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LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA (LAC) SESSION ON INNOVATIONS IN METADATA

New Directions in Description series, organized by Library and Archives
Canada (LAC) in association with the Canadian Metadata Forum 2005
(www.collectionscanada.ca/metaforum/), presents two lectures discussing
metadata research.  The speakers are Deane Zeeman, from LAC who will cover
the Metadata Strategy Catalytic Initiative of LAC and Dr. Joseph Tennis,
University of British Columbia, will reveal research findings from the
InterPARES2 project.
THEME: Innovations in Metadata Research
DATE: Monday, September 26, 2005, 1:00 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
LOCATION: Auditorium, 395 Wellington, Ottawa
PART I: Metadata Strategy at Library and Archives Canada, presented by Deane
Zeeman
In September 2004, LAC established four catalytic initiatives (digital
collections, service delivery transformation, IT infrastructure and metadata
strategy) to kick-start the newly-established organization as a 21st-century
knowledge institution. The presentation will discuss the purpose,
objectives, projects and deliverables of the Metadata Strategy Catalytic
Initiative.
Having spent most of her professional career in the public, education and
non-profit library sectors, Deane Zeeman's career in the Government of
Canada began as Electronic Resource Librarian in the Department of
Finance/Treasury Board Library, where her passion for information management
lead to a keen interest in the potentialities of metadata for improved
resource discovery. Three years ago, she moved to Library and Archives
Canada (LAC) to develop a new service: providing customized high-quality
metadata to other government departments on a cost-recovery basis. Deane is
presently leading the Metadata Strategy Catalytic Initiative of LAC,
focusing on innovative ways of enhancing user access to LAC's holdings of
published and unpublished information resources by leveraging the power of
descriptive standards.
PART II:  Metadata and Description: Findings and New Research Trajectories
from the InterPARES 2 Project, presented by Dr. Joseph Tennis
In this presentation, Dr. Tennis will discuss the findings related to
metadata and description of the second phase of the InterPARES
(International Research on Permanent Authentic Electronic Records) project,
sponsored by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Pulling in work done in modelling the chain of preservation, he will
identify new research questions arising from our current understanding of
metadata and description -- especially the intersection between metadata and
description as understood in archival science compared with the same
practices and technologies in library and information science.
Joseph T. Tennis is an Assistant Professor at the University of British
Columbia's School of Library, Archival and Information Studies. He holds a
Master of Library Science from Indiana University and received a PhD in
Information Science from the University of Washington Information School.
His comparative theoretical research addresses questions of document
interpretation and representation for information systems, including subject
analysis, controlled vocabularies, metadata and domain analysis.

The presentations will be in English, with simultaneous translation, and
will last approximately an hour each, with a break for refreshments.
Questions will be taken in both official languages after each presentation.
This talk will be of interest to those in the library, archival, academic
and information management communities. Delegates planning to attend the
Canadian Metadata Forum are especially welcome.

Admission is free. Reservations are not required.

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SÉANCE DE BIBLIOTHÈQUE ET ARCHIVES CANADA (BAC) SUR LES INNOVATIONS DANS LE
DOMAINE DES MÉTADONNÉES 

La série Nouvelles orientations en description, organisée par Bibliothèque
et Archives Canada (BAC) de concert avec le Forum sur les métadonnées au
Canada 2005 (www.collectionscanada.ca/metaforum), présente deux conférences
sur la recherche dans le domaine des métadonnées. Les invités seront Deane
Zeeman, de BAC, qui parlera de l'Initiative catalytique de BAC en matière de
métadonnées, et le professeur Joseph T. Tennis, de l'Université de la
Colombie-Britannique, dont l'exposé portera sur les résultats de la
recherche effectuée dans le cadre du projet InterPARES2.
THÈME : La recherche dans le domaine des métadonnées - Les innovations 
DATE : Le lundi 26 septembre 2005, de 13 h à 15 h 45
ENDROIT : Auditorium, 395, rue Wellington, Ottawa
PREMIÈRE PARTIE. La stratégie en matière de métadonnées à Bibliothèque et
Archives Canada, présentée par Deane Zeeman