[Eril-l] ALCTS webinar: Introduction to LC Subject Headings

[ALCTS-CE Announce]

*Apologies in advance for multiple postings.*

ALCTS webinar: Introduction to LC Subject Headings

Date: Wednesday, March 1, 2017

All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11am Pacific, noon
Mountain, 1pm Central, and 2pm Eastern time.



This is part 1 in the two-part series on Library of Congress Subject
Headings.


Description:

This session will briefly cover the history and principles of the LCSH
vocabulary and introduce the participant to the basics of content analysis.
Participants will learn how to assign main headings and how to build
structured headings with topical free-floating subdivisions. Participants
will learn how to find and make use of the Subject Headings Manual and will
be introduced to Classification Web and Authorities.loc.gov as tools for
selection of controlled vocabulary from LCSH.

Learning outcomes:

Following this webinar, participants will be able to:

* Describe the principles behind the LCSH vocabulary

* Identify concepts for subject analysis using the 20% rule

* Construct topical headings and basic structured headings

Who should attend? Catalogers and metadata librarians.

Presenter: Bobby Bothmann is metadata & emerging technologies librarian at
Minnesota State University, Mankato, and professor in Library Services.
Bobby catalogs books and e-resources, wrangles files of MARC records, and
investigates new technologies. He is a member of OLAC and serves on the
editorial board for CCQ. He holds an MLIS and an MS in Geography and
English Technical Communication. He teaches cataloging and classification
as an adjunct instructor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Registration Fees (per individual webinar or series of 2 webinars):

ALCTS Member $43 ; series of 2 webinars: $69

Non-member $59 ; series of 2 webinars: $95

Group rate (members/non-members) $129 ; series of 2 webinars: $206

For additional information and access to registration links, please go to
the following website:

http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/030117

ALCTS webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording
shortly following the live event.

For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling
1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration at ala.org. For all other
questions or comments related to the webinars, contact Julie Reese, ALCTS
Events Manager at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5034 or alctsce at ala.org.

Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.
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