Registration for the ALCTS SCCTP Advanced Serials Cataloging Symposium for 2006 Midwinter now open

Contact: Julie Reese


ALCTS


312-280-5034

For Immediate Release


November 7, 2005

Registration for the ALCTS SCCTP Advanced Serials Cataloging Symposium for 2006 Midwinter now open

CHICAGO - Registration for the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) SCCTP Advanced Serials Cataloging (Condensed Version) Symposium at the American Library Association (ALA) 2006 Midwinter Meeting in San Antonio now is available. To register, go to
www.ala.org/alcts. Registration closes December 30, 2005.

Registration fees are $195 for ALCTS members, $245 ALA Members, $295 Non-members, and $100 full-time students. On-site registration will not be available.

The Symposium will be held from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. on Friday, January 20, 2006.

Lisa Furubotten, head, Serials Cataloging, associate professor, Texas A&M University will lead the in-depth course on cataloging practices applied to original cataloging of serials according to CONSER guidelines. While the course focuses on printed serials, the instructions are applicable to serials in any format. The workshop consists of an area-by-area approach to the cataloging of serials, concentrating on aspects particular to serials such as serial title transcription, uniform titles in serial records, designations, and linking fields.

The course is designed for people who have taken a basic serials cataloging course or who have been catalogers for more than one year and are familiar with MARC tagging and fundamental concepts of cataloging.

For more information contact
alcts@ala.org or go to
www.ala.org/alcts.