Upcoming Training: Cataloging with Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Upcoming Training: Cataloging with Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). NLM Tech Bull. 2023 Jul-Aug;(453):b6.

[Editor's note added October 23, 2023: A recording of the Webinar is available.]

Do you want to learn more about how to use Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) in cataloging? Then this course is for you!

Through live demonstrations and hands-on exercises, this 90-minute online class explores the use of MeSH in the cataloging environment.

This class will be taught by Sharon Willis, Senior Cataloging Specialist at the National Library of Medicine.

Objectives:

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to: 

• Describe the overall process of cataloging using MeSH. 
• Explain the principles of subject analysis. 
• Find information about specific terms and the MeSH hierarchy using the MeSH browser. 
• Properly structure MeSH in a bibliographic record. 
• Explore topics that require special consideration or exceptions for catalogers when using MeSH.  
• Request changes to the MeSH vocabulary.

Date and Time: Friday, September 29, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. EST

Duration: 90 minutes

Register Here: Registration Closed.

Continuing Education:

• This class has been approved for 1.5 Medical Library Association (MLA) continuing education credits.