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Booking for the CIGS Seminar on Resource Discovery closes on Sunday, 18th March. If you want to book a place, you've only got a few days to do so!



Speakers for the CIGS Seminar, Resource Discovery: from catalogues to discovery services, are now confirmed; please find details below.

Please note that titles, speakers and the running order may change prior to the event.


- Resource discovery in libraries: setting the scene / Janet Aucock, University of St. Andrews

- From student to graduate trainee: a user perspective on discovery / Liz Antell, University of St. Andrews

- Researching the user experience of the National Library of Scotland's eResources / Emma Horrell, National Library of Scotland

- Summoning inspiration: resource discovery in the National Library of Scotland / Hazel Stewart, National Library of Scotland

- "We want something like Google.. why do we get so many results?": museum & archival data integration in a mixed system discovery environment / Richard Higgins & Matthew Phillips, University of Durham

- Where did you come from, where will you go: bibliographic metadata and union catalogues / Bethan Ruddock, Jisc

- Everyone, everywhere, everything: search now and in the future / Gill Hamilton, National Library of Scotland


Tickets are selling fast - don't miss out!



Please follow the Eventbrite link to register:

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

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



The seminar will be held in the Board Room of the National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, on the 21st March, 2018.


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. 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.


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 16:15

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

Payment accepted: In advance by credit card, cash on the door, pay by invoice (invoice will be raised after the event).

Please register through the Eventbrite link above, where these payment options will be available.


I look forward to seeing you on the 21st!


Best wishes,


Natasha.


Joint CIGS Secretary


Natasha Aburrow-Jones

SUNCAT Project Officer

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3, Lady Lawson Street

Edinburgh.

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