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OCLC would send 1-3 people. Dawn Lawson Product Manager, Digital Archive Digital and Preservation Resources Division OCLC, Inc. 6565 Frantz Rd. Dublin, OH 43017 (800) 848-5878 x5288 (voice) (614) 718-7388 (fax) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Monday, May 26, 2003, at 14:50 US/Pacific, Jerome McDonough wrote: > > > 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 > [log in to unmask] >