Archive for March 4th, 2009

Resource Description and Access: Cataloguing in the 21st Century

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/bib-man/presentations/ucl-2009/

Ann Chapman of UKOLN recently gave a guest lecture on RDA to students taking the cataloguing module of the Library and Information Science course at University College London (UCL). Entitled “RDA: cataloguing in the 21st century”, the lecture covered the history behind RDA, the international collaborative process by which it is being developed, an overview of the text and a look at the RDA approach to cataloguing. Slides from this presentation are now available.

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Exploiting the Potential of Web 2.0 and the Social Web

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage/events/renaissance-east-midlands-2009/

Brian Kelly will facilitate a workshop on “Exploiting the Potential of Web 2.0 and the Social Web” on behalf of Renaissance East Midlands. The workshop which will be held at the Sir John Moore Foundation, Appleby Magna, Leicestershire on 18 March 2009.

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RSP Software Day

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

http://www.rsp.ac.uk/events/index.php?page=RepositorySoftwareDay2009/index.php

Stephanie Taylor of UKOLN will be facilitating at the RSP Software Day on 19 March at the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester.  The aim of the day is to introduce, through exhibition and demonstration, Repository Managers and Technical Support Officers to a range of existing and developing repository software and technology; and to allow the opportunity for discussion and solution discovery between delegates and software providers through exhibition, case studies, surgeries and user groups.

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