You are invited to participate in Metadata for You & Me: A Workshop on Shareable Metadata.
Metadata for You & Me workshops address the needs of library, museum and cultural heritage professionals in the creation, development and use of interoperable or shareable descriptive metadata. The content of workshops is based on the Best Practices for Shareable Metadata, an initiative of the Digital Library Federation and the National Science Digital Library, that provides guidance for creating metadata that can be easily understood, processed and used outside of its local environment. A limited number of seats are available for the onsite workshop: When: May 11, 2007 9:00 - 4:00 Where: Illinois State Library, Springfield, IL Registration: 130/person Registration is now open for the first Online version of this course. When: May 21 - June 22, 2007 Where: Online from the comfort of your home or office Registration: $150/person. Registration Deadline: May 13, 2007 Online registration forms for both courses: http:// images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/mym Stay tuned for more news about onsite workshops in California, Colorado and Georgia later this year. Richard Urban Metadata for You & Me University of Illinois Library rjurban at uiuc.edu http://images.libary.uiuc.edu/projects/mym/
