從 2020年6月30日到2020年12月8日止，每個星期二美東時間下午3:30 (台灣星期三清晨3:30)，總共有六個系列，每個系列包含四場60分鐘的研討會。

研討會內容在於協助參加人員如何實際運用 RDA 和 RDA Toolkit，每個課程都會提供親身體驗的實務操作機會。

這個系列研討會，主要是協助探索 IFLA 提出的 Library Reference Model (LRM) 概念運用到實務的各個面向。包含了以下幾個項目:

• Relationship Basics

• Nomens

• Manifestations

• Persons

• Works

• Aggregate Manifestations

   

   

要能夠有效率的管理資源和館藏，必須有效估算所需的專業技能，花費的時間和資源，才能做出充分掌握資訊的決定。大多數的圖書館和檔案機構，針對紙本的檔案或者印刷品都有現成的估算方式。但是針對原生數位的檔案就比較沒有清楚的估算模式。

本文記述了OCLC "研究圖書館夥伴" (The OCLC Research Library Partnership)裡的 "館藏建設和營運工作小組" (Collection Building and Operational Impacts Working Group) 成員之間，針對本主題的實際工作經驗和處理方式的討論。

4月26日是「世界智慧財產權日」（World Intellectual Property Day）。本年的訴求在於透過改革創新來開拓環保的綠色的未來。

IFLA 結合了各類的文化智識機構及國際組織，來共同簽署一封公開信，提醒全世界的政府和世界智慧財產權組織 ，在放眼為來之際，不要忘記了過去。

在保護這些文化資產的過程中，為了保存而進行複製(包含數位化的複製)，就會牽涉到智財權的問題。在進行複製的過程中，如果沒有制定智財權的例外條款，智識機構就必須面對正式的申請或甚至付費等的繁瑣過程。如此，文化資產是否值得保護，將不再取決於是否對公眾有利或者有實際的需要，而變成考慮是否容易申請通過。智財權需要協助保護受到氣候變遷影響而受到破壞的文化資產，而不是反成為保護的障礙。

更新 國家圖書館學位論文學校及系所（新增14校；修改3校）

Establishing Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) NACO, BIBCO, CONSER, and SACO funnels grew out of the PCC’s strategy of engaging and inclusion of diverse membership, and the commitment of the Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL) to collaboration with PCC, the Library of Congress, and the American Library Association. Together, PCC CJK funnels and CEAL’s Committee on Technical Processing (CTP) have been taking leadership roles in contributing quality metadata, developing CJK-specific training programs, participating in the development of PCC policies and best practices, and engaging in international collaborations. This article discusses challenges the CJK funnels and CEAL CTP have faced and strategies taken in this ongoing collaborative endeavor.

The Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) has formal relationships with the Library of Congress (LC), Share-VDE, and Linked Data for Production Phase 2 (LD4P2) for work on Bibliographic Framework (BIBFRAME), and PCC institutions have been very active in the exploration of MARC to BIBFRAME conversion processes. This article will review the involvement of PCC in the development of BIBFRAME and examine the work of LC, Share-VDE, and LD4P2 on MARC to BIBFRAME conversion. It will conclude with a discussion of areas for further exploration by the PCC leading up to the creation of PCC conversion specifications and PCC BIBFRAME data.

The CONSER Program is the oldest component of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) and many elements that made CONSER a success were adopted by the PCC over the past twenty-five years. This article describes how CONSER’s evolution over the years in the areas of membership, leadership, standards, training and documentation influenced the development of the PCC.