Mississippi Library Association

Map Cataloging Workshop

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) will co-sponsor a Map Cataloging Workshop on Thursday, November 1, from 9 am to 4 pm in the William F. Winter Building in downtown Jackson. Participants will learn the basics of map cataloging, including scale, main entry, MARC tagging, and subject headings.

Course instructor is Susan Moore. Moore has more than 20 years of map cataloging experience and has been teaching map cataloging workshops since 1999. She is a member of the Map and Geography Round Table of the American Library Association, and currently serves on the MAGERT Committee on Cataloging and Classification.

The workshop is co-sponsored by the Southeastern Library Network (SOLINET) and is open to the public. Cost of the workshop is $220 for SOLINET members and $270 for non-members. To register, call SOLINET at 1 800 999-8558 or register online at www.solinet.net.

For more information, contact Jane Phillips, MDAH, 601 576-6896. MDAH is located at 200 North Street, Jackson, Mississippi, 39201.

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Posted on: September 12th, 2007