<html><body><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>FYI - </div><div>And for all you Hebraica BIBCO Funnel members, I eagerly await your contributions.</div><div>Thanks, Heidi </div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" data-mce-style="color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Les Hawkins" <lhaw@LOC.GOV><br><b>To: </b>PCCLIST@LISTSERV.LOC.GOV<br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, December 16, 2014 8:34:27 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>[PCCLIST] PCC training in support of RDA implementation and moving toward the Semantic Web<br><div><br></div><style><!--
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--></style><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">To all,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Please excuse the cross posting to multiple lists.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">The PCC Standing Committee on Training<span style="color:black" data-mce-style="color: black;">, the PCC </span>Secretariat, and several PCC institutions <span style="color:black" data-mce-style="color: black;">are</span> developing appropriate training plans and material to support the following two simultaneous goals. <span style="color:black" data-mce-style="color: black;">All of the materials that result from these efforts will be made available free of charge on the web. The goals are:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1" data-mce-style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore" data-mce-style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"" data-mce-style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Implementation of RDA bibliographic descriptions on January 1, 2015 (see the PCC <a href="http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/documents/Final-date-AACR2-PCC-Bib.html" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/documents/Final-date-AACR2-PCC-Bib.html">announcement</a> for the final date for AACR2 in BIBCO and CONSER work). The survey on the need for RDA "refresher" training and the material that results from it support this goal.</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"> </p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1" data-mce-style="text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore" data-mce-style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"" data-mce-style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span>Enable the PCC to reposition itself in the linked data environment. The PCC is developing material that introduces PCC members to the principles of the Semantic Web and use of RDA in a non-MARC environment. In preparation for these efforts members of the Secretariat have been enrolled in course work to learn about the principles, tools, and vocabularies that enable linked data services and the Semantic Web. </p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Les Hawkins</p><p class="MsoNormal">CONSER Coordinator</p><p class="MsoNormal">Library of Congress</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:lhaw@loc.gov" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:lhaw@loc.gov">lhaw@loc.gov</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" data-mce-style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> </span></p></div></div><div><br><br></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div><span name="x"></span>Heidi G. Lerner<br>Metadata Librarian for Hebraica and Judaica<br>Metadata Development Unit<br>Stanford University Libraries<br>Stanford, CA 94305-6004<br>e-mail: lerner@stanford.edu<br>ph: 650-725-9953<br>fax: 650-725-1120<br><span name="x"></span><br></div></div></body></html>