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[SEMINAR] OCLC Institute "Understanding and Using Metadata"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Terry Kuny)
Fri Feb 27 20:17:38 1998
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 18:17:14 -0600
From: Terry Kuny <Terry.Kuny@xist.com>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU>
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The OCLC Institute announces
"Understanding and Using Metadata"
The OCLC Institute invites you to participate in an intensive 2 1/2-day
theoretical and practical exploration of metadata and its applications.
After participating in this seminar you will be able to:
* Understand the foundations of resource description and its application
to the Internet
* Understand emerging Web standards such as XML, RDF, and the Dublin
Core and their application in resource description systems
* Evaluate your information management needs and determine the
appropriateness of metadata for a variety of applications
* Use Dublin Core metadata in a real-world application
This seminar consists of lectures, structured lab exercises, and group
discussions. First, you will receive an overview of Web-based resource
description systems and detailed instruction in the
Dublin Core metadata. Then, as a member of a small project team, you
will design and implement a MARC- or webserver-based resource
description system using metadata records for a real-world
collection. Finally, you will evaluate the resource description system
in terms of design and functionality, including data input,
storage, retrieval, and display.
How You Will Benefit
* You will understand the current state of metadata and learn about
expected long-term developments.
* You will gain hands-on experience creating and working with several
metadata systems.
* You will be able to compare and evaluate the results of alternative
approaches.
* You will be able to plan, implement, or extend your use of metadata in
your own environment.
This seminar is designed especially for:
* Internet/metadata catalogers
* Systems librarians
* Intranet managers
* Knowledge managers
* Anyone managing an information resource on an intranet or the Internet
For complete details, including seminar dates and location information,
and to register online, visit the OCLC Institute home page at
http://purl.org/oclc/institute, or contact Erik Jul at jul@oclc.org,
(614) 764-4364, or (614) 718-7132 Fax.
Erik Jul
Associate Director
OCLC Institute
jul@oclc.org
