Collection Description Focus, Briefing Day 2

*There are only a limited number of spaces available for the workshop so
please register soon to guarantee a place*

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Realising the potential of collection-level description:
Practitioners and policy makers share experiences

British Library, St Pancras, London, Tuesday 14th May 2002

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Target audience: The event is aimed at information managers who are
developing and directing policy, and anyone with an interest in employing
collection-level description as a component of their information services

Since the first Briefing Day in October 2001, many of the initiatives
discussed have moved further along the path from "project" to "service".
Many projects within the Research Support Libraries Programme are launching
services to provide information about, and enhance access to, important
research collections.  Work has continued on developing the infrastructure
of digital services required to realise JISC's vision of a managed
"information environment" in which users can find, access, use and
disseminate resources from a range of diverse, quality-controlled
collections.  New programmes of digital content creation such as
NOF-digitise are also placing emphasis on the role of collection-level
description in disclosing the existence of the resources their projects are
creating.

This second Briefing Day focuses on these services and their use of
description at collection-level, and the importance of standards in this
field. The speakers are drawn from a range of different experiences and
institutions offering a truly cross-domain perspective and incorporating the
varied work of both practitioners and policy makers. The aim of the day is
to provide an overview of how collection level description is contributing
to information services, and how the lessons learnt from past and current
work can help influence and inform future projects and programmes. There
will be ample time for questions and discussion.

Further details and a booking form are available at:
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/

We look forward to seeing you in May

Kind Regards
Sara Hassen
Events and Marketing Manager
UKOLN, University of Bath
Bath, BA2 7AY
Tel: 01225 38 6256
Fax: 01225 38 5105
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www.ukoln.ac.uk