[Ray Schwartz <schwartz@panix.com>: ALA Program Announcement - URIs,

Heyward Ehrlich (ehrlich@andromeda.rutgers.edu)
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Subject: ALA Program Announcement - URIs, Metadata and the Dublin Core
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ALA ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM

>From CATALOG TO GATEWAY: URIs, METADATA AND THE DUBLIN CORE.

Sponsored by
ALCTS Catalog Form and Function Committee
RUSA/MOPSS Catalog Use Committee
LITA Committee on Technical Standards for Library Automation

Sunday, June 29, 1997
9:30am to 12:30pm

Sheraton Palace Hotel, Gold Ballroom, 2 New Montgomery St., San Francisco

Decisions are being made that will influence the functioning of networked
bibliographic access for decades. It is crucial for the library community
to be knowledgeable and active in the development of the standards and
specifications. The program's objectives are to give participants an
understanding of Uniform Resource Identifiers, Metadata, the Dublin
Core, and the implications for bibliographic access; and to give the
library community an understanding of the importance of participating in
their development.

Intended Audience:
Librarians and other information professionals concerned with the
bibliographic control of networked resources.

Speakers:
Clifford Lynch, Director of Library Automation, University of California,
Office of the President.
Where do we stand on Uniform Resource Identifiers?

Stuart Weibel, Senior Research Scientist, OCLC Office of Research.
The Metadata Workshop series, metadata and the Dublin Core/Warwick
Framework, and the pilot projects that have evolved from the workshops.

Rebecca Guenther, Senior MARC Standards Specialist, Network Development
and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress
Metadata, MARC and the Dublin Core

Michael Mealling, Software Engineer, Network Solutions, and Internet
Engineering Task Force member
Uniform Resource Names and Uniform Resource Characteristics:
Representation, Operation, and Status

Program Chair:
Ray Schwartz, John Cotton Dana Library, Rutgers University, Newark, New
Jersey