Metadata: after 10 years, where are we?

Keynote Speakers

Makx Dekkers, DCMI Managing Director

We welcome Makx to Australia/New Zealand from Europe. This is a special opportunity for local metadata workers to show what has been achieved in this region in the last 10 years and to hear what is being done in the rest of the world with DCMI guidance.

Debbie Campbell, National Library of Australia

Debbie is Director, Coordination Support Branch at the national Library of Australia. She does research into, and development of new library service possibilities. Debbie is well-known in Australia and New Zealand for her leadership in metadata work and we are very pleased she will present a keynote adress on Tuesday, May 31.

Professors Shigeo Sugimoto and Mitsuharu Nagamori, University of Tsukuba

We welcome Shigeo and Mitsuharu to Australia/New Zealand from Japan. Shigeo is a member of the DCMI Board of Trustees and Advisory Board and Co-chair of the DCMI Internationalisation WG; Mitsuharu has worked on the DCMI Registry. Both have interesting research projects in Japan.

Special themes for 2005

This year we will especially encourage proposals for several streams:

• May 30 - metadata and a metadata framework for education,
• June 1 - metadata research activities,
• in general, practice and experience, metadata in government, and
• metadata and the Semantic Web.

Paper and Presentation Proposals

If you wish to make a submission, please review the detailed list of possibilities for proposals and see how to submit your proposal.

Our Audience and Participants

We always try to plan for the participants we expect to join us. The following list is not exhaustive but should be helpful:

* techies

We always like to support the techie folk. Good metadata depends upon the expertise of technical people and we are keen to ensure that DC-ANZ is a good forum for exchange between members of this class

* exhibitors

Yes - we like the trade - we cannot solve the problems without the tools and expertise they offer and we would like to see more participation on the part of those who can offer solutions.

* educators/trainers

A significant number of people working in the field are involved in education/training relating to metadata.

* researchers

Metadata research is not new but there is still a lot to be done in the field. Papers that report this research are welcomed. Where papers have already been published elsewhere, presenters might like to submit a short paper to present their work in this forum.

* managers

Just how critical is good management to metadata? We appreciate that it is crucial but also that often managing the associated activities means working in a new domain for those responsible. This stream is designed to help managers and those responding to managers' concerns. Managers often want to know what they should know, what they should do, what they should expect others to do, and how much it will all cost.

* users and ideas people!

Without both these, nothing would work!

 

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Programme Committee

All papers and other proposals are reviewed by the DC-ANZ international review panel. They look for new, interesting and useful contributions in a range of forms that will be appealing and satisfying to DC-ANZ participants. (Full papers can be refereed according to DEST standards, with the authors not being told the identity of their referees, where that process is important to the authors.)

Conference format

DC-ANZ 2005 offers plenary presentations, informal work sessions, research reports, and 'problem sharing' sessions. The venue is ideal for small group discussion and the program, with lunches and dinners included. There will be opportunities for participants to interact with presenters informally.

Conference costs

We offer one, two or three full days with presentations, workshops, a reception, a formal dinner and a wind-up cocktail - as well as lunches and coffee/tea etc.

Costs: $400 for full registration, $300 for student registration, and $150 for daily registration (incl GST.). These costs include all activities of the day of registration, even the reception, dinner, etc.

Accommodation

As the days will be long, including dinner, we are recommending accommodation at Rydges on Bell Street. There is a regular bus service from Rydges to Latrobe. Very special prices have been arranged so please tell them you are booking from La Trobe University. (To make bookings, ph. (03) 9485 0100 or apply electronically asking for the special rate and naming the conference.)

DC-ANZ Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of DC-ANZ will be held on June 1 at the conference venue. All registestered members of DC-ANZ are able to nominate, be nominated and vote for officers and motions. Proxy votes will be accepted. If you would like to participate, register now. See DC-ANZ AGM 2005.

Important dates for 2005

• Now - get your proposals ready and tell your colleagues about DC-ANZ
• May 2 - last day to submit papers and proposals for sessions (hurry Hurry!!! late submissions will be accepted.)
• May 1 - registration online commences
• May 16 - all authors of accepted papers notified, if not earlier
• May 30 - June 1- attend DC-ANZ 2005

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