May 2010 - CatSIG - lists.ecs.vuw.ac.nz

RDA Training Needs Survey Results
by Chris Todd 31 May '10

31 May '10

Apologies for cross-posting. The results of the RDA training needs survey are now available on the DescribeNZ wiki at http://nznuc-cataloguing.pbworks.com/f/RDA_training_Needs_Survey_Analysis.r… The original questionnaire is also available on the RDA page of the wiki http://www.describe.org.nz/ We are planning to discuss options for RDA training with ACOC (Australian Committee on Cataloguing) and we will keep the New Zealand library community informed of developments in this area. Regards Chris Todd Chris (Christine) Todd Team Leader, Cataloguing Team 1, Content Services, National Library of New Zealand. Telephone: (04) 474 3093 Fax: (04) 474 3161 Email: chris.todd(a)natlib.govt.nz

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Fwd: [rdaaust] RDA Toolkit webinars
by Chris Todd 25 May '10

25 May '10

National Library cataloguers will be watching out for more information on these and will let the lists know when the webinar times are made available Regards Chris Todd Chris (Christine) Todd Team Leader, Cataloguing Team 1, Content Services, National Library of New Zealand. Telephone: (04) 474 3093 Fax: (04) 474 3161 Email: chris.todd(a)natlib.govt.nz >>> Deirdre Kiorgaard <Dkiorgaa(a)nla.gov.au> 24/05/2010 11:00 a.m. >>> Once the RDA Toolkit is made available for the open access period, ALA Publishing will announce several "Making the most of the open access period" themed webinars. Each webinar will be hosted live two or three times, and at least one of these will be offered during normal business hours in Australia. All webinars will be recorded and archived on the RDA Toolkit website for anyone unable to attend a live event. Cheers, Deirdre Deirdre Kiorgaard ACOC representative to the JSC, and Director, Serials Collection Management and Standards National Library of Australia Parkes, ACT 2600 Ph 02 62621327

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RDA (Resource Description & Access) Toolkit Open Access Sign up
by Chris Todd 21 May '10

21 May '10

Apologies for Cross-Posting RDA is coming closer, with what looks like a mid-June start. Information on signing up for the open access trial period is available below. For more information about the toolkit itself please check the webinar that was recorded in February this year http://www.rdatoolkit.org/training/guidedtour Presentations from last year's LIANZA/CatSig seminars on RDA are being added to the DEscribeNZ wiki http://nznuc-cataloguing.pbworks.com/ We are still looking at the results of the RDA Training Needs Survey and will be sending out some summary information shortly. Regards Chris Todd Chris (Christine) Todd Team Leader, Cataloguing Team 1, Content Services, National Library of New Zealand. Telephone: (04) 474 3093 Fax: (04) 474 3161 Email: chris.todd(a)natlib.govt.nz >>> Troy Linker <tlinker(a)ALA.ORG> 21/05/2010 11:25 a.m. >>> Sign up now and you'll be ready for the start in mid-June of free open access to the RDA Toolkit! The Co-Publishers invite you to try the RDA Toolkit at no cost from the launch in June through August 31, 2010. Sign up now and we'll send you an email with your login information as soon as open access becomes available in mid-June. We are opening the sign-up process early to allow institutions time to coordinate their requests for institutional access. Please sign up the same way you plan to subscribe. * Institutional access if there will ever be more than one user at your site (institutional access typically uses IP authentication or a referring URL). * Solo-user access if you will only have one user at your site (login/password authentication only). Most users should sign up for institutional access. Why? * Your institution can have an unlimited number of concurrent users during the open-access period * You and your colleagues can test the sharing of workflows and mappings within your institution * You and your colleagues can take advantage of IP authentication or a referring URL to avoid institutional login (users will just log in to access their personal profile) * You and your colleagues can participate more smoothly in your institution's decisions regarding RDA implementation Sign up now and look forward to getting your login information in mid-June. RDA Toolkit www.rdatoolkit.org The resource to help you navigate from AACR2 to RDA-the new, unified standard for resource description and access, designed for the digital world and an expanding universe of metadata users. As you use the RDA Toolkit, you'll notice ongoing improvements and additions. ________________________________________ Resource Description and Access (RDA) and the RDA Toolkit are published by the Co-Publishers for RDA (the American Library Association, the Canadian Library Association, and Facet Publishing, the publishing arm of CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals). Kind regards, Troy Linker Publisher, ALA Digital Reference American Library Association (312) 280-5101 www.rdatoolkit.org www.guidetoreference.org

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CU staff cuts (2)
by Peter Hosking 03 May '10

03 May '10

Dear all, I should have said that 35 staff are proposed to be disestablished and 18 new positions are proposed to be created. The final outcome will be announced in early July. Peter Hosking This email may be confidential and subject to legal privilege, it may not reflect the views of the University of Canterbury, and it is not guaranteed to be virus free. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and erase all copies of the message and any attachments. Please refer to http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/emaildisclaimer for more information.

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CU staff cuts
by Peter Hosking 02 May '10

02 May '10

Dear all, You may have heard of the change proposal that was presented to staff at CU last week. 35 positions are disestablished and 18 new ones will be created. The following is an outline of how it impacts on Collection Services at Canterbury. Our present structure consists of three teams. Two for monographs and one for serials. We have 11 staff at assistant librarian level or above. All have been disestablished with the exception of the Asian Languages Collection Librarian. The proposed new structure will consist of an acquisitions team and a "resources discovery" (i.e. cataloguing) team. There will be 9 new positions in the new structure, however, one of these positions has Interloans duties because the Interloans team has also been disestablished in the change proposal. Interloans has previously been part of Lending Services but will now be carried out by the acquisitions team. The new Resource Discovery team will consist of a team leader, 4 assistant librarians and the Asian Languages Collection Librarian, plus some library assistants (the number is not specified in the proposal). The institutional Repository Coordinator will also report to the team leader. Previously the IR coordinator was based in Library IT. The team will catalogue all formats. At present we have seven librarians who catalogue, plus two team leaders who catalogue when time permits. In the new structure there will be five librarians cataloguing, plus one team leader. This is a significant reduction in cataloguing staff numbers for us. CU has had a serials cataloguer since 1976. This position is now disestablished and serials cataloguing will be shared among the Resource Discovery team. Among our cataloguers we also have specialists in music, law, European languages, and electronic resources. None of these specialities are mentioned in the change proposal. The Collection Services Manager position has been disestablished and will be replaced by the new position of Support Services Library Manager. The new manager will be expected to deputize for the Library Manager in his/her absence as well as manage Support Services. We would like to acknowledge the messages of support that we have received from our colleagues in other libraries and greatly appreciate this. Peter Hosking Serials Cataloguing Librarian Collection Services University of Canterbury Library This email may be confidential and subject to legal privilege, it may not reflect the views of the University of Canterbury, and it is not guaranteed to be virus free. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and erase all copies of the message and any attachments. Please refer to http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/emaildisclaimer for more information.

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