[Eril-l] ALCTS Web Course: Fundamentals of Metadata

[ALCTS-CE Announce]

*Cross posted to multiple lists*

ALCTS Web Course: Fundamentals of Metadata

Session 4: August 17 – September 25

This six-week course is an introduction to fundamental concepts of
metadata, including:

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   Similarities and differences between cataloging and metadata
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   Descriptive, technical, and administrative metadata schema
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   Content standards and controlled vocabularies
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   Approaches to metadata creation and transformation
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   Metadata project design

Instructors

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   Gretchen Gueguen, Digital Projects and Communications Manager at PALCI
   (Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc.)
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   Jennifer Roper, Director, Digital Strategies, University of Virginia
   Library
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   Marcia Barrett, Cataloging and Metadata Strategies Librarian at
   University of California, Santa Cruz
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   Maggie Dull, Head of Metadata Strategies, University of Rochester’s
   River Campus Libraries

See the Fundamentals of Metadata
<http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/webcourse/fom/ol_templ> website for
more information.

Fee

$139 ALCTS Member and  $169 Non-member

How to Register

To register, complete the online form
<http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=oloc&Template=/Conference/ConferenceList.cfm&ConferenceTypeCode=L>
or register by mail
<http://www.ala.org/alcts/sites/ala.org.alcts/files/content/confevents/upcoming/webcourse/alcts_webcourse_reg.pdf>
.

Registration Deadline

Registration for each course is limited to 20 people. For courses that are
not sold out, online and fax registration ends at 12 noon CDT on the Monday
before the course begins. Mailed registration forms must be postmarked by
two Mondays prior to the course start date.

Contact

For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling
1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration at ala.org. For all other
questions or comments related to the web courses, contact Tom Ferren, ALCTS
Continuing Education Program Officer at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5038 or
tferren at ala.org.

Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.
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