*photo details at end of post

Just a quick update to confirm that despite recent adverse weather conditions, the Metadata Forum meeting on metadata for complex objects is still happening in York on Friday 10/December. There’s been a slight change to the original speaker lineup, but due to illness not snow. We’re tough up north!!

The speakers will be -

Nick Sheppard, Repository Developer, (sometimes Repository Czar), Leeds Metropolitan University

Nick will be talking about his experiences developing a “blended”repository for research and Open Educational Resources at Leeds Metropolitan University.

Julie Allinson, Digital Library Manager for the Library & Archives, University of York

Julie will be talking about the work of the Digital Library at the University of York, and in particular their work with images.

Jodie Double, Digital Content and Repositories Manager, University of Leeds

Jodie will be talking about user generated catalogue records for audio and video vs. the perfect record that is sometimes attempted to be achieved.

To find out more about the speakers and check the programme, see the Meeting Page.

This meeting is also now on Lanyrd, (with thanks to Nick Sheppard), so if you’re attending, go along and join the event page at – http://lanyrd.com/2010/metaforum/

This Forum meeting has been fully booked since Monday, but if you have questions or comments and are not able to attend, don’t forget to contact me and I’ll make sure your interest is represented at the meeting.

Contact me via -

Email – s.taylor@ukoln.ac.uk

Twitter – @metadataforum

Or leave a comment here on the blog.

There will be a live Twitter stream from the meeting tomorrow using the tag

#mdforum

Notes, speaker slides and other information will be available on Monday, so check back then.

*Photo from Autowitch via Flickr, used with thanks under CC license.

Bookings for the next Forum meeting on 10th December 2010 are brisk. Clearly metadata for complex objects is a hot topic for many people right now. I’ll be publishing short overviews from the speakers later in the week, but I can confirm that we will be hearing about images, theses and teaching and learning objects, with further announcements to come. If you want to attend but haven’t yet booked, you can do so using the booking form, which also links to full details of the meeting and venue.**

I’ve also been pleased to receive questions and comments via email and Twitter from people who aren’t able to attend the meeting in person, but still have a contribution to make. If you can’t make the meeting, feel free to drop me an email, tweet @metadataforum or even give me a call and let me know  your thoughts and questions. All contributions received before the day or on the day itself will be presented during the meeting, and discussions and answers to queries will be fed back to everyone via Twitter and the blog. Speaker notes and presentations will also be freely available after the meeting, again with links and and overviews here on the blog.

The tag for the meeting will be -

#mdforum

You will be able to follow announcements about the event via twitter (as well as feeds from blogs and websites etc.) by searching for the above tag. If you are new to twitter, please visit, http://www.twitter.com and create an account for yourself. We will be using technologies like this frequently, before, during and after the event. If you require a twitter client (software to keep up to date with the latest tweets), several can be found at http://www.twitstat.com/twitterclientusers.html.

*Image of the University of York temporary protakbin library accommodation during the current refurbishment project.

**A final note on the location -  the meeting will be held at the University of York library portakabin. In answer to many tweets about the venue, I think you’ll agree it’s a portakabin, but not as we know it