**** Final Reminder ****

The Cataloguing and Indexing Group in Scotland is delighted to announce the 6th annual Metadata and Web 2.0 seminar, to take place in Edinburgh on the 21st of June.

Seminar details

-      Title: Metadata & Web 2.0

-      Venue: National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW

-      Date: Friday, 21st June 2013

-      Time: 10am to 4.00pm

-      Cost: £40 (inc vat) – includes refreshments and light lunch

-      Directions: http://www.nls.uk/info/locationmap/index.cfm

This popular event will explore the use metadata within the Web 2.0 environment, and the impact of Web 2.0 on metadata. 

Programme

10-10.30 – Registration/tea & coffee                                                     

10.30-10:40 – Welcome / Graeme Forbes, Chair of CIGS

10:40-11:10 – Past, Present and Future : two case studies on online outreach / Alan Muirden & Andrew Nicoll, Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Scotland & ScotlandsPlaces

11.10-11.40 - Small Scale, Big Change : the impact of social media / Guinevere Barlow, Laura Gould, Centre for Research Collections, Edinburgh University

11:40-12:10 - Crowdsourced Georeferencing for Map Library Collections / Chris Fleet, National Library of Scotland

12.10-13.10 – Lunch

13.10-13.40 - Re:Source : Online Open Educational Repository / Jackie Graham, College Development Network

13.40-14:10 – Edinburgh Libraries and Social Media / Graham Mainds, Edinburgh City Libraries

14:10-14.30 – Tea & coffee

14:30-15:00 – Socialising in the Sun : SUNCAT & social media – Fred Guy, EDINA

15:00-15:30 – What is a Wikimedian in Residence? / National Library of Scotland

15:30-1600 – Q&A/Open session

The seminar will benefit cataloguers, metadata experts and information professionals wishing to share knowledge, experience and opportunities in the web 2.0 and metadata environment.

Registration/tea/coffee will be available from 10am, and a light lunch is included in the seminar fee.

To register for this event please contact Paul Cunnea, CIGS Secretary, at [log in to unmask]

Please provide invoice details, or indicate if you wish to pay on the day.  Please note that delegates who choose to be invoiced will be invoiced after the workshop.  Late cancellations will be charged at full cost.  For enquiries regarding purchase orders or invoicing please contact CIGS Treasurer Ann Cameron at [log in to unmask]

Please also indicate whether you have any special dietary requirements.

Registration will close on 17^th June.  The organisers reserve the right to alter the programme.

Please forward to appropriate lists.

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Paul Cunnea
CIGS Secretary
c/o National Library of Scotland
312-320 Lawnmarket, Edinburgh  EH1 2PJ
t: +44-131-623-3766  e: [log in to unmask]