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- Expand the use of Sinopia in the PCC community, contributing to the development of a body of original cataloging in a linked data context
- Influence the future development of Sinopia by coordinating feedback from PCC users to the Sinopia development team, and by serving as a community of users for usability interviews and testing
- Provide input on the creation and evolution of PCC Sinopia Templates
- Identify training needs of new PCC Sinopia Users
- Explore how to cooperate effectively in a linked data cataloging environment
Calls
- Thurs. 28 October 2021, 1PM-2PM Eastern U.S. (Eastern US) (Time zone converter). Registration link. Tentative: Nancy Lorimer on RDA(Stanford) will give a talk about the intersection of Sinopia, BIBFRAME, and SinopiaRDA/LRM: points of convergence and divergence. Nancy has asked folks to submit questions about this topic ahead of time in the meeting notes document: there is a section under the heading for the meeting on 28 October.
- 18 November 2021, 1PM-2PM Eastern U.S. (Time zone converter). Registration link. Topic TBD
- 16 December 2021, 1PM-2PM Eastern U.S. (Time zone converter). Registration link. Topic TBD
https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEod-usrjsuG91UdJ9lTM40GIEOZR3MFY5y
Past calls
- 23 September 2021. Beth Picknally Camden: Overview of the PCC Sinopia training modules, and how new Sinopia users can use them to get started with Sinopia.
- Thurs. 26 August 2021 Walkthrough of the PCC Serials templates in Sinopia.
- Monday, July 19, 2021 - 3:00-4:30pm EST/12:00-1:30pm PST (time zone converter)
- Recording
- LD4 2021 Conference Session Sinopia in the PCC Context: Intro and Study Group (LD4 conference registration required, but is free of charge. Details at the link)
- This session will serve as the first meeting of the PCC Sinopia Cataloging Affinity Group. Designed for PCC catalogers working in Sinopia, the session will introduce attendees to the use of PCC profiles and standards in Sinopia and to allow time to practice and review creating descrip tions with the PCC profiles and following PCC standards. The session will begin with an overview of the available resources including training modules and the newly founded Affinity Group. Prior to the session, we will provide sample practice material that can be reviewed in the session and also will provide a starting point for any questions regarding PCC profiles and PCC standards within Sinopia.
- Running notes document
Working Hours
- Thurs. 7 October 1PM-2PM (Eastern US). Zoom link (full details below). The working hour is a dedicated time for working on resource descriptions in Sinopia. In addition, at this installment of the Working Hour, we will spend some time reviewing the PCC Sinopia training modules with live examples. As always, if you're not sure what resource to describe during the working hour, we have some ideas in this document.
- Thurs. 16 Sept. 2021, 1PM Eastern (Time zone converter). Registration link (Zoom). Theme: descriptions for basic print monographs, ideally monolingual. Use a book you have at your desk, or feel free to create a description based on a record in OCLC or your local catalog
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