by Sara Ring
Quick Summary
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.
Linked Data and BIBFRAME Essentials Virtual Course
While MARC will still be in play for years, BIBFRAME is the planned next generation. This course will give your organization the heads-up it needs in order to consider the ramifications of this paradigm shift. In the near-term, we foresee that BIBFRAME initiatives like the Libhub Initiative or locally developed academic initiatives will complement existing PAC (Public Access Catalog) and discovery layers' access to library resources.
The Practical Practitioner Linked Data & BIBFRAME Essentials is a self-paced online course, and each participant should expect to commit about 10-12 hours of effort. There will be a live (and recorded) office hours session with classmates and Zepheira team members. Following the training, each participant is automatically and permanently enrolled into the Alumni group for continued access to existing and future content, evolving tool suite, bi-monthly meetings, networking events at major conferences, and ongoing collaboration.
Registration Information
Normally the per-person fee is $795 per attendee, but Minitex has negotiated a group discount of $649 per person.
More Information
For more details and a short video visit the Zepheira website. Interested in understanding how BIBFRAME will affect Technical Services operations? Check out the BIBFLOW project at UC Davis.
Previous Attendee Reviews
The video lectures were illuminating; the forums were active with discussion; the tools Zepheira had developed for this program established practical context for the concepts expressed by the trainers in the videos. Zepheira tailors the curriculum with a technical bent. As such, I recommend your institution's catalogers and library systems staff team up for this program. Joint participation also opens up opportunities for conversation on what BIBFRAME might mean pragmatically for your local institution. (Mark Ehlert, University of St. Thomas Libraries)
To get the most out of the course, institutional participants should have a concrete goal or test project in mind, in order to practice and apply the concepts covered. (Christine DeZelar-Tiedman, University of Minnesota Libraries)
Who Should Attend?
Given the reduction in pricing, institutions may invite as broad an audience as possible including Acquisitions/Collection Development, Cataloging, Metadata Librarians, User Services, Web Developers, IT and Administration. This course establishes a common vocabulary amongst various departments and provides a foundation to build upon.
