What: Metadata in the Metropolis – A celebration of metadata research at Drexel University and in the Philadelphia metro area
When/Where: April 2, 2015, 4:00-5:30, The Rush Building, Drexel University, Room 014, with reception to follow in the Metadata Research Center, Room 213. Link to map
Who: Metadata researchers – open to observers and active participants. (We welcome metadata enthusiasts, students, folks from academia, government, and industry!)
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Month: March 2015
Metadata Monday webinar: The Discipline of Organizing
Robert J. Glushko, School of Information, University of California, Berkeley joined the MRC via a live webinar to talk about his new book, The Discipline of Organizing. This textbook seeks to unify these diverse perspectives about organizing with the concept of an organizing system, defined as an intentionally arranged collection of resources and the interactions they support. Click here to view his slides.
Metadata Madness NYC
Dr. Jane Greenberg, Director of the Metadata Research Center at Drexel University, will be giving the keynote next Tuesday, 3/31, at Metadata Madness NYC. Details about her talk are below.
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Edward Krause places in top 10 Philly Codefest hackathon project finalists
Edward Krause, Dryad Assistant Curator, was one of the top 10 project finalists at this past weekend’s Philly Codefest. Congrats, Edward! More information about his project is below:
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CCI Visiting Scholar Profile: Virginia Ortiz-Repiso Jiménez at the Metadata Research Center
Virginia Ortíz-Repiso Jiménez, Associate Professor at the University Carlos III de Madrid (Madrid, Spain), recently arrived at the College of Computing & Informatics’ Metadata Research Center (MRC) as a visiting scholar until June, 2016.
To read the full story, please read the original post on CCI’s website.
CrossRef Taxonomies Webinar
Drexel students, professional staff and faculty are invited to watch this webinar, with access sponsored by the Metadata Research Center (MRC). Please join us to view the first CrossRef Taxonomies webinar to get an introduction to the work that the CrossRef Taxonomy Interest Group is doing, including sharing knowledge models and creating opportunities for standardization, collaboration and interoperability. Please RSVP here – space is limited.
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