*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@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@ala.org.
Posted
on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee