Annual Report
PCC Standing Committee on Training (SCT)
October 2007
The PCC Standing Committee on Training has been actively working on various
training initiatives including joint PCC/ALCTS programs and online training
efforts, as outlined below.
PCC SCT committee members: Paige Andrew (Pennsylvania State University),
Steven Arakawa (Yale University), Barbara Bushman (National Library of
Medicine), Jacqueline Byrd (Indiana University),), Caroline Miller, Chair
(University of California, Los Angeles), Andrea Stamm (Northwestern
University)
Liaisons: Glenn Patton (OCLC), Carolyn Sturtevant (LC/BIBCO)
Ongoing Projects
Joint PCC SCT/CCS SAC Task Force on Library of Congress Classification Training
The IDS session was presented at the Library of Congress the last week of
October, just prior to the Policy Committee meeting. The course was well
received. John Mitchell and Paul Frank will be presenting it next week.
It is now available for purchase from CDS.
TF members:
PCC membership: Steven Arakawa (Yale University), Paul Frank (Library of
Congress), Caroline Miller (UCLA), Rebecca Uhl (Arizona State University)
CCS/SAC membership: Lori Robare (University of Oregon), Chair, Lois Mai
Chan (University of Kentucky), Daniel Lovins (Yale University), Mark
McKnight (University of North Texas), Scott Opasik (Indiana University,
South Bend), Bruce Trumble (Harvard University),
CPSO liaison: Mary K. D. Pietris (Library of Congress)
Joint PCC/CCS Task Force to Develop Series Training
The IDS session was presented at the Library of Congress the last week of
October, just prior to the Policy Committee meeting. This course was also
well received. It was made clear to the students that this course did not
replace NACO training for series authority records. The course is now
available for purchase through CDS.
TF members:
PCC membership: Rachel Wadham (Brigham Young University), Chair, Valerie
Bross (UCLA), Judy Kuhagen (Library of Congress), Iris Wolley (Cornell
University)
ALCTS/CCS membership: Robert Maxwell (Brigham Young University), Mark
Scharff (Washington University in St. Louis), Deborah (Deb) Thomas
(University of Tennessee)
Task Group to Develop Training in Medical Cataloging
Barbara Bushman of the National Library of Medicine is Chair of this new
task group. During Fall of 2007 she was working on forming a committee.
Task Group to Develop Training in Map Cataloging
Paige Andrew of Pennsylvania State University is the Chair of this new task
group. He is currently working on forming the committee.
RDA Implementation Task Force
Barbara Bushman of the National Library of Medicine is the PCC
representative to this task force. The new Chair is Shawn Miksa of the
University of North Texas. The group met once at ALA in Washington, DC and
plans to meet again at ALA Midwinter in Philadelphia.
Respectfully submitted,
Caroline R. Miller
Chair, PCC Standing Committee on Training
October 2007
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