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Library and Archives Canada (LAC)
presents talk on metadata for electronic government records
Join us for the fourth session of the seminar series, New Directions in
Description, to hear Michel Lévesque, an information management specialist
with the government of Quebec, speak on metadata for electronic government records:
Can we do without metadata to manage electronic government records?
The management of traditional paper records required the use of metadata, although
it was not often referred to as such. In a world with both paper and electronic
records, governments and universities are creating an impressive amount of such
metadata. Where does this leave us?
The purpose of this presentation is to examine the metadata that could be used
for describing records at the time of creation based on the functional categories
of context of creation, classification, indexing and management. This metadata
can also be used to describe records at the file level.
This new way of handling documents raises many questions. Is this metadata
mandatory? What is the best way to approach this new method? Who will do the work?
This talk will raise these issues and encourage an open discussion.
Michel Lévesque is Head of the Document Management Section for the Quebec
Government's Director General of Elections. Mr. Lévesque has a Masters
degree in Library and Information Science from the Université de Montréal,
where he is currently a lecturer for the Archival Certificate Program and instructs
on archival appraisal. He is especially interested in the management of electronic
documents, metadata and the impact of legislation on archival science.
The presentation will be in French, with simultaneous translation, and will
last approximately 75 minutes. Questions will be taken in both languages after
the presentation. This talk will be of interest to those in the archival, records
management, information management and library communities.
When: Monday, April 4, 2005, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Where: Library and Archives Canada, Auditorium, 395 Wellington, Ottawa
Admission is free
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