Resource Discovery - from catalogues to discovery services (21st March 2018, Edinburgh)

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Registration is now open for the above all day seminar, which takes place in Edinburgh at the National Library of Scotland on Wednesday, 21st March, 2018.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/resource-discovery-from-catalogues-to-discovery-services-tickets-42715823177

Resource Discovery : from catalogues to discovery services www.eventbrite.com Organised by the Cataloguing and Indexing Group in Scotland, this all day seminar will present different perspectives on resource discovery for library, archival and other educational and cultural collections. With the advent of next generation web scale discovery layers supplementing or replacing traditional and in-house catalogues, institutional resource discovery environments are changing beyond recognition.  But what does this mean for our collections, and for our users? The seminar will seek the views of users, cataloguers, reference services and systems staff, and developers, and explore the impact that these new discovery layers are having on discovery and integration of collections across libraries, archives, universities and other cultural institutions. This event will be of value to information profesionals with an interest in metadata, user services, resource discovery, discovery systems and integrated use of collections. Speakers are still being confirmed, but the event will include presentat

Organised by the Cataloguing and Indexing Group in Scotland, this all day seminar will present different perspectives on resource discovery for library, archival and other educational and cultural collections.

With the advent of next generation web scale discovery layers supplementing or replacing traditional and in-house catalogues, institutional resource discovery environments are changing beyond recognition.

But what does this mean for our collections, and for our users?

The seminar will seek the views of users, cataloguers, reference services and systems staff, and developers, and explore the impact that these new discovery layers are having on discovery and integration of collections across libraries, archives, universities and other cultural institutions.

This event will be of value to information professionals with an interest in metadata, user services, resource discovery, discovery systems and integrated use of collections.

Speakers are still being confirmed, but the event will include presentation from the Universities of Durham and St. Andrews, the National Library of Scotland and Jisc.

Registration opens at 10am, with the seminar starting at 10:30.

Admission cost includes refreshments and a buffet lunch.

Date: 21st March, 2018

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

Time: 10:00 (registration) to 16:00

Cost: £60 for CIG / CIGS members; £72 for non-members. Booking fees apply.

We look forward to seeing you in March!

Best wishes,

Natasha.

Natasha Aburrow-Jones

CIGS Joint Secretary