PCC Standing Committee on Training

Notes from the SCT Meeting

held at ALA Annual
Saturday, June 26, 2004
9:30 - 11:30 am -OCLC Red Suite, Rosen Plaza Hotel

Present: David Banush (Chair), Ana Cristan, Glenn Patton, Frieda Rosenberg, Rebecca Uhl, Rachel Wadham. Guests: Roxanne Selberg, Carolyn Sturtevant.

Updates from the chair

SACO program study and formalization has been completed. Mentors for non-PCC libraries will be made available to help them with proposals. BIBCO coordinators as well as NACO and BIBCO trainers will be asked to fill this role.

Update on joint PCC/ALCTS Training initiatives:

It was announced that the CCS and the PCC has set up a committee to oversee the maintenance and distribution of the jointly prepared training courses. Membership includes: David, Ana, and Lori Robare.

The subject analysis course was presented as a pre-conference on June 24 and 25. There were 84 people in attendance. Ana brought the trainees manual for everyone to look at. The training was well received and many people have been asking about how they can present the training at their own institutions. The name authorities course is well under way. The first module will be presented on Monday June 28th. CCS has made overtures to develop a series training course and an LC classification course. Discussion on this issue include if existing training materials could be used for series training and if so how this could speed up the timeline that has been followed for the other two courses. The need to get other input and start from scratch was discussed in relation to the other issues of the series training. It was suggested that existing members of the name authorities task group could be used to develop series training (some have already expressed interest and this would help speed up the timeline.) Issues relating to the LC classification course were also discussed, such all schedules could be covered or which schedules would be representative enough to use in training. Both the series training and LC classification training will be pursued and issued discussed with the CCS.

[After ALA, David contacted Jennifer Bowen and Sara Shatford Layne, outgoing and incoming chairs of the CCS Executive Committee, as well as the PCC Policy Committee, to gauge their interest in pursuing these two courses. He also spoke with Judy Kuhagen of LC, whose expertise on series authorities is widely acknowledged; she agreed to participate in developing training materials on series authorities if the initiative moves forward.]

Update on ALCTS Continuing Education Implementation Group

Due to illness, Greta was unable to attend ALA, so this item was not discussed. She did report briefly in an email message to the group.

Discussion of Steering Committee Response to TG on International Participation Report

The SCT discussed the responses relating specifically training from the report of the TG on International Participation. Some items are already under way (e.g., Action Item 2, to develop training materials devoid of commitment to the PCC; the subject training and name authorities training developed with ALCTS fill this need.) Discussion of the need to clarify current program structural realities and requirements (Action Item 1) was discussed. It is important that the requirements be stated in all promotional literature and in training materials as well. It was made clear that the PCC accepts certain standards and rules (AACR2, LCRIs) that that international partners need to work under these guidelines (Action item 3). Recommendation 7 which relates to online training tools was discussed. The need for such tools was recognized and Rachel volunteered to head a Task Group to develop such materials. David and Rachel will draft a charge. The group also talked about recommendation 5 (documentation in other languages) and how we could make that happen.

Discussion of final report of Metadata Training TG

After a long time, with many pitfalls and problems, the final report of the Metadata Training TG was received. The report seemed vague and it was uncertain if the task group had really addressed their entire charge. The value of the recommendation to perform a survey was discussed. Possible responses to the TG were outlined, including reforming the group, stating that the group was unable to fulfill its charge and disband it without further inquiry were discussed. David will make a decision and formulate a response for the group. [Subsequently, submitted to the PoCo for their consideration and posted to the SCT web page in July]

IR training and documentation update

A new task group consisting of BIBCO representatives, CONSER representatives, and Judy Kuhagen from CPSO are updating the Integrating Resources manuals and training materials. The updates reflect new rule updates as well as suggestions from trainers and catalogers who have now had enough time to work with the materials. The updates should be complete later this fall.

BIBCO Training Manual feedback

The three editors (Becky, Rebecca Malek-Wiley and Iris Wolley) of the BIBCO Training Manual are working on the revisions. Drafts of certain sections were distributed for comments. The exercises were not distributed at this time, since there would not be time in this meeting to discuss them. They will be sent at a later date in the hopes of getting detailed responses to them. Becky directed discussion of distributed portions. Some questions noted on the slides have already been answered. Discussion included a statement on the principles and concepts as requested by the task group on international participation. Discussion on the length and accuracy of the history section, and some additional points ensued. Other editorial comments to the group are welcome and can be sent to Rebecca Malek-Wiley at rrmw14@earthlink.net.

Outgoing members

David thanked Frieda Rosenberg and Adam Schiff, who are rotating off of the committee, and requested that any ideas for new members as well as ideas for future chairs be given to him.