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This is your last chance to register for two upcoming online workshops on EAD2HTML and RDA. EAD2HTML: Transforming your Finding Aids with XSL<https://www.amigos.org/node/1911> - February 12-14, 10:30 - 12:30 pm CST Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL), is a powerful tool for transforming XML documents into other formats. This workshop focuses on applying XSL to transform Encoded Archival Description (EAD-Version 3) finding aids into valid HTML5 files viewable on the web. Learning Objectives: * Distinguish between XSL, XSLT, XPath, CSS, and HTML5 * Describe a variety of XSL elements and their function in transforming EAD to HTML * Select and manipulate EAD nodes using abbreviated and full XPath * Troubleshoot XSL stylesheets * Create an XSL stylesheet and use it to a transform a supplied finding aid to HTML5 Register today at https://www.amigos.org/node/1911. Cataloging eBooks: RDA and Provider-Neutral Guidelines<https://www.amigos.org/node/4500> - February 20, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm CST Cataloging eBooks in a shared cataloging environment presents unique challenges. What is it--a book or a computer file? For the purpose of cataloging, is a PDF the same as an ePub, Nook or Kindle file? This two-hour workshop will answer these questions and more. The topics to be covered include: RDA definitions for online resource and eBook; RDA instructions and provider-neutral guidelines for cataloging eBooks; building MARC records for eBooks. Learning Objectives: * Define online resource and eBook * Identify the problem with cataloging eBooks * Identify sources of eBooks * Identify RDA instructions and Provider-Neutral Guidelines to describing eBooks * Build MARC records for eBooks Register today at https://www.amigos.org/node/4500. You can view our entire training schedule at https://www.amigos.org/continuing_education. Thanks! Jodie --------------------------------------------- Jodie Borgerding Continuing Education Services Manager Amigos Library Services 1190 Meramec Station Road, Suite 207 Ballwin, MO 63021 (972) 340-2897 http://www.amigos.org<http://www.amigos.org/> Open Doors: Reaching Underserved Populations Online Conference February 28, 2019 Register<https://www.amigos.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=1116>