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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">RDA Preconference Workshop at ALA Annual 2025</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We are pleased to announce that the North American RDA Committee (NARDAC) and the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) Standing Committee on Training (SCT) RDA Training Task Group: Monographs will be leading
a joint preconference workshop at ALA Annual in Philadelphia on Friday, June 27 from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The workshop will preview some of the PCC RDA Training Phase II work as well as a sampling of the bridge training that is being prepared. It will focus on identifying changes in cataloging practice relating
to the official RDA Toolkit and relevant documentation, including LC-PCC Policy Statements and Metadata Guidance Documentation (MGD). Examples, hands-on exercises, interactive Q&A will be provided in the workshop to help catalogers prepare for cataloging using
official RDA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">** Participants should bring a laptop to participate in this pre-conference event.**<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To register for ALA Annual 2025 and the preconference workshop, click
<a href="https://2025.alaannual.org/registration/rates-and-registration">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">If you are already registered for ALA Annual 2025, you can add the preconference workshop to your registration by visiting the dashboard found in your confirmation email. If you need additional assistance
or cannot locate your confirmation, please email <a href="mailto:alaregistration@csreg.zohodesk.com">
alaregistration@csreg.zohodesk.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This is a paid event.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Laura Doublet<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">on behalf of [NARDAC/PCC SCT RDA Training Task Group: Monographs]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Laura Doublet</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Head, Metadata</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">McPherson Library Room 238</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="color:#467886"><a href="www.library.uvic.ca"><span style="color:#467886">www.library.uvic.ca</span></a></span></u></span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#444444;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">We acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#444444;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">and Xʷsepsəm/Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#444444;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">the university stands, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#444444;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Peoples whose historical relationships with the land<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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