Go-Geo!
The Geo-Data Portal Project (Phase 3)

Metadata Workshops

A series of metadata workshops will be conducted during the 2003 to 2004 academic year, starting from 17th November 2003.

The workshop activities will entail:

• metadata and standards;
• the benefits of metadata;
• the Go-Geo! portal;
• the FE/HE Metadata Application Profile and guidelines;
• metadata tool.

Workshops will be offered as short (one hour) or long sessions (two hours) and could be included as part of a seminar or class, or as a separate activity. The workshops can also be held in conjunction with the portal evaluation sessions.

If you would like to host a workshop at your university, or find out more about the workshops listed please contact:

Tony Mathys, Information officer, UK Data Archive
Tel: +44 (0)1206 872234
Email: tmathys@essex.ac.uk.

Workshops available (to date):

• Durham University, Main Library, 15th December 2003, 1-3 p.m.
• Sheffield University, February 2004 1-3 p.m.
• Kingston University, Room PRMB196, 16th February 2004, 3-4 p.m.
• Oxford University, 18th March 2004.
• Coventry University, 30th April 2004.
• Edinburgh University (date yet to be confirmed).
• Surrey University (date yet to be confirmed).