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Minitex is excited to offer official NACO Training with Mark K. Ehlert this spring. This training is a refresher for catalogers in the Minnesota NACO Funnel, and open to any cataloger proficient with copy cataloging in a bibliographic utility.
Minitex is excited to offer official NACO Training with Mark K. Ehlert, Cataloging and Metadata Librarian at the University of St. Thomas and Coordinator of the Minnesota NACO Funnel. NACO (Name Authority Cooperative Program) is a fundamental program of the PCC (Program for Cooperative Cataloging). This formal training prepares participants to contribute authority records for agents (persons, families, corporate bodies), places, works, and expressions to the Library of Congress NACO Authority File.
This training is designed for catalogers who are proficient with copy cataloging in a bibliographic utility (OCLC or SkyRiver) and looking for an opportunity to deepen their cataloging practice. Current members of the Minnesota NACO Funnel are welcome to join us for a refresher of your knowledge and skills. All sessions will be recorded and training participants will have access to recordings if they need some flexibility during this course of study. This comprehensive training will take place over the course of 9 online sessions:
Registration deadline: November 1, 2024
Session 1: NACO Foundations
Date: January 28, 2025
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
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Session 2: Describing Persons
Date: February 4, 2025
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
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Session 3: Describing Families
Date: February 11, 2025
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
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Session 4: Describing Corporate Bodies
Date: February 18, 2025
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
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Session 5: Describing Places
Date: February 25, 2025
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
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Session 6: Describing Works and Expressions
Date: March 4, 2025
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
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Session 7: Describing Relationships
Date: March 11, 2025
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
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Session 8: Changes to NARS
Date: March 18, 2025
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
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Session 9: NACO Administration & Wrap Up
Date: March 25, 2025
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
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Membership in NACO is open to individual institutions willing to support their staff through a process of training, review, and direct contributions of records to the Library of Congress NACO Authority File. Joining the NACO Program and Minnesota NACO Funnel requires participation in this training. Minitex will support participant applications and ensure they have access to materials and software necessary to complete this training. When you register for this training you will work closely with Minitex staff to ensure everything is in place before training begins.
Photo Credit
Highsmith, Carol M, photographer. Main Reading Room. View from above showing researcher desks. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. Photograph. Retrieved from Wikimedia Commons <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LOC_Main_Reading_Room_Highsmith.jpg>.
