[DCRM-L] Expert Community Experiment Results: OCLC Webinar invitation

[Dooley,Jackie]

Greetings, DCRMers--

I don't know how many of you see this OCLC listserv (NETLIST-L), but it occurs to me that this webinar might be of interest to some. I can think of strong reasons for conversation among rare book catalogers about what is and isn't appropriate to add to OCLC master records in our context. In this Brave New World of "expert community" involvement with the WorldCat database, my initial instinct is that there could be good justification for enhancing records well beyond what the basic bib record standards encourage.

Secondarily, it could be interesting in the WorldCat Local context.

A possible MASC discussion topic for 2010? I'd love to know, for example, to what extent rare book catalogers are enhancing master records with genre/form terms.

Jackie Dooley
Consulting Archivist, OCLC Research and the RLG Partnership
dooleyj at oclc.org
949.492.5060 (office/home)
949.295.1529 (mobile)

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Subject: [NETLIST-L] Expert Community Experiment Results: OCLC Webinar invitation
 
The following message will shortly be sent to many lists.  Please share
this information with members.
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You are invited to attend one of the following two free webinars.  Glenn
Patton, Director of WorldCat Quality Management will discuss the results
of the Expert Community Experiment that took place from February -
August 2009.  In addition, there will be discussion of future directions
regarding member library involvement in quality control of WorldCat
records.   To register, please click on the link for the webinar you
wish to attend and register:

Monday, September 21, 4:00 - 5:00 PM US Eastern time:
https://www3.oclc.org/app/request/bin/request.asp?specialCode=ECE09Sep21


Friday, September 25, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM US Eastern time: 
https://www3.oclc.org/app/request/bin/request.asp?specialCode=ECE09Sep25
About one week prior to the session for which you register, you will
receive log-on information for your webinar.  The instructions will also
be sent again to all registrants the morning of each session.

All are welcome to attend.  The webinars will be recorded.  One of them
will be mounted on the Expert Community Experiment website
(http://www.oclc.org/us/en/worldcat/catalog/quality/expert/default.htm)
about 2 weeks after the webinars are given.  You will then be able to
listen and view the webinar from the recording at your convenience.  

Cynthia M. Whitacre
Manager, WorldCat Quality & Partner Content Dept.
OCLC
800-848-5878, ext. 6183
whitacrc at oclc.org