[Asis-l] DCC Workshop on Maintaining Long-term Access to Geospatial Data

[Joy Davidson]

***Apologies for cross-posting***

DCC Workshop on Maintaining Long-term Access to Geospatial Data

Fri 27th October 2006
e-Science Institute, 15 South College Street, Edinburgh
http://www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/events/697/

We are holding a one-day workshop aimed at an audience who already have some
knowledge about geospatial data use and management. Participants will learn
from and update each other on progress and best practices, through informal
presentations and discussions, about the following areas:

-CITING GEOSPATIAL DATABASES
-GEOSPATIAL DATA FORMATS AND METADATA
-GEOSPATIAL REPOSITORIES AND STORAGE

Speakers will be from organizations and projects including:

- Chris Fleet, Deputy Map Curator, National Library of Scotland & Kimberly
Kowal, Curator of Digital Mapping, The British Library
- The UK Geospatial Repository for Academic Deposit and Extraction (GRADE)
project
- Steve Morris from the US North Carolina Geospatial Archiving Project
(NCGDAP)
- Go-Geo! UK academic geospatial metadata standards and formats
- The University of California and Stanford University US National
Geospatial Digital Archive (NGDA) project
- Sam Pepler, Project Manager, British Atmospheric Data Centre (BADC)

For more information and to register for the event, please visit:

http://www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/events/697/

The latest agenda will be maintained on the website. The event will run from
approximately  10:00 until 16:00.  Registration costs are 20.00 pounds per
person that will cover a catered lunch.  Following the workshop, there will
be an optional dinner gathering where individuals pay for their own dinner.

Workshop Organisers:
Joy Davidson, DCC Training Coordinator (University of Glasgow)
Guy McGarva, DCC Geospatial Advisor (EDINA, University of Edinburgh)
Rajendra Bose, DCC Postdoctoral Researcher (School of Informatics,
University of Edinburgh)

Email: info at dcc.co.uk
web: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/

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Joy Davidson
DCC Training Coordinator and ERPANET British Editor
Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII)
George Service House, 11 University Gardens,
University of Glasgow
Glasgow G12 8QJ
Scotland
Tel: +44(0)141 330 8592
Fax: +44(0)141 330 3788
http://www.dcc.ac.uk
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