The California Library Association Access, Collections, and Technical Services Section (CLA ACTSS) is pleased to forward this announcement of an upcoming ALCTS Regional Institute in California:

ALCTS AACR2 2002 Revision and Metadata Regional Institutes - CA http://www.ala.org/alcts/now/metadata.html

After two very successful Regional Institutes held in Chicago (Nov. 1-2, 2002) and Washington, D.C. (Nov. 4-5, 2002), we are very pleased to let you know that ALCTS will sponsor another Institute as below:

San Jose, CA (April 4-5, 2003).

Deadline for Early-Bird Special Registration Fees is March 13 for San Jose. Final registration deadline is March 28. For more information and registration form, please visit ALCTS Web Site at: http://www.ala.org/alcts/now/metadata.html 

AACR2 2002 Revision was comprehensively revised and published recently! ALCTS, a leader in the profession sponsoring authoritative and prestigious continuing education programs, has invited experts to provide training at these timely AACR2 2002 Revision and Metadata Regional Institutes. Space is limited. Sign up soon!

The Institute includes experts speaking and training on new concepts; revised and expanded chapters of the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd Edition, 2002 Revision; MARC 21; and the applications of these rules and formats. It also explores new approaches to cataloging resources, especially the practicalities of dealing with metadata for Web resources with a vision for the future.

Come and learn from the experts the most effective and most efficient applications for cataloging by applying the new concepts, new and revised rules included in AACR2 2002 Revision chapters 1, 3, 7-10, 12, 21, and other relevant chapters. New information and revisions to AACR2 2002 will be compared and implications for MARC 21 will be included in the presentations.

Scope and topics range from cataloging in a dynamic electronic age to the how-to's of creating records in various formats including: cartographic materials, continuing resources, databases, electronic resources, newly defined integrating resources, legal and loose-leaf publications, serials, three dimensional items, video recordings, visual images and Web sites. Also included are the steps to building a Metadata repository, standards, thesauri and the development of authority files to enhance end-user access as a means to provide integrated access to diverse information resources.

Topics: Acclaimed library professionals and educators have been invited to serve as faculty for these Institutes. They will give in-depth presentation on the following topics:

"AACR and Metadata: Library Opportunities in the Global Semantic Web - LC, IFLA, Dublin Core, Virtual International Authority Files, and More"
"Developing the Metadata Repository"
"Metadata and Controlled Vocabularies for Art, Architecture, and Material Culture"
"More Than Books: Access to Locally-Held Materials in Alternative Media"
"Chapter 3 of AACR2R: Changes to the Cataloging Rules appearing in 2002 Revision"
"Chapter 9 Changes for Both Direct and Remote Access E-Resources"
"Electronic Integrating Resources: AACR 2002 for Updating Web Sites and Databases"
"The New Chapter 12 for AACR 2002"
"There Ought to be A Law: AACR2 2002 Revision, Integrating Resources and Updating Loose-Leafs"

Accommodations, CA Institute Location and Time:

April 4-5, 2003, 8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. (Continental Breakfast will be served from 7:30 a.m.)

Wyndham Hotel San Jose, 1350 N First Street, San Jose, CA 95112-4789, Phone: 408-453-6200

To reserve a room at the Wyndham Hotel San Jose, call the hotel directly at 800-538-6818. ALCTS has reserved a block of rooms, for the ALCTS AACR2 2002 and Metadata Institute, at a group rate of $89 single/double (plus tax). Group rates are guaranteed until Thursday, March 13, 2003. After this date, group rates will be awarded on a space available basis.