Theology Cataloging Bulletin Section 3 Vol. 18, No. 3—May 2010 3-1 Section Three: News and Views of the Members of the ATLA Technical Services Section Edited by Lynn Berg CONSER Funnel Program Underway In January, five ATLA members traveled to Boston for a one-day CONSER training event designed to introduce them to the practices and policies governing the CONSER program. Following this training, the participants received CONSER authorizations and Library of Congress Control Numbers (LCCN) for use in their serials cataloging. To date, three trainees have begun submitting serial records for review. As of March 2010, two new records and two updated records have been entered into OCLC. Many more serial records are in the review process. Look for ATLA member symbols in the O40 field of religious serials on OCLC. You will soon begin seeing them there. ―Submitted by Judy Knop, ATLA CONSER Funnel Coordinator NACO and CONSER Roundtables ATLA Annual Conference (June 2010, Louisville, KY) If you have an interest in joining your colleagues in either the NACO or CONSER Funnel programs, or you just want to know more about the programs, please come to the roundtables. The NACO roundtable is being held on Thursday at 2 PM and the CONSER roundtable is being held on Friday at 1 PM. ―Submitted by Judy Knop, ATLA NACO and CONSER Funnels Coordinator NACO Funnel Member Achieves Independence Michael Bradford, Serials and Electronic Resources Librarian at Harvard Divinity School, has successfully passed the test required for achievement of independence in the creation and updating of corporate, conference and geographic names in the National Name Authority File on OCLC. Way to go Michael! ―Submitted by Judy Knop, ATLA NACO Funnel Coordinator ATLA Conference June 2010 Technical Services Tuesday (June 15) 7 - 9 PM Technical Services Pre-Conference Gathering Topic: Local OPACs. Theology Cataloging Bulletin Section 3 Vol. 18, No. 3—May 2010 3-2 Wednesday (June 16) 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Workshop: Original Cataloging for Theological Collections Presenter: Jeff Siemon, Digital Resources Librarian, David Allan Hubbard Library, Fuller Theological Seminary Thursday (June 17) 9 - 10 AM Plenary Address: Describing and Accessing Resources—Where are We Headed? Speaker: Dr. Barbara Tillett, Chief of the Policy and Standards Division, Library of Congress 10:30 - 11:30 AM Paper: Where’s the Data? Setting a Research Agenda for Next Gen Catalogs in Theological Libraries Presenter: Lisa Gonzalez, Electronic Resources Librarian, Catholic Theological Union 10:30 - 11:30 AM Roundtable: Library of Congress Genre Form Project in Religion Presenters: Janis Young, Policy & Standards Division, Library of Congress; Cameron Campbell, Director of Indexes, ATLA 11:30 AM – 1 PM ATLA NACO Funnel Members Lunch 2 – 3 PM Roundtable: NACO Funnel Project Presenter: Judy Knop, ATLA NACO Funnel Project Coordinator 4 – 5:30 PM Technical Services Interest Group Meeting Speaker: Barbara Tillett, Chief of the Policy and Standards Division, Library of Congress Attendees are invited to bring questions. Friday (June 18) 10:30 – 11:30 AM Paper: A Serials Information System Using Database Software Presenter: Richard Lammert, Technical Services Librarian, Concordia Theological Seminary 10:30 – 11:30 AM Roundtable: Comparing Online Public Catalogs Presenter: Jeff Siemon, Digital Resources Librarian, David Allan Hubbard Library, Fuller Theological Seminary Theology Cataloging Bulletin Section 3 Vol. 18, No. 3—May 2010 3-3 1 – 2 PM Roundtable: CONSER Funnel Project Presenter: Judy Knop, ATLA CONSER Funnel Project Coordinator Saturday (June 19) 11:30 AM – 1 PM In-Conference Workshop: Book Repair Presenter: Paul Roberts, Director of Patron Services, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Location: Held at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Bus transfer provided by ATLA) ATLA and OCLC Announce Partnership ATLA has recently become a partner in the OCLC Partnership Program. The news release was issued April 22, 2010 on the OCLC Web site (see http://www.oclc.org/us/en/news/releases/2010/201024.htm). The partnership is designed to improve member benefits, services, relationships, and cost efficiencies. Library of Congress Documentation for the RDA (Resource Description and Access) Test The Library of Congress has posted on its Web site (April 21, 2010) the training tools for its U.S. RDA Test participants (http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/RDAtest/rdatest.html) along with a record of the decisions they have made in regard to the RDA Test. Included are Word files and PowerPoint files with information, exercises, and quizzes (answers also supplied). Revised Greek Romanization Tables The Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division is accepting comments on the revised Romanization tables for ancient and modern Greek. If you would like to make comments on the revisions, you have until June 30, 2010 to do so. Here are the links to the revised tables: • Link to Draft of proposed Romanization table for ancient Greek (PDF - 3 p.; 142 KB): http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/greeka.pdf • Link to Draft of proposed Romanization table for modern Greek (PDF - 3 p.; 122 KB: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/greekm.pdf Using Web 2.0 Tools to Enhance Technical Services Work Here is a free two-day e-forum that you can register for and participate in thanks to ALCTS (ALA’s Association for Library Collections & Technical Services). It will be hosted by Elizabeth Winter (Electronic Resources Coordinator at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta) and Sherab Chen (Coordinator for Non-Roman Cataloging at the Ohio State University Libraries, Columbus, Ohio). It will be held May 19–20, 2010. For details, see the