Essential skills for today's librarians.
OCLC offers many options to obtain the skills and knowledge you need to accomplish your mission. From live-online webinars, to Web-based tutorials and demonstrations, you can choose the easiest type of training and education for you.
Training Main Page
Cataloging Skills Training Calendar
RDA Training Calendar
RDA Toolkit Training Resources
The links to online resources on this regularly updated page are provided to support teaching and training in RDA cataloging.
Full Record Examples of RDA Cataloging
The Joint Steering Committee tor Development of RDA (JSC) has issued full MARC record examples of RDA cataloging.
RDA Toolkit Essentials Webinar
Free webinar that serves as an introduction and guide to using RDA Toolkit.
RDA: Resource Description & Access training materials
Catalogers Learning Workshops course materials
Access to WebJunction’s library-specific courses and webinar archives is available for free to all library workers and volunteers. Through the generous support of OCLC, the Gates Foundation, and many state library agencies across the U.S., WebJunction provides timely and relevant learning content for you to access anytime, from anywhere.
WebJunction Course Catalog - Main Page
Self-Paced Courses: Collections Management
Why should librarians learn to code?
Common Workplace Email Platforms
Helping Your Patrons
The best way to prepare for your patrons' email questions is to understand the email service they are using. Since most web-based email services are free, set up "dummy" accounts with each of the most popular ones, then practice using that service.
More Help with Email
Free tutorials from GCFLearnFree.org
Free videos and tutorials from Microsoft
Free tutorials from GCFLearnFree.org
Free videos and tutorials from Microsoft
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