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***Apologies for cross-posting*** DCC Workshop on Maintaining Long-term Access to Geospatial Data Fri 27th October 2006 e-Science Institute, 15 South College Street, Edinburgh http://www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/events/697/ We are holding a one-day workshop aimed at an audience who already have some knowledge about geospatial data use and management. Participants will learn from and update each other on progress and best practices, through informal presentations and discussions, about the following areas: -CITING GEOSPATIAL DATABASES -GEOSPATIAL DATA FORMATS AND METADATA -GEOSPATIAL REPOSITORIES AND STORAGE Speakers will be from organizations and projects including: - Chris Fleet, Deputy Map Curator, National Library of Scotland & Kimberly Kowal, Curator of Digital Mapping, The British Library - The UK Geospatial Repository for Academic Deposit and Extraction (GRADE) project - Steve Morris from the US North Carolina Geospatial Archiving Project (NCGDAP) - Go-Geo! UK academic geospatial metadata standards and formats - The University of California and Stanford University US National Geospatial Digital Archive (NGDA) project - Sam Pepler, Project Manager, British Atmospheric Data Centre (BADC) For more information and to register for the event, please visit: http://www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/events/697/ The latest agenda will be maintained on the website. The event will run from approximately 10:00 until 16:00. Registration costs are 20.00 pounds per person that will cover a catered lunch. Following the workshop, there will be an optional dinner gathering where individuals pay for their own dinner. Workshop Organisers: Joy Davidson, DCC Training Coordinator (University of Glasgow) Guy McGarva, DCC Geospatial Advisor (EDINA, University of Edinburgh) Rajendra Bose, DCC Postdoctoral Researcher (School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh) Email: [log in to unmask] web: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/ **************************************************************************** * Joy Davidson DCC Training Coordinator and ERPANET British Editor Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII) George Service House, 11 University Gardens, University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QJ Scotland Tel: +44(0)141 330 8592 Fax: +44(0)141 330 3788 http://www.dcc.ac.uk http://www.erpanet.org