[KMDG-L] Reminder: "Making metadata work": joint afternoon meeting of ISKO UK, DCMI and BCS IRSG in London on 23 June 2014

Making metadata work - 2pm Monday 23rd June 2014 - BCS Office, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2E 7HA.
If you have not already made a booking for this event, please don't delay as it is proving very popular.
  Unfortunately the associated morning workshop and tutorial are no longer available as they are fully booked.  To make your booking, go to
<http://www.iskouk.org/events/metadata_June_2014.htm#introduction>.

This event will be a showcase for the latest developments in the evolution of the Semantic Web, exploitation of Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS), metadata annotation to aid workflow automation, information retrieval in networks of diverse media assets, Linked Data, and other opportunities for using metadata. It is a Joint Meeting of ISKO UK, IRSG (Information Retrieval Special Interest Group of BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT) and DCMI (Dublin Core Metadata Initiative).

Afternoon meeting (14.00 – 18.00)
Martin White: The importance of metadata for high quality Search
Sean Bechhofer: Wf4Ever: metadata for “Research Objects”
Mark Sandler: Semantic Media: a new paradigm for navigable content for the 21st century
Richard Ranft: Enhancing discovery of the British Library's audio collections
Antoine Isaac: A portrait of Europeana as a Linked Open Data case (in progress)
Andrew MacFarlane: Analysing creative image search queries to determine important facets

The speakers and presentations are described in more detail on our website at  <http://www.iskouk.org/events/metadata_June_2014_pm.htm>. As usual there will be more networking,with  wine and nibbles, from 18.00.

Registration fee and booking
£60 (or £25 for members of ISKO, IRSG or DCMI and for full-time students).
Booking is open at  <http://www.iskouk.org/events/metadata_June_2014.htm#introduction>

About ISKO UK
ISKO (International Society for Knowledge Organization) is a not-for-profit scientific/professional association with the objective of promoting research and communication in the domain of knowledge organization, within the broad field of information science and related disciplines. Founded in 2007, our UK Chapter has been attracting lively and steadily growing audiences to its afternoon meeting series (see slides and recordings at http://www.iskouk.org/events.htm). Its third conference was held in July 2013 on the general theme of “Knowledge organization – pushing the boundaries” http://www.iskouk.org/conf2013/.

About BCS IRSG
Established in 1978, the main aim of the BCS IRSG is supporting the communication between information retrieval (IR) researchers and practitioners, promoting the use of IR methods in industry and raising public awareness of IR-related topics. Recognizing IR as an interdisciplinary field, a further aim of the BCS IRSG is to act as a link between computer science, library and information science and also cognate communities (like natural language processing).

About DCMI
The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) is an open, international forum for the development of interoperable online metadata standards with diverse applications. DCMI’s activities include consensus-driven working groups, global conferences and workshops, standards liaison, and educational efforts to promote widespread acceptance of metadata standards and practices. DCMI is a project of ASIS&T (the Association for Information Science and Technology).

We shall all look forward to welcoming you on the day.
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