Information Technology and DCMI
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Satellite meeting at SUB Goettingen to be held in conjunction with the IFLA Conference in Berlin: Information Technology and DCMI | ||
On behalf of the Göttingen State and University Library (SUB), the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI), and the Information Technology Section of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) we would like to invite you to the Satellite meeting:
The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative is an open forum engaged in the development of interoperable online metadata standards that support a broad range of purposes and business models. DCMI's activities include consensus-driven working groups, global workshops, conferences, standards liaison, and educational efforts to promote widespread acceptance of metadata standards and practices.
The IFLA Information Technology Section (ITS) serves to promote and advance the application of information technologies (IT) to library and information services in all societies, through activities related to standards, education and training, research, and the marketplace. ITS scope includes IT for the creation, organization, storage and maintenance, retrieval, and transfer of information and documents of all types of libraries and information centers. It also includes IT for the operation of libraries and information centers, as well as managerial and policy issues regarding IT. Of primary importance are network and wireless technologies as they apply to IT as well as applications of IT for supporting access to and delivery of information.
The Göttingen State and University Library, Germany (SUB) is an outstanding German academic library with numerous rare and comprehensive collections. In several research projects the SUB has proved to be a leading institution in the field of Digital Library and online information services. For digitization activities the SUB runs a sophisticated digitization and service center (GDZ). The SUB's qualification to combine the preservation of cultural heritage with future-oriented technology has been recognised by the award "Library of the Year 2002".
The conference is supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) in the context of the Meta-Lib project.