Uncataloguing Workshop @ BFI

2nd December 2024, 10AM to 4PM

The UK Committee on RDA and the Metadata & Discovery Group with our hosts at the British Film Institute invite you to an Uncataloguing Workshop, where will explore the basis of creating useful metadata for all kinds of material to aid discovery.

No prior knowledge is required, just and interest in and curiosity about library metadata. Both seasoned cataloguers and para-professionals and early career librarians interested in metadata, cataloguing, acquisitions or discovery will find this engaging.

Using pencil and paper exercises, we will explore the merit of different ways of thinking about metadata. Experts will be on hand to explain concepts and answer questions.

The Resource Description and Access (RDA) international standard is aligned with IFLA's Library Reference Model (LRM), a bibliographic conceptual model. RDA is a practical implementation of the model and follows the basic structure of the LRM entities and relationships. The concepts involved, and the practical ways in which we can apply them, will be addressed in the workshop.

Useful information

Directions: For directions to the BFI and the Reuben library please refer to their website.

Before you attend it may be helpful to review the following YouTube videos about RDA, specificially to understand some of the jargon and terminology used in the new standard.

Programme

Registration is essential as we have limited spaces for up to 30 attendees. Book early to guarantee a space.

Costs

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