All Cambridge Libraries : Cataloguing for Non-Cataloguers New
An introduction to adding holding and item records to existing catalogue records as part of record-sharing in the Alma database. There is an opportunity for hands-on participation. Course leaders: Vanessa Lacey, vl203@cam.ac.uk (Head of English Cataloguing, UL) and Katherine Sendall, ks344@cam.ac.uk (English Cataloguing, Alma trainer)
For those who are not trained cataloguers who need to add their library’s holdings to existing catalogue records as part of their daily activity, or those who will need to do so in the near future.
Attendees must have a basic familiarity with MARC21 for holding records and be able to use the Alma metadata editor.
To explain the record-sharing guidelines for the shared Alma database and to practise the relevant processes in Alma.
PowerPoint presentation with hands-on exercises.
Course leaders: Vanessa Lacey, vl203@cam.ac.uk (Head of English Cataloguing, UL) and Katherine Sendall, ks344@cam.ac.uk (English Cataloguing, Alma trainer)
1 hour 30 mins
6 months
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