Judith Cannan, ChiefCooperative and Instructional

Programs DivisionLibrary of Congress

June, 2012

Training for RDA @ LOC

Overview

• LC RDA Training Plans

• Day 1 at LC

• Core curriculum

• Overseas Offices training

• Methods of instruction

• Accessibility of training materials

• PCC and Global training materials

LC RDA Training Plans

• LC RDA training plan for LC staff on Capitol Hill, and local campuses

• Training plan is located at following URL: • http://www.loc.gov/catworkshop/RDA

%20training%20materials/LC%20RDA%20Training/LCRDATrainingPlan061512.doc

• LC RDA Training Plan for Overseas Offices

Day 1 for LC

• What does it mean?– All records, authority and bibliographic, will be

created in accordance with RDA beginning March 31, 2013

– Catalogers of special format materials not following RDA on March 31, 2013, must nevertheless create all authority records in accordance with RDA

Core Curriculum• RDA: Using the RDA Toolkit • RDA: Module 1 -- Introduction to RDA;

Attributes of Manifestations and Items• RDA: Module 2 – Attributes of Works and

Expressions • RDA: Module 3 -- Relationships • RDA: Module 4 -- Authorities I: MARC Fields

for NARs; NARs for Personal Names• RDA: Module 5 -- Authorities II: Family,

Corporate, Geographic, Work/Expression

Core Curriculum• RDA: Guided Practice

• RDA: Practice with Workplace Resources

• RDA: Special Situations, Formats, or Audiences

• RDA: FRBR and Toolkit Q and A

• RDA: FRBR Fundamental Concepts

• RDA: FRBR Practicum -- Applying the Concepts

• RDA: FRBR, RDA, and MARC

Core Curriculum

• Taken from the LC RDA Training Plan where there are descriptions of the various courses.

Overseas Offices Training Plan

• Staff will primarily get their instruction through self-paced eLearning

• No face-to-face classroom instruction

• Live webinars conducted when all staff in an office have completed a given course

• Time frame for their training

Scope of LC Onsite RDA Training

• October 2011- about 40 staff members assisting with the test received refresher training to function as RDA catalogers

• June and July 2012- additional RDA resource staff, division chiefs, and section heads trained

• September 2012-March 30, 2013 - 60 staff members will receive RDA training each month

Scope of RDA Training for Overseas

• June –September 2012, Phase 1, staff will train themselves in the Toolkit, FRBR, and Authorities

• October 2012-March 2013, each of the six offices will be assigned a certain month to work with RDA instructors to learn the descriptive elements

Methods of Instruction• Hands-on classroom (LC Hill campus only)• Handouts (Word, PDF)• Demonstrations using Captivate• Exercises using Captivate• Quizzes using Captivate• Videos • iCohere (Overseas Offices site for their

eLearning)• Webinars using iCohere

Reviewing RDA Records

• Experienced RDA catalogers in the cataloging and acquisitions divisions will review the records of staff newly trained in RDA

Accessibility of Training Materials

• LC training materials are found on the Catalogers Learning Workshop page.

• http://www.loc.gov/catworkshop/RDA%20training%20materials/LC%20RDA%20Training/LC%20RDA%20course%20table.html

or• http://www.loc.gov/aba/rda/

training_modules.html

Training Materials for PCC & the World

• Located on Catalogers Learning Workshop website in two areas PCC and LC RDA:http://www.loc.gov/catworkshop/RDA%20training%20materials/index.html

• RDA for NACO Catalogers course now in the Library's iTunes U site.  It is 42 components in all. (25 webcasts and 17 slide shows, quizzes, and exercises.) http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=528274103

iTunes U RDA