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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><STRONG>MARC 21 in Your
Library and Just for Copy Cats are now being offered in three California
locations: San Francisco, San Diego and Los Angeles</STRONG>
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face=Arial size=2>OCLC Western</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> is offering
the popular, in-person cataloging classes—<STRONG>MARC 21 in Your
Library</STRONG> and <STRONG>Just for Copy Cats</STRONG>—in three California
locations: San Francisco, San Diego, and Los Angeles. This is the first time
these classes have been offered in these areas and are certain to fill up soon,
so don’t delay€register now!</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please review the course descriptions below. Both
classes are designed to support and enhance basic cataloging skill sets, and to
prepare you to participate in increasingly responsible levels of cataloging.
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<P><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>MARC 21 in Your Library</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>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 size=2>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><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>For a complete course description and to
register, please click on the links below:</FONT></STRONG></P>
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face=Arial size=2>February 10, 2009 (Registration Deadline:
1/16/09)</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Pacific
Time <BR>Location: San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA </FONT></P>
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face=Arial size=2>February 25, 2009 (Registration Deadline:
1/28/09)</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Pacific
Time <BR>Location: San Diego State University, San Diego, CA</FONT></P>
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face=Arial size=2>March 3, 2009 (Registration Deadline:
2/3/09)</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time
<BR>Location: Cal State University, L.A.</FONT></P>
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<P><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just for Copy Cats</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>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 size=2>For a beginning cataloger, this workshop is the
second step in your journey to excellence (your first step should be MARC 21 in
Your Library). A more experienced copy cataloger might also benefit from the
course, finding nuggets of new information previously undiscovered. </FONT></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>For a complete course description and to
register, please click on the links below:</FONT></STRONG></P>
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face=Arial size=2>February 11-12, 2009 (Registration Deadline:
1/16/09)</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Pacific
Time <BR>Location: San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA </FONT></P>
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face=Arial size=2>February 26-27, 2009 (Registration Deadline:
1/29/09)</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Pacific
Time <BR>Location: San Diego State University, San Diego, CA </FONT></P>
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face=Arial size=2>March 4-5, 2009 (Registration Deadline:
2/4/09)</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time
<BR>Location: Cal State University, L.A.<BR></FONT></P>
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