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 Theology Cataloging Bulletin Section 3 Vol. 18, No. 3—May 2010 3-4 ALCTS Web site (http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/upcoming/e- forum/051910enh.cfm ) ALA Workshops and Programs Those of you who might be attending the ALA Conference (June 24-30, 2010, in Washington, D.C. might be interested in the following events. Advanced registration ends May 14, 2010. Linked Data: Making Library Data Converse with the World Thursday, June 24, 2010 (Full Day 8 AM - 5 PM) (http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/upcoming/ala/ac10/linked.cfm ) Cataloging & Description of Cartographic Resources: From Parchment to Pixels, Paper to Digital Thursday, June 24 (Full Day 8:30 AM - 5 PM) - Friday, June 25, 2010 (8 AM - NOON) (http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/upcoming/ala/ac10/maps.cfm ) RDA 101 Friday, 25 June 2010 (Full Day 8:30 AM - 5 PM) (http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/upcoming/ala/ac10/rda.cfm ) XSLT for Digital Libraries Friday, June 25, 2010 (Full Day 8:30 AM - 5 PM) (http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/upcoming/ala/ac10/sxlt.cfm ) Cataloging and Beyond: Publishing for the Year of Cataloging Research Sunday, June 27, 8 - 10 AM (http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/upcoming/ala/ac10/pryear.cfm ) Open to Change: Open Source and Next Generation ILS and ERMS Sunday, June 27, 10:30 AM - NOON (http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/upcoming/ala/ac10/propen.cfm ) Boot Camp for the 21st Century Metadata Manager Monday, June 28, 8 - 10 AM (http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/upcoming/ala/ac10/prmeta.cfm ) Selected Articles from Current Library Journals Burke, Susan K., and Jay Shorten. “Name Authority Work Today: A Comparison of Types of Academic Libraries.” Library Resources & Technical Services 54, no. 1 (January 2010): 4-20. Chambers, Sydney, and Carolynne Myall. “Cataloging and Classification: Review of the Literature 2007-8.” Library Resources & Technical Services 54, no. 2 (April 2010): 90-114.