XML.com started a new column on 2.18.04 entitled, "Hacking the Library." Its author, Kendall Grant Clark, claims "I want to share some of the library science tricks I've picked up in my own efforts to manage my dijalog lifestyle"
Future features to include such topics as:
How to implement the Library of Congress at home;
How to use weblogs as a way to catalogue and categorize personal information;
How to use big-time metadata standards and techniques, like Dublin Core and faceted metadata, to manage dijalog artifacts;
Anyone interested in archiving digital objects, and looking to get practice around the home should be on the lookout for new editions of "Hacking the Library" - perhaps this is an indication of XML becoming more popular, and easier to use and helpful to everyday life, also, it coincides nicely with NYTimes Circuits Navigating Digital Home Networks piece from 2.19.04
| Categorized in: Library: Digital/Web , Process: Preservation , Process: Records Management , Topic: Literacy , Topic: Metadata/XMLThe International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, will be held on October 11-14, 2004 in Shanhai, China.
DC-2004 is the fourth in a series of conferences previously held in Tokyo, Florence, and Seattle -- and will examine a broad range of metadata applications, especially with a view towards improving interoperability across boundaries of language, culture, and communities of practice. The confernece had posted an open call for papers.
I can't envision of a situation in which I'll be able to attent, but here's hoping by October the economy has picked up enough that I can convince my heretofore unkown future employer to send me.
| Categorized in: Form: Conference , Library: Digital/Web , Topic: Metadata/XMLAn excellent "How To" for planning content management solutions. I used to work with the article's author, and can honestly say he is one of the most thoughtful and talented information professionals I've ever met. He also maintains a weblog of his own: Noise Between Stations.
METRO is sponsoring a Digitzation Symposium on Thursday, March 11, 2004 from 9:00 to 4:00 at Baruch College Conference Center.
The keynote speakers will be David Seaman of the Digital Library Federation and Liz Bishoff of OCLC (and formerly director of the Colorado Digitization Project). David Seaman will address emerging developments in the field of digitization and Liz Bishoff will address the issue of collaborative strategies in digitization.
There will also be an afternoon panel on the topics of digitization equipment, outsourcing digitization processes, and evolving standards in metadata. This panel will include Barbara Taranto (New York Public Library, Research Division) Janet Gertz (Columbia University), and Jerry McDonough (New York University). The symposium will provide members with two breakout sessions to share their insights and experiences based on the panel presentations.
Registration fee is $20 for members, $30 for non-members. Visit METRO to register online.
| Categorized in: Form: Workshop , Library: Digital/Web , Process: Digitization , Topic: Metadata/XMLLooks good michael - It will be fun to watch the categories get filled - perhaps - there surely are a lot of categories!
Here is a post on the 'Topic: Metadata/XML' category....
Marking Up a Text A nice online book/tutorial provided by the TEI (text encoding initiative)
keep up the good work, hope to see more people posting soon??