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_____ From: Christine Peterson/Amigos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 9:47 PM To: Staff Development and Continuing Education Providers Interest Group Subject: [ceproviders] April 20 Deadline for ARL XML Workshop in Austin If you are interested in attending this 4-day workshop in beautiful Austin, Texas, be sure to register before April 20th. We have seats available, but need to know if you're coming soon. *********************************************** Web Development with XML: Design and Applications Date & Location: May 21-24, 2007 University of Texas School of Information Austin, TX Description Offered in collaboration with Amigos Library Services and taught by seasoned XML developers from the libraries of Brown University, the University of Virginia, and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, this four-day workshop will explore XML with a specific focus on fundamentals of design, markup and use. Participants will use XML and XML technologies in the creation of a prototype digital publication. Topics to be covered include: 1. XML: what is it? how does it differ from SGML and HTML? 2. Working with content models (Schemas and DTDs) and methods of using them when constructing and validating XML content; 3. Implementing methods of content formatting, transformation, and delivery (including XSL and cascading stylesheets) so the XML we build can be delivered, read, and used in a variety of formats; 4. Using XML applications such as XQuery and eXist to further utilize XML capabilities and technologies in a Web environment. Presenters . Matthew Gibson, Managing Editor, Encyclopedia Virginia . Christine Ruotolo, Digital Service Manager, University of Virginia Libraries . Patrick Yott, Leader, Digital Services Department, Brown University Library Matthew, Christine, and Patrick have taught XML courses in collaboration with ARL since 2002. This will be the sixth event where they have worked together. Registration Register online at http://db.arl.org/xml/. Members of ARL and Amigos Library Services pay a registration fee of $850; Nonmembers pay $1,275. These prices do not include meals or housing for the event.. Audience No prerequisites necessary. Questions? If you would like more information, please contact Mark Young, [EMAIL PROTECTED] . About ARL The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 123 research libraries in North America. Its mission is to influence the changing environment of scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research libraries and the diverse communities they serve. ARL pursues this mission by advancing the goals of its member research libraries, providing leadership in public and information policy to the scholarly and higher education communities, fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise, and shaping a future environment that leverages its interests with those of allied organizations. ARL is located on the Web at http://www.arl.org/. About Amigos Amigos Library Services, Inc. is dedicated to serving libraries. Amigos began in 1974 in Dallas, TX, as AMIGOS Bibliographic Council, when 22 libraries united to bring OCLC access to the southwestern United States. A not-for-profit organization, Amigos is today one of the nation's largest library resource-sharing networks and a leader in providing information technology to libraries. Amigos is located on the web at http://www.amigos.org/. Christine Peterson Continuing Education Librarian, Technology Amigos Library Services, Inc. 14400 Midway Road, Dallas, TX 75244-3509 1-800-843-8482 ext: 2891 512-671-1580 (direct) 512-671-1580 (fax) www.amigos.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************* You are currently subscribed to %%list.name%% as: %%emailaddr%%. Subscription is automatic, based on member preferences. If you would like to be removed from all of your unit distribution lists, please update your membership setting "I do not want to be automatically subscribed to my Unit electronic distribution list(s)" via the Modify Membership Information/Choices found in the Members Only Section of www.txla.org.
