(via Dr. Pamela Thomas, Illinois Heartland Library System)
Registration is open for the next offering of the Cataloging Maintenance Center’s “Cataloging Basics” online course, which will last from Monday, September 11, to Sunday, October 22. This six-week crash course in basic cataloging dives into cataloging using RDA, the Resource Description and Access standards, and using MARC, the MAchine-Readable Cataloging standards. Eric McKinney will cover MARC fields 0XX-8XX and fixed-field elements, the most commonly used fields when cataloging library items.
Schedule: This is an asynchronous course, so students will not need to log in at a specific time. However, students are expected to complete assignments and quizzes by the end of each week.
Prerequisites: None.
Instructor: Eric McKinney
Course Access: This course is hosted on the Moodle learning platform and will be accessed via the SHARE training site. Registered participants will be emailed course access information before the course begins.
Cost: Free to Illinois librarians and library workers.
For more information, and to register, please go here. Direct any questions to Dr. Pamela Thomas, Bibliographic Grant Manager at Illinois Heartland Library System’s Cataloging Maintenance Center, at pthomas@illinoisheartland.org.