[ANNOUNCEMENT] Understanding and Using Metadata

[Jul,Erik]

[Cross-posted to INTERCAT, AUTOCAT, WEB4LIB.  Please forward or
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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 at oclc.org, 
(614) 764-4364, or (614) 718-7132 Fax.

Erik Jul
Associate Director
OCLC Institute
jul at oclc.org