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Section Three: News and Views of the Members of the 
ATLA Technical Services Section 

Edited by Tammy Johnson
 

LC Genre/Form Terms for Religious Material project 
 
Work continues on LC’s Religion Genre/Form Project. A draft should be submitted to LC 
for consideration in early February. 
 
Submitted by Erica Treesh 
Database Manager for Authority Control, ATLA Religion Database 
American Theological Library Association 
 

News from the Library of Congress Website 
Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative 
http://www.loc.gov/marc/transition/ 
 

Training Presentations, Webcasts, and Webinars 
 
Association for Library and Technical Services (ALCTS) 
 
RDA and Moving Images, March 14, 2012 
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/cat/031412.cfm 
 
RDA and 3D Objects and Kits, March 28, 2012 
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/cat/032812.cfm 
 
Rare Materials and RDA: Exploring the Issues, May 23, 2012 
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/cat/052312.cfm 
 
Archival Materials: Using RDA with DACS, May 30, 2012 
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/cat/053012.cfm 
 
ALCTS also 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 
 
 
Minitex 
 
FRBR and FRAD: Keys to RDA, April 3 and 5, 2012 
http://www.minitex.umn.edu/Training/Details.aspx?SessionID=350 
 
RDA for the Original Cataloger, May 9 and 14, 2012 
http://www.minitex.umn.edu/Training/Details.aspx?SessionID=376 
 
RDA for the Seasoned Copy Cataloger:  Continuing Resources, May 16 and 24, 2012 



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http://www.minitex.umn.edu/Training/Details.aspx?SessionID=352 
 
 
Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS) 
 
AACR2…Meet RDA May 18, 2012 
https://members.mcls.org/workshops/viewcourse.html?id=281 
 
Assigning Library Call Numbers (Advanced), May 8, 9, and 10, 2012 
https://members.mcls.org/workshops/viewcourse.html?id=249 
 
 
Lyrasis 
 
Born Digital Cataloging Items on the Web (Live Online), April 5, 2012 
http://www.lyrasis.org/?sc_itemid={CDBB338D-D015-4457-B93D-
6E88F5FC28DC}&RowId=1-N6TF5 
 
Copy Cataloging a Serial (Live Online) March 21-22, 2012 
http://www.lyrasis.org/?sc_itemid={F8954BED-1CFE-4727-A0D8-
4021D796A059}&RowId=1-MK9Z7 
 
Introduction to Audio-Visual Cataloging (Live Online) May 31, 2012 
http://www.lyrasis.org/?sc_itemid={A2CAD0F0-C8BB-46F8-AB96-
132581601C86}&RowId=1-LW5V6 
 
FRBR, FRAD, FRSAD: A New Model for Cataloging, March 22, 2012 and May 22, 2012, 
http://www.lyrasis.org/?sc_itemid={DDD1FDFC-617D-4C72-9BF4-
B29619BAE12A}&RowId=1-GXPME 
 
Georgia Cataloging Summit 
 
This past summer the Georgia Public Library Service hosted the Georgia Cataloging 
Summit. Presenters included Dr. Barbara B. Tillett and Judith A. Kuhagen. The 
PowerPoint presentations for the Library of Congress RDA Workshop for Georgia 
Cataloging Summit are accessible on the Training Modules for RDA at the Library of 
Congress Resource Description and Access at the Library of Congress Webpage: 
http://www.loc.gov/aba/rda/Georgia_training_aug_2011.html 
 

RDA Toolkit Webcast 
 
RDA Checkpoint -- Where We Are and Where We're Heading 
Presented by Troy Linker, Publisher for ALA Digital Reference, on July 12, 2011. 
Slides and webinar 
http://www.rdatoolkit.org/webinar/2011Jul