15  T H E O LO G Y C ATA LO G I N G B U L L E T I N • AU G U S T 201 9 : VO L . 27, N O 3

Leslie Engelson is Metadata Librarian at Murray State University.

Professional Development Opportunities 
By Leslie Engelson

ORIGINAL CATALOGING OF ARCHIVES USING RDA

Participants in this hands-on workshop will learn about the chief source of information, physical description, 
primary access point, and choice of additional access points, and appropriate MARC fixed and variable fields 
for archives resources, as well as subject headings.
September 24-26, 2019
$99-$349
https://store.mcls.org/index.php/original-cataloging-of-archives-using-rda-398.html
GROWING, DEVELOPING, AND RETAINING DYNAMIC STAFF

Learn how to nurture and develop library staff (whether they be full-time, part-time, student workers, or 
volunteers) through staff development and a healthy culture. 
October 7-November 1, 2019
$175
https://libraryjuiceacademy.com/075-dynamic-staff.php
INTRODUCTION TO RDF

Participants will be introduced to basic concepts of the RDF framework. Working with an XML representation, 
they will create simple RDF resource descriptions and will be introduced to the fundamentals of Semantic 
vocabularies and ontologies in RDFS, SKOS, and OWL.
October 7-November 1, 2019
$175
https://libraryjuiceacademy.com/020-intro-semantic-web.php
TALKING THE TALK: PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES

Focusing on personality type, gender, age, socio-economics, listening, and virtual and face-to-face 
communications, participants will learn ways to improve interpersonal communication.
October 22, 2019
$75-$100
https://www.lyrasis.org/Content/Pages/Event-Details.aspx?Eid=7207DCEA-43A3-E911-80FD-00155D73CF3B
INTRODUCTION TO TECHNICAL SERVICES IN SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

Students attending this course will understand best practices, legal responsibilities, and ethical considerations 
in special collections. Topics covered include collection development, collection management, cataloging 
and processing of special collections, and digitization functions.
November 4-29, 2019
$175
https://libraryjuiceacademy.com/214-tech-serv-spec-coll.php
RARE BOOKS CATALOGING

Participants will learn how to apply Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Books) rules while understanding 
the principles underlying rare books cataloging, the concept of the ideal copy, and specialized access points.
November 19-21, 2019
$99-$349
https://store.mcls.org/index.php/rare-books-cataloging-412.html

https://store.mcls.org/index.php/original-cataloging-of-archives-using-rda-398.html
https://libraryjuiceacademy.com/075-dynamic-staff.php
https://libraryjuiceacademy.com/020-intro-semantic-web.php
https://www.lyrasis.org/Content/Pages/Event-Details.aspx?Eid=7207DCEA-43A3-E911-80FD-00155D73CF3B
https://libraryjuiceacademy.com/214-tech-serv-spec-coll.php
https://store.mcls.org/index.php/rare-books-cataloging-412.html

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