1. What Comes Next? Paul Frank #AALL12
Well, our little skit and the beginning of the workshop might be a long lost memory by now, or it might not have seemed relevant in the first place, and you are wondering, OK, now that I have spent the entire day in this workshop, what happens next?
Paul Frank

2. What Comes Next? Multiple Choice
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What Comes Next? Multiple Choice
A stiff drink?
Two stiff drinks?
A new career?
A lament (in a minor key) about the
“Good Old Days of AACR2?”
More RDA training?
Other?

3. More training? Advantages of training: Repetitio mater studiorum est
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More training?
Advantages of training:
Repetitio mater studiorum est
Builds confidence and courage
Allows for philosophical musings

4. More training? Disadvantages of training:
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More training?
Disadvantages of training:
Can become addictive – the perpetual student syndrome
Builds textbook confidence and courage
Allows for philosophical musings

5. If the Advantages outweigh the Disadvantages …
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If the Advantages outweigh the Disadvantages …
Pat and Lia showed you many helpful resources
The PCC has done a lot of RDA training development work already, too

6. Catalogers Learning Workshop (CLW)

7. Catalogers Learning Workshop (CLW)

8. RDA in NACO Training – CLW

9. What else? Specialized cataloging communities have specialized needs
RDA training continues to be developed and shared
But the most important thing is …

10. Start cataloging in RDA!
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Start cataloging in RDA!
No more training wheels. We gave you a good start– you can go off on your own now.

11. Start cataloging in RDA!
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Start cataloging in RDA!
Advantages
Active rather than passive involvement with RDA
Exhilaration of being thrown into the deep end
Invaluable opportunity to learn from your mistakes

12. Start cataloging in RDA!
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Start cataloging in RDA!
What about the Fear Factor?
of failure?
of making mistakes?
of feeling lost and detached?
Anyone ever hear of Growing Pains?

13. #AALL12
Thank You!