[Metadatalibrarians] Metadata for You and Me in Atlanta - last workshop!

[Sarah L. Shreeves]

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Metadata for You & Me: A Workshop on Shareable Metadata

http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/mym
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Metadata aggregations such as OAIster <http://www.oaister.org> and the  
IMLS Digital Collections and Content Project 
(http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu) have shown that metadata designed for 
diverse local environments may  fall short in providing the information 
needed for useful discovery in  the aggregated environment. Metadata for 
You & Me workshops assist  metadata planners in analyzing and 
implementing the changes that need  to be made to local metadata to 
prepare it for sharing with  aggregations, other institutions, and more 
widely. Topics to be covered include:

*  the current state of sharing metadata
* "the six Cs and lots of Ss" framework for shareable metadata
* an analysis of shareable properties for various classes of metadata  
elements
* practical advice for implementing these principles.

The content of workshops is based on the Best Practices for Shareable  
Metadata, an initiative of the Digital Library Federation and the  
National Science Digital Library, that provides guidance for creating  
metadata that can be easily understood, processed and used outside of  
its local environment.

Registration is now open for the following workshop:
Onsite Workshop
SOLINET (http://www.solinet.net/), Atlanta, GA
August 28, 2008
9-4 pm
(Scholarship Deadline, Aug. 15, 2008)
(Registration Open Until Filled)
Register at: http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/mym/register.html


Pre-requisites

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Metadata for You & Me is intended for professionals engaged in sharing  
metadata resources with colleagues, regional and state-wide consortia,  
Open Archives Initiative harvesters and service providers, or other  
metadata sharing partners. It is not intended as a basic training  
program in metadata. Ideally participants should have:

* Familiarity with metadata standards such as Dublin Core, VRACore,  
MARC, MODS, etc.

* Familiarity with the concepts of metadata aggregation or federation,  
such as Z39.50, Open Archives Initiative, metasearch, etc. (technical  
knowledge of the protocols is not required.)

* Familiarity with your local metadata, such as standards and  
controlled vocabularies used, systems employed, etc.


Scholarships

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Metadata for You and Me is now offering a limited number of  
scholarships for upcoming workshops.  Visit the Scholarships page 
(http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/mym/scholarships.html) to find 
out if you qualify.

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Sarah L. Shreeves
Coordinator, IDEALS
http://www.ideals.uiuc.edu/
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
sshreeve at illinois.edu
217-333-4648 or 217-244-3877