Metadata Standards and Applications - May 10&11 (BCCATS)

BCCATS (BCLA Cataloguing and Technical Services Interest Group), OCLC Western, and Simon Fraser University are co-sponsoring a spring workshop entitled Metadata Standards and Applications. The workshop will be held on Thursday and Friday, May 10 and 11, at SFU Harbour Centre in downtown Vancouver.

This two-day workshop is the second course in the series "Cataloging for the 21st Century." The goal of the course is to relate what attendees already know about library catalog metadata to digital library metadata, thereby preparing them to apply their current knowledge to new areas. The course explores the following topics:

• Introduction to digital libraries
• Metadata models
• Overview of metadata standards and applications
• Metadata interoperability and distribution
• Controlled vocabulary use in metadata
• Application profiles
• Quality considerations and monitoring metadata developments

This course is designed for practicing catalogers (with or without MLS degrees) from all types of libraries, with a working knowledge of MARC and concepts of bibliographic control.

Gayle Palmer and Linda Stewart, from OCLC Western will be the instructors for the course.

The workshop is limited to 25 people. Registration fee is $245 (BCLA members) or $295 (non-BCLA members). For more information and to register for the workshop, please visit the OCLC Western website: http://www.oclc.org/western/training/courses/descriptions/W302.htm

For further information, please contact
Naomi Eichenlaub naomi.eichenlaub@royalroads.ca or Nancy Stuart nstuart@uvic.ca