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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">Due to an overwhelming demand, OCLC Western is offering the popular cataloging classes</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">—</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">Marc 21 in Your Library and Just for Copy Cats</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">—</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">in two new locations: Portland, Oregon, and San Mateo, California. Both courses will be presented in comprehensive sessions that are designed to support and enhance basic cataloging skill sets.<BR>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Arial">Build your cataloging career on a solid foundation</FONT></B></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial">A house is only as strong as its foundation and the same is true of a cataloger’s skill set. It’s best to be thoroughly schooled in the language and fundamentals of cataloging before moving on to more advanced work. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial">To help you master these essential cataloging elements, we are offering two new courses:</FONT><B> <FONT FACE="Arial">MARC 21 in Your Library</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial"> and</FONT><B> <FONT FACE="Arial">Just for Copy Cats</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial">. Both are designed to enhance your basic skill set and prepare you to participate in increasingly responsible levels of cataloging.</FONT></P>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Arial">MARC 21 in Your Library</FONT></B><BR>
<FONT FACE="Arial">MARC 21 in Your Library is an introduction to all things MARC. It defines what the coding standard is and clarifies how it ties in with our cataloging rules to work in your library’s catalog. Upon completion of the course, you should be able to read a MARC record, speak the MARC language, and understand how errors in MARC coding affect an OPAC. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial">This one-day, in-person class is not only intended for beginning catalogers; it also has appeal to a broader audience of library professionals. Acquisitions people, managers, even library directors, could also benefit from this class. Aside from understanding the basis of the records that form the backbone of library information systems, it will also provide them with the ability to communicate more effectively with the folks in and around their institution who already “speak MARC.”</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Arial">For a complete description and to register for upcoming sessions of this course, please click on the links below:</FONT></B>
<BR><A HREF="http://visit.oclc.org/t?r=896&c=1409998&l=30874&ctl=1DC9EC7:917BC46257BDD851A58415CFFA482271CAC05210E543AB75&"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">October 22, 2008</FONT></U></A><FONT FACE="Arial"><BR>
(Registration deadline: 9/24/08)<BR>
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time<BR>
Location: Portland (Oak Grove), OR </FONT>
<BR><A HREF="http://visit.oclc.org/t?r=896&c=1409998&l=30874&ctl=1DC9EC7:917BC46257BDD851A58415CFFA482271CAC05210E543AB75&"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">October 27, 2008</FONT></U></A><FONT FACE="Arial"><BR>
(Registration deadline: 9/29/08)<BR>
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time<BR>
Location: San Mateo, CA </FONT>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Arial">Just for Copy Cats</FONT></B><BR>
<FONT FACE="Arial">Just for Copy Cats is a two-day, in-person, basic introduction to copy cataloging, which primarily covers four subject areas: finding cataloging records you can copy; some of the challenges of doing so; some of the neglected database issues involved; and a brief look at important editing. Upon completion of this course, you should be able to find and copy book records that accurately reflect your items. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial">For a beginning cataloger, this workshop is the second step in your journey to excellence (your first step should be MARC21 in Your Library). A more experienced copy cataloger might also benefit from the course, finding nuggets of new information previously undiscovered. </FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Arial">For a complete description and to register for upcoming sessions of this course, please click on the links below:</FONT></B>
<BR><A HREF="http://visit.oclc.org/t?r=896&c=1409998&l=30874&ctl=1DC9EC8:917BC46257BDD851A58415CFFA482271CAC05210E543AB75&"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">October 23-24, 2008</FONT></U></A><FONT FACE="Arial"><BR>
(Registration deadline: 9/25/08)<BR>
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time<BR>
Location: Portland (Oak Grove), OR </FONT>
<BR><A HREF="http://visit.oclc.org/t?r=896&c=1409998&l=30874&ctl=1DC9EC8:917BC46257BDD851A58415CFFA482271CAC05210E543AB75&"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">October 28-29, 2008</FONT></U></A><BR>
<FONT FACE="Arial">(Registration deadline: 9/30/08)<BR>
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time<BR>
Location: San Mateo, CA </FONT>
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