September 2007

Backstage to host Authority Control Seminars in the UK

Backstage Library Works Presents: Authority Control

Thursday, October 4, 2007 - CILIP, London

An introductory seminar for academic, special, school and public library staff interested in learning more about automated authority control: the standardization of headings in bibliographic records using programming and machine processes. The presentation will include an overview of the BSLW authority control process; "before" and "after" examples of name, subject, and series headings; issues specific to authority work in the UK; and a Question/Answer session for individual discussion.

There is no charge for attendance. Two sessions are available, either 9:00am-11:00am or 2:00pm-4:00pm. Seating is limited to 20 spaces per session, so please RSVP with Maritta Coppieters, BSLW International Sales Representative, via email (maritta@bslw.com), fax (+1-801-356-8220), or telephone (+1-801-356-1852 ext. 227) to reserve space.

To download a reservation form: Reservation

CILIP is located near the University of London at 7 Ridgmount Street, London WC1E 7AE; Tel: 020 7255 0500. Directions and a map to the CILIP offices can be found at http://www.cilip.org.uk/aboutcilip/contactus/map.htm

July 2007

• We had a great time at ALA in Washington DC and debuted our brand new booth. Read this blog to see one person's reaction. Thanks to all of you that came by, and if you didn't get a chance visit us or see the booth, then be sure and come by at Mid-winter. As always we gave away plenty of our world-famous blinky starts. In fact we handed out over 3,000 of them.

June 2007

• Visit us at ALA. We'll be in booth number 2033 and we'll be giving out more of our world famous blinky stars.
• We just returned from the Special Library Association show in Denver Colorado. That sure is a great city and we had a great time meeting all the folks that visited our booth. Thanks for stopping by. We'll see you next year at the SLA in Seattle.

January 2007

• Happy New Year!
• Backstage Library Works will be exhibiting at Midwinter ALA January 19-22, 2007. We'll be in booth 1219, so be sure and stop by to say hello and to pick up one of our world famous blinky stars.
• At the Midwinter ALA, Backstage Library Works will be hosting another authority control usergroup breakfast/meeting. This is for all our current authority control clients as well as anyone that is interested in learning more about the service and how it can benifit their library. For more information click here.

November 2006

• The latest editon of our newsletter can be found here. You'll find information about new staff at Backstage Library Works, as well as our latest projects
• The Library Company of Philadelphia is celebrating thier 275th anniversary with a grand event on November 8th, 2006. Backstage Library Works is proud to be one of the sponsors of that event.

June 2006

• Backstage Library Works had a wonderful time in New Orleans at the annual American Libraries Association convention. Thanks to all of you who stopped by the booth to say hello and to learn about ways we can make your library run more efficiently.
• Backstage Library Works hosted another breakfast and user-group meeting at ALA for our authority control customers and those interested in learning more about our service. We'll do it again in Seattle, so if you would like to be included, let us know.

May 2006

• Here are some trade shows we attended in May
  Utah Library Association - May 18
  Nelinet - May 6
  Innovative Users Group - May 20-22
  If you didn't get a chance to see us then, don't cry. We'll also be at the Special Libraries conference June 11-13 in Baltimore and at the summer ALA in New Orleans.
• Recent projects for Backstage Library Works include retrospective conversion for Stanford University Lane Medical, authority control for East Carolina University, Bellingham Technical College and the HELIN Consortium. We are also doing further digitization projects for Hamilton College this month.
• Read our May/June newsletter here.

March 2006

• Our March/April newsletter is posted here. If you'd like to be added to our email list, just click here and write "subscribe" in the subject line.
• Thanks to all of you who came to visit us at PLA in Boston. We had a wonderful time and had a chance to meet quite a few new people.
• We had added an additional person to our sales team. It's Lara Henry and we couldn't be more pleased! She charms everyone she knows and will be a great addition to the team.

February 2006

• New projects this month include authority control for Casa Grande Public Library, retrospective conversion for the North Ireland Libraries Board, MARC21 conversion for the College of Europe, reclassification for Elizabeth City State University, and slide digitization for SUNY Buffalo.
• Visit Backstage Library Works next month at VRA in Baltimore and PLA in Boston!

January 2006

• Backstage Library Works had a great time at the midwinter ALA conference in San Antonio. We thank all of those that came by the booth to say hello. While in San Antonio, we held another one of Authority Control user group meetings/breakfasts. The next one we host will be in New Orleans.
• Our January/February newsletter was emailed. You can read it here, and if you'd like to be added to our email list, just click here and write "subscribe" in the subject line.
  

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