Jerry,
I think Michigan may be interested in sending as many as six individuals.
Thanks for pulling this together.
jpw

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: DLF Digital Library Announcements [mailto:DLFANNOUNCE-
> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jerome McDonough
> Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 5:50 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: METS Request for Expressions of Interest
> 
> 
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> 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:
> 
> * 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:
> 
> 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?
> 
> 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
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