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The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) recently offered a free webinar outlining the Library of Congress' BIBFRAME-related initiatives. Several speakers discussed completed, ongoing, and upcoming projects, including LC's BIBFRAME Pilot Phases 1 and 2, implementation of BIBFRAME version 2.0 in various tools, and development of new BIBFRAME profiles. They also spoke of the relationship between RDA and BIBFRAME 2.0 as well as several Linked Data projects outside the Library of Congress.The recording and slides from this very informative webinar are now freely available on the ALCTS website.

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The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) recently offered a webinar outlining the Library of Congress' BIBFRAME-related initiatives. Several speakers discussed completed, ongoing, and upcoming projects, including LC's BIBFRAME Pilot Phases 1 and 2, implementation of BIBFRAME version 2.0 in various tools, and development of new BIBFRAME profiles. They also spoke of the relationship between RDA and BIBFRAME 2.0 as well as several Linked Data projects outside the Library of Congress.

The recording and slides from this very informative webinar are now freely available on the ALCTS website.

This presentation was the first in a series of webinars to be offered over the next few weeks, called "From MARC to BIBFRAME."  Although this session was offered at no charge, there is a fee for the rest of the webinars. You can find out more information and register for one or all of the remaining sessions on the "From MARC to BIBFRAME" page.

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Lizzy Baus
Metadata Librarian, Macalester College
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