Theology Cataloging Bulletin 3-3 Section 3 
Vol. 20, No. 3—May 2012 

 In-Conference Workshop - CPAL Interest Group 
Digital Information: An Introduction for Librarians and Archivists 
 
 1:00-2:00pm 
Conversation Groups  
e-Books, e-Readers, e-Resources, Oh My! What's a Small Theological Librarian to Do? 
  
  
  

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS’ IMPLEMENTATION OF RDA 
 
The Library of Congress has set March 31, 2013 as its target for RDA Implementation Day One.  
Some of LC’s partner national libraries (U.S.: National Agricultural Library and National Library of 
Medicine; and non-U.S.: British Library, Library & Archives Canada, and National Library of 
Australia) have targeted the first quarter of 2013. 
 
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/news_rda_implementation_date.html 
 
 
 

TRAINING PRESENTATIONS, WEBCASTS, AND WEBINARS 
 
Library of Congress Recorded Webcasts for RDA Training  
 
RDA: Looking to the Future: Information Systems and Metadata. Speaker: Barbara Tillett. 
Recorded March 9, 2010. 
 
RDA Changes from AACR2 for Texts. Speaker: Barbara B. Tillett. Recorded January 12, 2010. 
Running time: 75 minutes (41 minutes of presentation followed by Q&A). 
 
RDA: Recursos Descripción y Acceso: Antecedentes y Aspectos de su Implementación. Speaker: 
Barbara Tillett. In Spanish. Recorded August 13, 2009. Running time: 85 min. 
 
Georgia Public Library Cataloging Summit 
http://www.loc.gov/aba/rda/Georgia_training_aug_2011.html 
 
Library of Congress RDA Training Exercises and Answers 
http://www.loc.gov/aba/rda/training_exercises.html 
 
 
 
 



Theology Cataloging Bulletin 3-4 Section 3 
Vol. 20, No. 3—May 2012 

RDA Toolkit 
 
Essentials 
 http://www.rdatoolkit.org/essentials 
 
 
Association for Library and Technical Services (ALCTS) 
 
ALCTS offers several other webinars and webcasts. Many of the presentations are free. 
For more information go to the ALCTS Webinar Archives: 
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/past/webinar/index.cfm 
 
 
 

SELECTED ARTICLES FROM CURRENT LIBRARY JOURNALS 
 
Barrette, Linda. “Technical Services IS Public Service, or How I Got Out of the Back Room and 
Why You Should Too.” AALL Spectrum 16, no. 2 (November 2011): 20-22. 
 
Boyd, Morag. “From the Comfort of Your Office: Facilitating Learner-Centered Continuing 
Education in the Online Environment.” Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 50, no. 2/3 (2012): 
189-203. 
 
Gardner, Sue Ann. “Cresting toward the Sea Change: Literature Review of Cataloging and 
Classification 2009-10.” Library Resources & Technical Services 56, no. 2 (2012): 64-79. 
 
Garofalo, Denise A. “Useful Web Sites for AV Catalogers.” Technical Services Quarterly 29, no. 2 
(2012): 168-170. 
 
Glennan, Kathryn P. “The Development of Resource Description & Access and its Impact on Music 
Materials.” Notes 68, no. 3 (March 2012): 526-534.  
 
Hoffman, Gretchen L. “Using the Quality Matters Rubric to Improve Online Cataloging Courses.” 
Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 50, no. 2/3 (2012): 158-171. 
 
McCutcheon, Sevim. “RDA and the Reference Librarian: What to Expect from the New Cataloging 
Standard.” Reference Librarian 53, no. 2 (2012): 123-137. 
 
Normore, Lorraine F. “‘Here Be Dragons’: A Wayfinding Approach to Teaching Cataloguing.” 
Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 50, no. 2/3 (2012): 172-188.