Venue
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
Film City Road, Santosh Nagar
Goregaon (E)
Mumbai-400065.
17-20 January, 2011
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
Film City Road, Santosh Nagar
Goregaon (E)
Mumbai-400065.
17-20 January, 2011
About the workshop
Open Data Standards are important for libraries and other cultural institutions to ensure preservation and long-term access to digital information. The use of open standards ensures interoperability of data among diverse systems.
The library-centric initiatives, such as Open Archives Initiative [OAI], Digital Object Identifier [DOI], Dublin Core Metadata Initiative [DCMI], Open URL, MARC, etc., support open standards for metadata harvesting, copy cataloging and interoperability. Their importance also lie in retrospective conversion of bibliographic data, migration from one library software to another and developing federated search engines. In view of the importance of data standards, IGIDR library is conducting a four days workshop on Digital Objects and Metadata: Preservation, Harvesting and Migration, from Jan 17 - Jan 20, 2011.
Topics Covered:
Following topics will be covered during the workshop
- Importance of standards, data exchange, data inter-conversion and migration
- Data Standards- CCF, MARC, Dublin Core, BibTeX, Ref Manager and data inter-conversion
- File formats- XML and ISO, MARCXML, and DC XML
- MARC21, copy cataloging, export/import of data in NewGenLib and ISISMarc
- Conversion of structured Textual and MS-Excel data to CCF and MARC21, using ISISASCII and MarcEdit
- Zotero- A tool for managing bibliographic data
- Copy cataloging and exporting bibliographic data in MARC21 using ISISMarc
- Digital objects and Metadata., Dublin Core, METS and MODS
- Migration from DSpace to GSDL, GSDL to DSpace and ISIS to GSDL. Export/Import of data and digital objects in DSapce.
- Metadata harvesting and Federated Search engine using PKP harvester. MySQL fundamentals.
Target Audience:
The workshop will be highly beneficial to LIS professionals and teachers and to those involved in developing and maintaining digital collections. The sessions will be handled by senior and experienced professionals and there will be sufficient hands-on sessions.
Resource Persons:
Experts working in the field will be drawn from DRTC, IGIDR and Verus Solutions (NewGenLib).- Dr.A.R.D. Prasad, Professor, Documentation Research and Training Centre, ISI, Bangalore
- Mr.Siddhartha, Chief Executive Officer, Verus Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (NewGenLib), Hyderabad
- Dr.G.K. Manjunath, Chief Librarian, IGIDR, Mumbai
- Mr.Lingaraj Panda, Systems Analyst, IGIDR, Mumbai
- Dr.S.M. Pujar, Deputy Librarian, IGIDR, Mumbai
Registration Details:
Rs.1500/- per participant, which includes working lunch, tea and course material. Excludes travel and accommodation. The payment by Demand Draft, drawn in favour of IGIDR payable at, Mumbai may please be sent to the workshop coordinator on the address mentioned in the registration form. Last Date for registration is December 15, 2010.
A maximum of 20 participants will be enrolled for the workshop on first-cum-first served basis.
About IGIDR:
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) is an advanced research institute and deemed university established by Reserve Bank of India (RBI). It is located in the beautiful hillocks of Goregaon (E) near the film City having the architecture of famous Ajanta and Ellora caves. The institute conducts M.Sc, M.Phil and PhD courses in development economics. Its state of the art library caters to the information needs of its faculty members, students and visitors from other academic institutes. ( More details at: http://www.igidr.ac.in)
About EPW:
The Economic and Political Weekly [EPW] is a weekly journal published from Mumbai. First published in 1949 as the Economic Weekly and since 1966 as the Economic and Political Weekly, EPW, as the journal is popularly known as, occupies a special place in the intellectual history of independent India. EPW is published by the Sameeksha Trust, a registered charitable trust. (More details at http://epw.in).
EPW is supporting Open Index Initiative [OII] project at IGIDR, with funding from Tata foundation. Under the aegis of OII, it supports training programme for Library Professionals. For more details, please log on to http://oii.igidr.ac.in
Accommodation and Food:
Outstation participants who require accommodation, on twin sharing basis in the institute's guest house, need to pay additional Rs. 1250/-for five days stay.
Boarding facility (Dinner and Breakfast) can also be availed in the guest house on payment basis. Accommodation for the family members will not be available due to limited number of rooms.
Weather:
The weather in Mumbai during December will be pleasant with moderate temperature. However, the participants are suggested to carry light warm clothing.
Organizing Committee:
- Dr.G.K. Manjunath, Chief Librarian and Workshop Coordinator
- Mr.Lingraj Panda, System Analyst
- Dr.S.M. Pujar, Deputy Librarian
- Ms.Sangeeta Halijwale, Library Assistant
- Ms.Vinita Hattangadi, Library Assistant
- Mr.Mitesh Pandya, Library Assistant
