Friday, March 16, 2012

MODel Metadata: Using MODS for effective archival description

New England Archivists announces an educational workshop for Spring 2012:

*MODel Metadata: Using MODS for effective archival description*

April 13, 2012 -- Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA

http://newenglandarchivists.org/education/education.html#mods

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*MODel Metadata: Using MODS for effective archival description*

Friday, April 13, 2012

9:00 a.m. -- 1:00 p.m.

Mount Holyoke College

Willits-Hallowell Conference Center

24 Park Street

South Hadley, Massachusetts 01075

Cost: $30 for NEA Members; $45 for Nonmembers

Registration deadline: April 7, 2012

Register _here_


http://tinyurl.com/MODS-Registration


Instructor:

Jeremy L. Smith, Digital Project Manager, W.E.B. Du Bois Digitization
Project

Special Collections & University Archives, University of Massachusetts
Amherst

Workshop Description:

This workshop will provide attendees with hands-on training in the use
of Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS).We will discuss why MODS
was created, its features, and some of the advantages of using it in an
archival context.We will use real-world examples to create actual XML
examples using MODS.We will create both item- and collection-level
records.We will also discuss the relationship of MODS to the Metadata
Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) and XSLT.I will provide "on
the ground" examples from my experience as project manager for the
W.E.B. Du Bois Digitization Project at UMass-Amherst.

Requirements:

Attendees should bring a laptop to the workshop with a download of the
30-day trial version of oXygen XML editor for use.

[http://www.oxygenxml.com/download_oxygenxml_editor.html]

Attendance limited to 25 participants.