[Asis-l] [spam] NISO Metadata Workshop May 20, 2004

[Cynthia Hodgson]

Save the Date:  Thursday, May 20, 2004
NISO Workshop: Metadata Practices on the Cutting Edge

Information professionals:  Get the guidance you need on 
the growing variety of metadata standards and explore 
issues of interoperability.  The NISO one-day workshop, 
Metadata Practices on the Cutting Edge, will be held in 
Washington, DC on Thursday, May 20, 2004.  Topics in the 
spotlight--from both theoretical and practical 
perspectives--include: metadata syndication, digital 
archiving, metadata quality assurance, the Joint Working 
Party initiative on serials and subscription metadata, 
METS, MODS, and more. 

Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC, will keynote.  Confirmed speakers 
include: Howard Ratner, Nature Publishing Group; Rebecca 
Guenther, Library of Congress; Chuck Koscher, CrossRef; 
Evan Owens, JSTOR; Morgan Cundiff, Library of Congress, 
MacKenzie Smith, MIT Libraries, and Bruce Rosenblum, 
Inera, Inc.

In addition, Jenny Walker, ExLibris, a member of the NISO 
Standards Development Committee will discuss plans to 
support metadata interoperability through the development 
and coordination of standards and will share information 
about NISO's strategic planning initiative.

Please check the NISO website (www.niso.org) after March 
12 for program and registration details.

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Cynthia Hodgson
National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
4733 Bethesda Avenue, Suite 300
Bethesda, MD  20814-5248
T. 301-654-2512, F. 301-654-1721
www.niso.org