[Asis-l] NISO/DCMI Webinar: Metadata for Managing Scientific Research Data

[Cynthia Hodgson]

WEBINAR: NISO/DCMI Webinar: Metadata for Managing Scientific Research Data

DATE: August 22, 2012

TIME: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time)

EVENT WEBPAGE: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2012/dcmi/scientific_data/

 

ABOUT THE WEBINAR

 

The past few years have seen increased attention to national and
international policies for data archiving and sharing. Chief motivators
include the proliferation of digital data and a growing interest in research
data and supplemental information as a part of the framework for scholarly
communication. Key objectives include not only preservation of scientific
research data, but making data accessible to verify research findings and
support the reuse and repurposing of data.

 

Metadata figures prominently in these undertakings, and is critical for the
success of any data repositories or archiving initiative, hence increased
attention to metadata for scientific data -- specifically for metadata
standards development and interoperability, data curation and metadata
generation processes, data identifiers, name authority control (for
scientists), Linked Data, ontology and vocabulary work, and data citation
standards.

 

This NISO/DCMI webinar will provide a historical perspective and an overview
of current metadata practices for managing scientific data, with examples
drawn from operational repositories and community-driven data science
initiatives. It will discuss challenges and potential solutions for metadata
generation, identifiers, name authority control, Linked Data, and data
citation.

 

SPEAKERS

 

Jane Greenberg, professor at the School of Information and Library Science
(SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and director of
the SILS Metadata Research Center, is well known for research and writing on
topics ranging from automatic metadata creation to metadata best practices,
ontology research, Semantic Web, data repositories, thesauri, and scientific
data curation. She has served as Principal Investigator or partner on a
number of grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, National
Science Foundation, and the National Institute of Health, and actively
participates in organizations such as the American Library Association,
American Society for Information Science and Technology, and the Dublin Core
Metadata Initiative. Jane is the recipient of the 2012 Margaret Mann
Citation from the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services
(ALCTS).

 

Thomas Baker, Chief Information Officer of the Dublin Core Metadata
Initiative, has recently co-chaired the W3C Semantic Web Deployment Working
Group and the W3C Incubator Group on Library Linked Data.

 

REGISTRATION

 

Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 12:00 pm
Eastern on August 22, 2012. Discounts are available for NISO and DCMI
members and students.

 

Can't make it on the webinar date/time? Register now and gain access to the
recorded archive for one year.

 

Visit the event webpage to register and for more information:
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2012/dcmi/scientific_data/

 

 

 

Cynthia Hodgson

Technical Editor / Consultant

National Information Standards Organization

chodgson at niso.org

301-654-2512

 

 

 

 

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