Metadata is a crucial component in the digital ecosystem--enablingdiscovery and access to digital resources. As librarians explore new roles in supporting e-Science and the management of scientific research data,many science and medical subject librarians find themselves mystified by metadata.
Metadata Day will broaden your understanding of metadata and the challenges and misconceptions of working with science data. The agenda includes:
During the afternoon sessions, attendees will be divided into four groups and will visit stations where librarians will present their metadata-related projects. These stations will feature Diane Hillmann, and librarians from Tufts University, Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, and the Countway Library at Harvard Medical School.