Workshop: Making Metadata: Turning Theory into Product

If you can get yourself to Columbus, Ohio, the Central Ohio Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology and OHIONET is offering what looks like a great workshop on Tuesday, November 18, 2008:

Making Metadata: Turning Theory into Product

If you want to learn about the realities of creating metadata, this hands-on workshop will help move you from theory to practice. From selecting the appropriate standards to implementing a quality control process, there are many stages of successful metadata creation. This workshop will include exercises and explorations to help you create quality metadata.

Audience: This workshop is for catalogers, librarians, and library staff who have been exposed to the concepts of metadata and want to learn about the day-to-day aspects of producing metadata.

Instructors: Morag Boyd and Melanie Schlosser, The Ohio State University

Date/Time: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 from 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM