Registration ends soon for the December Dublin Core for Beginners virtual course, taking place in 2 parts on Dec. 1st and Dec. 15th, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Professional Development News
OCLC Research TAI CHI Webinar: How You Can Make the Transition from MARC to Linked Data Easier
Attend this webinar on November 5th, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (Central) and learn more about what metadata specialists can do now to make it easier to transform text strings in MARC data into the entity-“things” we later expose as linked data that others can consume.
Minitex staff traveled to Rapid City South Dakota in late September to attend and present at the South Dakota Library Association Annual Conference. Along the way, we stopped at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell and the School of Mines & Technology in Rapid City, South Dakota. Below is a brief summary of both site visits, along with a few takeaways from the annual conference. See you next year SDLA!
In mid-September Minitex staff traveled to Jamestown, North Dakota for the NDLA annual conference. This year’s theme was “The Idea of the Library: Services, Collections, Solutions.”
Title: All the Best! RDA Best Practices Guides from OLAC and MLA
Date: November 17, 2015
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Cost: No charge
RDA for Original Cataloging
Minnesota State University Moorhead
Oct. 15th (9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) & Oct. 16th (8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
Registration deadline: October 9, 2015
This webinar, presented by Mary Huismann, will introduce participants to the recent RDA best practices guides issued by the Online Audiovisual Catalogers (OLAC) and the Music Library Association (MLA). OLAC’s best practices guides cover RDA cataloging of DVD/Blu-ray Discs, Streaming Media, and Video Games. MLA’s best practices guides cover RDA cataloging of music materials, music genre/form headings and medium of performance terms.
Music Cataloging Basics (webinar)
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. (Central)
Cost: $90.00 (individual), $180.00 (group rate)
For Minitex participating institutions that are interested in learning more about Linked Data and the new BIBFRAME environment, Zepheira is offering us a discounted online training beginning August 25th, 2015.
For Minitex participating institutions that are interested in learning more about Linked Data and the new BIBFRAME environment, Zepheira is offering us a discounted online training beginning August 25th, 2015.
Strengthening the knowledge, skills, and efficiency of staff in libraries throughout the Minitex region