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.”
Professional Development News
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.
There are two sessions in particular I would like to highlight from the American Library Association Annual Conference: Engaging with RDA-The Way Forward and the BIBFRAME Update Forum.
re you planning or already working on a digital project at your institution? How will you describe your digital objects in order to provide access to them?
Minitex hosted a webinar recently to introduce the concept of digital preservation and all the issues that come with it.
Strengthening the knowledge, skills, and efficiency of staff in libraries throughout the Minitex region