New Directions in Metadata,
presentations held during the conference
On August 15-16, 2002, The Scottish Confederation of University & Research Libraries
SCURL and the Online Computer Library
Center OCLC have organized:
New Directions in Metadata
This conference addressed the latest developments in, and implications
for, metadata in a distributed environment. Papers covered topics such
as collection description, preservation metadata, application profiles,
audience levels, and subject retrieval. Focus will be given to the local
as a key to understanding the global.
Lorcan Dempsey, Vice President, OCLC Research
Interoperability as recombinant potential:
the role of metadata in a distributed information environment
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John MacColl, Edinburgh University Library
Libraries and learning environments: points of contact
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Chris Rusbridge, Director of Information Services, University of Glasgow
Managing local institutional assets: OAI on campus
[ PDF-Format ]
Stuart Hunt, Senior Product Specialist, OCLC PICA
Application profiles: a structuralist approach
Pete Johnston, Collection Description Focus, UKOLN, University of Bath
Collection description: surveying the landscape
[ PDF-Format ]
Dennis Nicholson, Director, Centre for Digital Library Research, University of Strathclyde
and Gordon Dunsire, Research and Projects Manager, Napier University
From People Interoperability to Functional Granularity: Applied Collections Description
[ PDF-Format ]
Deborah Woodyard, British Library
Preservation Metadata in context
[ PDF-Format ]
Peter Burnhill, Director, EDINA, JISC National Data Centre and David Medyckyj-Scott,
Manager Geo-Data Services, EDINA
A sense of place. Developing a gazetteer service: theory and practice
[ PDF-Format ]
Diane Vizine-Goetz, Consulting Research Scientist, OCLC Office of Research
What is this about ... developments in characterising subjects
[ PDF-Format ]
Paul Miller, UK Interoperability Focus, UKOLN
Who is this for ... characterising audience levels
[ PDF-Format ]
Richard Ovenden, University of Edinburgh
Merging and Managing: Pulling it all together at local level
[ PDF-Format ]
Marie-Pierre Detraz, Executive Secretary, CURL
CURL/RSLP Collection Mapping Project
[ PDF-Format ]
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