[DCRM-L] online courses or training opportunities/resources

[Bob Kosovsky]

Of course there are the DCRM manuals at the RBMS website:
http://rbms.info/dcrm/

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":
https://www.facebook.com/groups/161813927168408/

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.


Bob Kosovsky, Ph.D. -- Librarian, Rare Books and Manuscripts,
Music & Recorded Sound Division
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts - Dorothy and Lewis B.
Cullman Center

40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023

www.nypl.org


On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 11:05 AM Karen Nelson <karenjnelson at uvic.ca> wrote:

> Hi, everyone;
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Thanks!
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