[OPLINLIST] Info. Tech. workshops at Kent State---Oct. 27 -28

[Rhonda Filipan]

Each workshop below is worth 1 graduate credit.  Descriptions of each 
workshop and general information are followed by registration info.


Metadata for Digital Collections
This is the perfect workshop for anyone who wants to learn to establish 
digital collections in distinct information communities for the purposes 
of managing, publishing, and preserving documents in the digital 
environment. Emphasis will be on the development and implementation of 
metadata schemas and on the standards and technological applications 
used to create machine understandable metadata. Among other skills, 
workshop participants will gain experience in applying a selected 
metadata standard to records or collections and will learn to design, 
evaluate, and modify metadata elements according to local need. Finally, 
participants will be able to contribute to the implementation of 
metadata in a Web site or database.


Metadata for Digital Collections
Saturday & Sunday
October 28-29
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Lorain County Community College, UC 221  Dr. Marcia Zeng
Call # 22766

Database Design and Applications II: Issues, Principles and Intermediate 
Skills
This workshop begins where Database Design I left off, giving 
participants a good understanding of database design principles and the 
intermediate skills needed to build a database system in practice. By 
workshop's end, you'll know how to use Microsoft Access to build an 
enhanced database system integrated with other applications, such as 
Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Web browsers that supports advanced 
queries, forms, and reports.


Database Design and Applications II
Friday & Saturday
October 27 - 28
9:00 a.m. -  4:30 p.m.
Kent State Library, room 315 (electronic classroom)
Dr. Yin Zhang
Call # 21491


Cost:  $408 per workshop + $25 special fee

To Register:

KSU Students:        Use Web for Students (wfs.kent.edu) and enter the 
call number (listed above)
Non-KSU Students:      Call 1-800-672-KSU2

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Rhonda S. Filipan, M.A., M.L.S.
Academic Program Coordinator
Kent State University
School of Library and Information Science
P.O. Box 5190
Library 314
Kent, OH  44242-0001
330-672-0013  (phone)
330-672-7965  (fax)
http://www.slis.kent.edu