OCLC: Join us for "The Metadata [R]evolution: Transformative Opportunities"

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Join us for
"The Metadata [R]evolution: Transformative Opportunities"

18 September 2013 | 9:00 am to 3:30 pm, Eastern Time
In person: Glass Pavilion, Levering Hall, Johns Hopkins University
Online via live-streaming video: www.oclc.org/go/en/livefeed/collective-insights.html

Will the future of metadata be an evolution, revolution, or both? From serving as a descriptor of items and collections to now including people and places, the progression and repurposing of metadata is an exciting frontier, full of opportunities and challenges. Join us in person on 18 September at Johns Hopkins University (or virtually via live-streaming video) as we explore the powerful potential of metadata from a variety of insightful perspectives: ·         Paul Albert, Assistant Director of Research and Digital Services, Weill Cornell Medical College ·         Anita de Waard, Vice President of Research Data Collaborations, Elsevier ·         James G. Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian, Columbia University ·         Barbara Preece, Director, Loyola/Notre Dame Library ·         Bob Schulz, Senior Product Manager, OCLC ·         Roberta Shaffer, Associate Librarian for Library Services, Library of Congress ·         Jackie Shieh, Coordinator, Resource Description, George Washington University Libraries ·         Winston Tabb, Dean of University Libraries and Museums, Johns Hopkins University	Tweets and chat On our live feed page, we will host a live chat during and following this event. The chat utility will pull in tweets using #InsightSeries. In-person and virtual attendees are encouraged to follow the live presentations and offer comments, feedback, ideas and best practices.
	Registration

 

Register to attend in person >>

This event is free to attend. OCLC will provide lunch and refreshments.

Register to participate virtually >>

Please bookmark this page for the live-streaming video. No log-in information is needed to participate virtually.

 

	Getting there

 

·         For directions to University Homewood campus and to download an iPhone map app of the campus, please visit the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) website. 

·         View the free JHU shuttle bus schedule that runs between Amtrak Penn Station to Homewood campus.

·         View a map of the campus.

 

	Agenda

 

9:00 am—Registration, continental breakfast

9:30 am—Welcome and introductions
Winston Tabb, Dean of University Libraries and Museums, Johns Hopkins University

9:45 am—Opening keynote, "Data, Data in the Cloud, Libraries are Clearly Well-endowed: Issues of Opportunity, Responsibility, Authority and Unintended Consequences"
James G. Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian, Columbia University

10:30 am—Break

10:45 am—"Metadata at the Center of Knowledge"
Roberta Shaffer, Associate Librarian for Library Services, Library of Congress

11:30 am—"Collective Impact and the Power of Shared Data"
Bob Schulz, Senior Product Manager, OCLC

12:15 pm—Q&A

12:30 pm—Lunch provided by OCLC

1:15 pm—Panel and discussion
Moderator: Barbara Preece, Director, Loyola/Notre Dame Library

·         "Big Data Experiment: The GW Journey"
Jackie Shieh, Coordinator, Resource Description, George Washington University Libraries

·         "It’s All in the Metadata: Making Research Data Discoverable and Usable"
Anita de Waard, VP Research Data Collaborations, Elsevier

·         "Using VIVO, Scopus, and PubMed to Disambiguate Weill Cornell Authors"
Paul Albert, Assistant Director of Research and Digital Services, Weill Cornell Medical College

3:15 pm—"Putting it All Together"
Bob Schulz, Senior Product Manager, OCLC

 

	Keep the conversation going! This event is part of our latest, cooperative-wide discussion series, "Collective Insight: Driven by Shared Data." We will post additional events throughout the coming weeks, so be sure to stay in touch and share this information with your colleagues. We invite you to keep the conversation going using the links below. You may also view past events and materials from this event series by visiting our site. Subscribe to e-mail alerts for Collective Insight. Keep talking on Twitter #InsightSeries.   Write to us. Bookmark our site.

 

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