Theology Cataloging Bulletin Vol. 25, No 4 • August 2017 3-1 Section 3 Section Three: News and Views (of the Members of the ATLA Technical Services Section) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES Managing Your Workload: How to Prioritize American Mgmt Assoc. Topics covered include thinking strategically about making a difference and creating value, prioritizing tasks using validity, urgency, and importance, and identifying delaying tactics. September 26, 2017 $199 http://www.amanet.org/training/webcasts/managing-your-workload.aspx Introduction to Python and PyMARC ALCTS Learn how to install Python, understand syntax of Python and PyMARC, create a Python script and run it against a set of MARC records, and use a Python script to create MARC records from non-MARC metadata. Use cases will also be discussed. Session 1 - October 8, 2017 $43-206 http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/101817 Session 2 - October 25, 2017 $43-206 http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/102517 Fundamentals of Cataloging ONLINE: Subject Analysis OhioNet Understand and assess existing subject headings. Discussion will include understanding cataloger's judgment and bias, MARC21 coding, how LoC subject headings are assigned, RDA-related changes, as well as how and when to make changes in shared catalogs. Session 1 - October 31, 2017 $65 https://www.ohionet.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=369 Session 2 - November 7, 2017 $65 https://www.ohionet.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=370 Session 3 - November 14, 2017 $65 https://www.ohionet.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=371 Beyond the Basics: Cataloging DVDs, Blu-ray discs, and Streaming Videos Library Juice Academy Utilizing hands-on practice, participants will identify the preferred sources of information, understand how to handle multiple production companies, distributors, and dates, determine authorized and variant access points, and incorporate new fields added under RDA. November 6-December 1, 2017 $175 http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/135-AV-formats.php Update on the RDA 3R Project ALCTS Kathy Glennan, ALA Representative to the RDA Steering Committee, will bring attendees up-to-date about the planned changes to the Toolkit, which will be rolled out in April 2018. November 29, 2017 FREE http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/112917 NACO Records by Other Means ALCTS Explores utilizing unconventional tools (such as spreadsheets, OCLC templates, Google Forms, OpenRefine, and XSLT) as well as student assistants and paraprofessionals in the work of authority record creation. December 6, 2017 $43-$129 http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/120617 Theology Cataloging Bulletin Vol. 25, No 4 • August 2017 3-2 Section 3 Submitted by Leslie Engelson, Metadata Librarian Waterfield Library, Murray State University SELECTED ARTICLES FROM CURRENT LIBRARY JOURNALS Browning, Jennifer J., et al. "The Canadian Linked Data Summit: Developing Canada's Linked Data Future through Cooperative Alliances." Collaborative Librarianship 9, no. 1 ( January 2017): 12-20. http://digitalcommons.du.edu/ collaborativelibrarianship/vol9/iss1/4 Chang-FitzGibbon, Kerry and Jianrong Wang. "In the Spotlight: Technical Services Professionals in Library-Wide Assessment." Technical Services Quarterly 34, no. 2 (April 2017): 157-173. Goertzen, Melissa J. “Applying Quantitative Methods to E-book Collections.” Library Technology Reports 53, no. 4 ( June 2017), DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/ltr.53n4 Hider, Philip. "A Critique of the FRBR User Tasks and Their Modifications." Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 55, no. 2 (February 2017): 55-74. Huwe, Terence K. "Librarians and Data: Curator, Creator, or Both?" Online Searcher 41, no. 3 (May 2017): 10-15. Leffler, Jennifer, Jessica Hayden, and Todd Enoch. "Juggling a New Format with Existing Tools: Incorporating Streaming Video into Technical Services Workflows." Serials Librarian 72, no. 1-4 ( January 2017): 102-104. Long, Kara, et al. "The “Wicked Problem” of Neutral Description: Toward a Documentation Approach to Metadata Standards." Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 55, no. 3 (April 2017): 107-128. Massicotte, Mia and Kathleen Botter. "Reference Rot in the Repository: A Case Study of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) in an Academic Library." Information Technology & Libraries 36, no. 1 (March 2017): 11-28, DOI: https://doi.org/10.6017/ital.v36i1.9598. McGee, Marc, Kim Durante, and Katherine Hart Weimer. "Toward a Linked Data Model for Describing Cartographic Resources." Journal of Map & Geography Libraries 13, no. 1 ( January 2017): 133-144. Mitchell, Heather. "The Times, They Are Changing." Technical Services Quarterly 34, no. 2 (April 2017): 129-145. Park, Jung ran and Yuji Tosaka. "Emerging Information Standards and Technologies: Cataloging and Metadata Professionals' Perspectives." Library Hi Tech News 34, no. 4 (2017): 22-26. Rogers, Kristin, Brian Young, and Alex Watson. "An Ebook Program by Any Other Name: A Comparison of Ebrary PDA and YBP DDA Ebook Purchasing at the University of Mississippi Libraries." Journal Of Electronic Resources Librarianship 29, no. 2 (April 2017): 84-92. Slater, Aimee, and Ann Kardos. "Graphic Novels: Collecting, Cataloging and Outreach in an Academic Library." Journal of Academic Librarianship 43, no. 2 (March 2017): 116-120. Wintermute, Harriet E. "The Joy of Cataloging Community Cookbooks." Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 55, no. 4 ( June 2017): 197-228. Submitted by Anna Appleman, Cataloger John Bulow Campbell Library, Columbia Theological Seminary