Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:01:03 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from wonder-woman.cni.org ([192.100.21.33] verified) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.12) with ESMTPS id 4825952 for cni-announce@cni.org; Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:02:39 -0400 X-Original-Message-Id: From: "Joan K. Lippincott" X-Original-To: cni-announce@cni.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-51--300493427 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: METS workshop - ARL - 1/18-22-10 X-Original-Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 16:01:37 -0400 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) --Apple-Mail-51--300493427 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable For more information, contact: David Green Association of Research Libraries 202-296-2296 david@arl.org METS Workshop: The Basics and Beyond Organized by ARL, January 18-22, 2010 in Boston, MA The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Statistics and Measurement =20= Program is offering a five day workshop entitled METS: The Basics and =20= Beyond to be held in partnership with Nancy J. Hoebelheinrich and Rick =20= Beaubien of the METS Editorial Board. This workshop is aimed at people =20= who work in digital and physical libraries and would like to gain =20 knowledge and skills for organizing the many and disparate component =20 parts of individual digital resources. Course Description Although continuous, this hands-on workshop consists of three modules, =20= any of which may be taken independently: The first module (Monday) offers a thorough introduction to METS =20 including an overview of all of its high level features. The second module (Tuesday and Wednesday) delves deeply into the heart =20= of METS: the flexible mechanisms it provides for encoding, organizing =20= and representing digital content of various kinds and for different =20 purposes. The third and final module (Thursday and Friday) explores strategies =20 for implementing METS in a production environment, and reviews =20 existing tools that can facilitate implementation. For further details, including expanded module descriptions, =20 instructor bios, and information on lodging, please go to: = http://www.arl.org/stats/statsevents/METS-workshop.shtml Instructors Nancy J. Hoebelheinrich =96 Metadata Specialist / Digital Library =20 Consultant Rick Beaubien =96 Software Engineer/Digital Library Consultant Event Details Date: Monday, January 18 to Friday, January 22, 2010 Time: 9:00 a.m.=965:00 p.m. each day Location: Monday: ALA hotel TBD; Tuesday-Friday: 90 Mt. Auburn, =20 Harvard University Fee: Please see http://www.arl.org/stats/statsevents/METS-workshop.shtml Register: http://www.formspring.com/forms/?718274-lHXuYlPAxR -- The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit =20 organization of 123 research libraries in North America. Its mission =20 is to influence the changing environment of scholarly communication =20 and the public policies that affect research libraries and the diverse =20= communities they serve. ARL pursues this mission by advancing the =20 goals of its member research libraries, providing leadership in public =20= and information policy to the scholarly and higher education =20 communities, fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise, and =20 shaping a future environment that leverages its interests with those =20 of allied organizations. ARL is located on the Web at = http://www.arl.org/=20 .= --Apple-Mail-51--300493427 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
For more information, contact: =
David Green
Association of Research Libraries
202-296-2296
david@arl.org

METS Workshop: The Basics and = Beyond

Organized by ARL, January 18-22, = 2010 in Boston, MA

The = Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Statistics and Measurement Program is offering a five = day workshop entitled METS: The Basics and Beyond to be held in partnership with = Nancy J. Hoebelheinrich and Rick Beaubien of the METS Editorial Board. This = workshop is aimed at people who work in digital and physical libraries and would = like to gain knowledge and skills for organizing the many and disparate = component parts of individual digital resources.

Course = Description

Although continuous, this hands-on workshop = consists of three modules, any of which may be taken independently:
 
  • The first module (Monday) offers a thorough introduction to METS = including an overview of all of its high level features.
  • The second module (Tuesday and Wednesday) delves deeply into the heart = of METS: the flexible mechanisms it provides for encoding, organizing = and representing digital content of various kinds and for different = purposes.
  • The third and final module (Thursday and Friday) explores strategies = for implementing METS in a production environment, and reviews existing = tools that can facilitate implementation.
 
For further = details, including expanded module descriptions, instructor bios, and information = on lodging, please go to: http://w= ww.arl.org/stats/statsevents/METS-workshop.shtml

Instructors

Nancy J. Hoebelheinrich =96 Metadata Specialist / = Digital Library Consultant

Rick Beaubien =96 Software Engineer/Digital Library = Consultant

Event = Details

Date: Monday, January 18 to Friday, January 22, 2010
Time: 9:00 a.m.=965:00 p.m. each = day
Location: Monday: ALA hotel TBD; Tuesday-Friday: 90 Mt. Auburn, Harvard University
Fee: Please see http://w= ww.arl.org/stats/statsevents/METS-workshop.shtml
 
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The Association of = Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 123 research libraries in = North America. Its mission is to influence the changing environment of = scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research libraries and = the diverse communities they serve. ARL pursues this mission by advancing = the goals of its member research libraries, providing leadership in public and information policy to the scholarly and higher education communities, = fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise, and shaping a future environment = that leverages its interests with those of allied organizations. ARL is = located on the Web at http://www.arl.org/.
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