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Fast Facts
CONFERENCE DATES
November 2-4 , 2005
CONFERENCE LOCATION
Harrison Conference Center & Hotel
900 Scudders Mill Road
Plainsboro, NJ 08536
Map
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218 Central Ave Suite #5100
Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: (973) 596-5490
Fax: (973) 596-5499
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Pre Conference Workshops:
Metadata - Understanding Metadata, assessment and developing a Metadata strategy
Grace Agnew, Rutgers University [bio]
This workshop will provide both an introduction to metadata concepts and principles as well as practical guidance in developing a strategy for describing and managing your resources, using metadata. The focus of the workshop will be on describing and managing digital video assets, but the principles and strategies can be applied to any digital resource. Topics to be covered:
Overview of Metadata Principles and Technologies
- What is metadata? Why do I need it? How do I use it?
The current metadata landscape
- The state of the art for digital video metadata
- Making effective metadata choices
Implementing metadata
- Principles of metadata design and implementation
- Repository architectures
- Participating in exising initiatives
- New Jersey Digital Highway
- Moving Image Collections project
Recommended background reading:
Agnew, Grace. Understanding Metadata.
http://gondolin.rutgers.edu/MIC/text/how/agnew_sla.pdf
Bogan, Ruth. What is Metadata?
http://www.njdigitalhighway.org/documents/what_is_metadata.pdf
Johnson, Jane. Cataloging "Lay of the Land"
http://gondolin.rutgers.edu/MIC/text/how/cataloging_overview.htm
MIC. Cataloging Principles.
http://mic.loc.gov/catalogers_portal/cat_principles.htm
Recommended audience:
Anyone with a digital collection to manage.
Pre-requisite knowledge:
Basic familiarity and understanding of metadata and cataloging principles and practice, as outlined in the recommended reading. Basic familiarity with XML and the Web.
Space is limited to 25 participants, so please register early!
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