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> The OCLC Institute will be presenting a seminar which address "Knowledge > Management-Metadata Seminar" 27-28 June, to be held at the OCLC Europe, > the Middle East & Africa Office in Birmingham. The cost for the 2 day seminar is £225 + VAT: this will include admission to the seminar and all seminar materials; lunch on days 1 and 2; refreshments during break > Further details: Gillian McLeod, > Tel: 0121 456 4656; Fax: 0121 456 4680, > Email: [log in to unmask] > website: www.oclc.org/europe) > DESCRIPTION: This 2-day seminar consists of lectures, structured lab exercises, and group discussions. Participants receive an overview of Web-based resource description systems and detailed instruction in the Dublin Core metadata. As a member of a small project team, participants design and implement a MARC- or webserver-based resource description system using metadata records for a real-world collection. Participants evaluate the resource description system in terms of design and functionality, including data input, storage, retrieval, and display. INTENDED AUDIENCE: Head of cataloguing, chief cataloguer, cataloguing team leaders, digital cataloguing principals, special format cataloguers, electronic resource librarians, digital librarians, metadata librarians, Internet resource librarians, systems librarians, Webmasters, records managers, knowledge managers. PRESENTER: Stuart Hunt, Senior Product Specialist, OCLC Europe, the Middle East & Africa.