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*apologies for cross-posting* A series of tutorials is being held as part of ECDL 2004 at the University of Bath. All tutorials are scheduled for Sunday September 12th, booking is now open. ECDL 2004 is the 8th in the series of European Digital Library Conferences, and the tutorials cover a wide range of related topics, a brief summary follows. Booking form and further details are available from http://www.ecdl2004.org/ Tutorial A New Methods for Digitising, Searching, and Accessing Cultural Heritage Collections Presenters: Dr Matthew Addis, IT Innovation Centre, Southampton, UK Fabrizio Giorgini, Giunti Interactive Labs, Sestri Levante, Italy James Stevenson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK Dr Patrick Sinclair, University of Southampton, UK Duration: Full day -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tutorial B Open Source Software in Libraries Presenter: Eric Lease Morgan, University Libraries of Notre Dame, USA Duration: Half day (morning) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tutorial C Multilingual Information Access Presenter: Fredric C. Gey, UC DATA, University of California, Berkeley, USA Duration: Half day (morning) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tutorial D Qualitative User-Centered Design in Digital Library Evaluation Presenters: Lecia Barker, University of Colorado. USA; Lynne Davis, DLESE Program Center, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Colorado, USA; Mick Khoo, University of Colorado, USA Duration: Half day (morning) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tutorial E Thesauri and Ontologies in Digital Libraries 1: Structure and Use in Knowledge-based Assistance to Users (continued in Tutorial I) Presenter: Dagobert Soergel, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, USA Duration: Half day (morning) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tutorial F Getting started with XML Presenter: Eric Lease Morgan, University Libraries of Notre Dame, USA Target audience: Designed for information professionals such as librarians. Duration: Half day (afternoon) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tutorial G Encoding Dublin Core Metadata in XHTML, XML and RDF Presenter: Andy Powell, UKOLN, University of Bath Duration: Half day (afternoon) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tutorial H Introduction to DL Presenter: Edward A Fox, Computer Science, Virginia Tech Duration: Half day (afternoon) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tutorial I Thesauri and Ontologies in Digital Libraries 2: Design, Evalutation and Development (Continuation of Tutorial E) Presenter: Dagobert Soergel, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, USA Duration: Half day (afternoon) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Natasha Bishop Events and Marketing Manager UKOLN Bath BA2 7AY +44 (0) 1225 38 6256 www.ukoln.ac.uk [log in to unmask] European Conference on Digital Libraries -2004, Bath, UK - 12-17 Sept 2004 - http://www.ecdl2004.org/