The ALISE Technical Services Education SIG invites you to attend its program on Friday, January 7 from 10:30am to noon at the 2011 ALISE Annual Conference in San Diego.

Program Title: Transitioning to RDA: Teaching Cataloging’s Newest Innovation

Panelists: Shawne Miksa (North Texas), Marjorie Bloss (Dominican), and Sylvia Hall-Ellis (Denver)

 Program Description: Resource Description and Access (RDA) is the new descriptive cataloging rules released in 2010. RDA innovates and updates the current Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd edition (AACR2). Even though implementation of RDA may not occur for another year or more, library school students need to understand RDA and how it differs from AACR2 in order to prepare for the transition. Therefore, the concepts of RDA need to be incorporated into courses in the LIS curriculum. The question for library and information science educators is how best to teach RDA to future librarians and catalogers. How should the new rules be taught? When should educators revamp existing cataloging courses? Should AACR2 and RDA be taught together and, if so, for how long? How can other library and information science courses incorporate the concepts of RDA? This panel discussion brings together three LIS educators who have been involved in RDA implementation and training projects. These panelists will discuss their experiences with RDA education, including teaching courses on RDA, RDA testing, and RDA training. Attendees will walk away with a better understanding of how to teach RDA in cataloging and other LIS courses.

We hope you can join us for this informative session!

Sincerely,

Gretchen Hoffman and Karen Snow
Co-conveners, ALISE Technical Services Education SIG



Gretchen L. Hoffman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Library and Information Studies
Texas Woman's University
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Karen Snow
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Library & Information Sciences
University of North Texas
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