also has an MSLIS from 
 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Amy started her career in 
 education\, teaching secondary English classes as an English teacher and 
 writing classes as an adjunct professor. She shifted into librarianship as 
 an Adult Services public librarian\, and now enjoys cataloging for 
 bookmobile and rural libraries across the state of Utah.\n\nIndia-Bleu 
 Niehoff is a cataloging librarian at the Utah State Library. A 
 double-Badger\, India has both a BA and her MLIS from 
 UW-Madison.\n\n\n\nAccessibility Information\n\nIf you have questions or 
 requests regarding accessibility\, contact ce@ala.org or at 312-280-5100.
LOCATION:Webinar
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CATEGORIES:Vendor Webinar - ALA
CONTACT;CN="Learning Services":MAILTO:learn@masslibsystem.org
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