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Yale would be interested in sending three or four people also, please. This course will be very useful. Alice At 07:55 AM 5/30/2003 -0700, Lizabeth Wilson wrote: >The University of Washington is interested in sending 3-4 individuals to >the METS meeting. The topics outlined are right on target for our needs. > >Betsy > >************************************************** >Lizabeth (Betsy) Wilson >Director of University Libraries >University of Washington >Box 352900 >Seattle, Washington 98195-2900, USA >Phone: (206) 543-1763; Fax: (206) 685-8727 >E-mail: [log in to unmask] >************************************************** > >On Mon, 26 May 2003, 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] > >