Carnegie Mellon might send 1-2 people.

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> On Monday, May 26, 2003, at 14:50 US/Pacific, Jerome McDonough
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>> Greetings,
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>> The METS Editorial Board is considering holding a 1-2 day
>> training event
>> on implementing METS.  We would like to request some feedback
>> from the digital library community to determine whether we
>> should go ahead with
>> this event, and to shape it to people's needs .  We have
>> tentatively scheduled
>> it for October 27-28 of this year, to be held in Washington, DC,
>> and we are assuming that the event would either be free or have
>> a minimal (<$100)
>> registration cost.  Attendees would have to fund their own
>> travel and hotel costs.  Some presentations we are considering
>> including in this event are:
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>> * an in-depth introduction to METS, including hands-on
>> production of a METS example
>> * case studies of implementation of METS at various institutions
>> * using METS with existing software systems such as DSpace &
>> Fedora * developing software tools to work with METS, including
>> RDBM systems and XSLT tools
>>
>> The questions we have for the METS community are:
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>> 1. Would you be interested in attending such an event?  Do you
>> believe your institution would be interested in sending people
>> to such an event?
>> Can you estimate how many people your institution might wish to
>> send?
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>> 2. Do any of the named topics have particular interest for
>> you/your institution?
>> Are there other topics you would like to see presented at a
>> training event on METS?
>>
>> 3. Would you be more likely to attend such an event at a
>> different time?  A different
>> location?  Are there other factors which might make you more
>> likely to attend?
>>
>> Please send your responses directly to [log in to unmask]
>> and I will
>> compile your answers for the board.  We should have a decision on
>> whether to
>> go ahead with this event shortly.   Thanks for your help!
>>
>> Jerome McDonough
>> METS Editorial Board
>> [log in to unmask]
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Denise Troll Covey
Associate University Librarian, Carnegie Mellon
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Pittsburgh, PA  15213
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