<font face="georgia" size="3"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;margin-bottom: 6pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Posted by request: </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;margin-bottom: 6pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Register now for NISO’s February educational webinar.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;margin-bottom: 6pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Webinar:</span></strong><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">We Know it When We See It: Managing “Works” Metadata<br /> Date:</span></strong><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">February 12, 2014<br /> <strong>Time:</strong><span> </span>1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Eastern<br /> <strong>Event webpage:</strong><span> </span><a style="outline: none;" title="This external link will open in a new window" href="http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/webinars/managing_metadata/" target="_blank"><span style="color: purple;">http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/webinars/managing_metadata/</span></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;margin-bottom: 6pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">ABOUT THE WEBINAR</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;margin-bottom: 6pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">In the new models for describing information resources (FRBR, RDA, BIBFRAME), the conceptual essence of an item—referred to as a “Work”—is separated from the specific manifestations of the item—referred to as “Instances” or “Expressions”. The work “Macbeth by Shakespeare” could have multiple forms or versions and exist in a variety of media, from a print copy of the play to a DVD of a live performance. Of equal importance in the new models is describing the relationship between a Work and its various Instances/Expressions. This represents an entirely different way of thinking about resource description for libraries and users.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;margin-bottom: 6pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">While the new models are still in the early days of implementation, a number of efforts are already underway to describe resources using these new concepts and relationships. This webinar will explore how metadata descriptive systems are developing around the new notion of “Works”.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;margin-bottom: 6pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">TOPICS & SPEAKERS</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"></span></p>
<p class="msolistparagraph" style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0in 0in 6pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> <span> </span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">The Use and Designation of “Works” in GOKb –<span> </span></span></strong><em><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Kristin Antelman</span></em><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">, Associate Director for the Digital Library, North Carolina State University</span></p>
<p class="msolistparagraph" style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0in 0in 6pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> <span> </span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">RDA’s Impact on Library Technical and Public Services –<span> </span></span></strong><em><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Magda El-Sherbini</span></em><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">, Associate Professor and Head, Collection Description and Access Department, Ohio State University Libraries</span></p>
<p class="msolistparagraph" style="margin:0;padding:0;margin: 0in 0in 6pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> <span> </span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Works as a Collection of “Rights” about a Content Object –<span> </span></span></strong><em><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Godfrey Rust</span></em><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">, Principal Data Architect for Ontologyx, Rightscom</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;margin-bottom: 6pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">REGISTRATION</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;margin-bottom: 6pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 12:00 pm Eastern on February 12, 2014 (the day of the webinar). Discounts are available for NISO and NASIG members and students. NISO Library Standards Alliance (LSA) members receive one free connection as part of membership and do not need to register. (The LSA member webinar contact will automatically receive the login information. Members are listed here:<span> </span><a style="outline: none;" title="This external link will open in a new window" href="http://www.niso.org/about/roster/%23library_standards_alliance" target="_blank"><span style="color: purple;">http://www.niso.org/about/roster/#library_standards_alliance</span></a>. If you would like to become an LSA member and receive the entire year’s webinars as part of membership, information on joining is listed here:<span> </span><a style="outline: none;" title="This external link will open in a new window" href="http://www.niso.org/about/join/alliance/" target="_blank"><span style="color: purple;">http://www.niso.org/about/join/alliance/</span></a>) All webinar registrants and LSA webinar contacts receive access to the recorded version for one year. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;margin-bottom: 6pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Visit the event webpage to register and for more information:<span> </span><a style="outline: none;" title="This external link will open in a new window" href="http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/webinars/managing_metadata/" target="_blank"><span style="color: purple;">http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/webinars/managing_metadata/</span></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Cynthia Hodgson</span></p>
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