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Library and Archives Canada (LAC) Session on Innovations in Metadata
New Directions in Description series, organized by Library and Archives
Canada (LAC) in association with the Canadian Metadata Forum 2005 (www.collectionscanada.ca/metaforum/),
presents two lectures discussing metadata research. The speakers are Deane Zeeman,
from LAC who will cover the Metadata Strategy Catalytic Initiative of LAC and
Dr. Joseph Tennis, University of British Columbia, will reveal research findings
from the InterPARES2 project.
Theme: Innovations in Metadata Research
Date: Monday, September 26, 2005, 1:00 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
Location: Auditorium, 395 Wellington, Ottawa
Part I: Metadata Strategy at Library and Archives Canada, presented by Deane
Zeeman
In September 2004, LAC established four catalytic initiatives (digital collections,
service delivery transformation, IT infrastructure and metadata strategy) to kick-start
the newly-established organization as a 21st-century knowledge institution. The
presentation will discuss the purpose, objectives, projects and deliverables of
the Metadata Strategy Catalytic Initiative.
Having spent most of her professional career in the public, education and non-profit
library sectors, Deane Zeeman's career in the Government of Canada began as Electronic
Resource Librarian in the Department of Finance/Treasury Board Library, where
her passion for information management lead to a keen interest in the potentialities
of metadata for improved resource discovery. Three years ago, she moved to Library
and Archives Canada (LAC) to develop a new service: providing customized high-quality
metadata to other government departments on a cost-recovery basis. Deane is presently
leading the Metadata Strategy Catalytic Initiative of LAC, focusing on innovative
ways of enhancing user access to LAC's holdings of published and unpublished information
resources by leveraging the power of descriptive standards.
Part II: Metadata and Description: Findings and New Research Trajectories
from the InterPARES 2 Project, presented by Dr. Joseph Tennis
In this presentation, Dr. Tennis will discuss the findings related to metadata
and description of the second phase of the InterPARES (International Research
on Permanent Authentic Electronic Records) project, sponsored by the Social Sciences
and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Pulling in work done in modelling the
chain of preservation, he will identify new research questions arising from our
current understanding of metadata and description -- especially the intersection
between metadata and description as understood in archival science compared with
the same practices and technologies in library and information science.
Joseph T. Tennis is an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia's
School of Library, Archival and Information Studies. He holds a Master of Library
Science from Indiana University and received a PhD in Information Science from
the University of Washington Information School. His comparative theoretical research
addresses questions of document interpretation and representation for information
systems, including subject analysis, controlled vocabularies, metadata and domain
analysis.
The presentations will be in English, with simultaneous translation, and will
last approximately an hour each, with a break for refreshments. Questions will
be taken in both official languages after each presentation. This talk will be
of interest to those in the library, archival, academic and information management
communities. Delegates planning to attend the Canadian Metadata Forum are especially
welcome.
Admission is free. Reservations are not required.
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