<div dir="ltr"><div>Of course there are the DCRM manuals at the RBMS website: <a href="http://rbms.info/dcrm/">http://rbms.info/dcrm/</a></div><div><br></div><div>But a lot of cataloging requires judgement which you get from colleagues. In that light, I strongly suggest you join the Facebook group "Troublesome Catalogers and Magical Metadata Faires":</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/161813927168408/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/161813927168408/</a> <br></div><div><br></div><div>Yes, it's an amusing name. The group is not Special Collections cataloging—although participants do raise such issues from time to time. There's a ton of good advice from the catalogers there and one can learn lots from observing the back-and-forth dialogue among participants.</div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Bob Kosovsky, Ph.D. -- Librarian, Rare Books and Manuscripts,<br>Music & Recorded Sound Division </div><div>The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts - <span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;white-space:pre-wrap">Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center</span><br></div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span></span></p><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://www.nypl.org" target="_blank">www.nypl.org</a></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 11:05 AM Karen Nelson <<a href="mailto:karenjnelson@uvic.ca">karenjnelson@uvic.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Special Collections cataloguing is on my horizon, and since institutional shutdown is a distinct possibility, I’m trying to locate some training materials or opportunities which might be available at short notice. This is such a great opportunity
for uninterrupted study! No cloud without its [somewhat tarnished] silver lining.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Of course, I will reconnoiter the RBMS website, but just in case anyone knows of anything else for the newbie, I’d be happy to hear from them.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<u></u><u></u></p>
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