ALCTS webinar: Repository Metadata: Challenges of Interoperability
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"Spidal, Debra" <dspidal_at_wsu.edu>
*Apologies in advance for duplicate postings.*
ALCTS webinar: Repository Metadata: Challenges of Interoperability
Date: April 13, 2011
All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 2pm Eastern, 1pm
Central, noon Mountain, and 11am Pacific Time.
Description: This session will give an overview of some of the specific
challenges in repository metadata including working with both user
submitted data and automated processes. The presentation will discuss
how repository data may be searched and repurposed and the fields that
are needed for interoperability to work most effectively. Some relevant
metadata schemes will be discussed. The speaker will offer suggestions
for ways to look at data from a variety of perspectives to ensure that
it meets the organization’s most critical needs.
Audience: Anyone with an interest in institutional repositories and the
significance of metadata will find this webinar of interest
Presenter: Wendy Robertson, Digital Resources Librarian, is responsible
for helping to expand support of electronic scholarship and
e-publishing, including supporting locally published e-journals and
managing the institutional repository. Robertson performs data analysis
on digital collections related to batch loading, migrating from one
system to another, and aggregating with other information resources.
Wendy received a B.A. in History from Grinnell College in 1988, and an
M.L.I.S. from The University of Iowa in 1992. She has worked at The
University of Iowa Libraries since 1988. Her previous work positions
include Electronic Resources Systems Librarian in Enterprise
Applications, Electronic Resources Management Unit Head, Serials
Cataloger and Supervisor in Technical Services.
This is the second in a series of four webinars about institutional
repositories to be offered between January and June 2011. The webinars
included in the IR series are:
January 26, 2011 - Copyright and Contracts: Moving Beyond Text in IRs
April 13, 2011 - Repository Metadata: Challenges of Interoperability
May 11, 2011 - Engaging Your Campus in Utilizing Institutional
Repositories, with Marianne Buehler
June 1, 2011 - Re-engineering the Institutional Repository to Engage
Users, with Suzanne Bell and Nathan Sarr
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To Register, complete the online registration form at
http://www.ala.org/ala/onlinelearning/reg/webinar.cfm for the session
you would like to attend.
Fees for individual sessions:
Group Rates - ALCTS Members & Non-Members: $99
Individuals - ALCTS Members: $39; Non-Members: $49
Participants outside the United States may register at the ALCTS member
rate.
Pricing for IR Series: (All 4 webinars)
Group Rates - ALCTS Members & Non-Members: $346 (save $50)
Individuals - ALCTS Members: $120 (save $36); Non-Members: $160 (save $36)
Participants outside the United States may register at the ALCTS member
rate.
ALCTS webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the
recording shortly following the live event.
For questions about registration, contact Tom Ferren, ALA Senior
Registration Coordinator at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4293 or tferren_at_ala.org
<mailto:tferren_at_ala.org>.
For all other questions or comments related to the webinars, contact
Julie Reese, ALCTS Events Manager at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5034 or
jreese_at_ala.org <MAILTO:jreese_at_ala.org>.
Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee
Received on Thu Mar 31 2011 - 09:23:26 EDT