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Carnegie Mellon might send 1-2 people. > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > 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] >> > Denise Troll Covey Associate University Librarian, Carnegie Mellon 4909 Frew Street, Hunt Library Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-8599 (phone) 412-268-2793 (fax)