The Headley Lecture Theatre, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Thursday, 13th March, 2008, 9.30 – 16.30
Workshop Outline
In this increasingly visual age, subject librarians and information specialists are frequently required to source Images in a wide variety of formats, advise on their use and organise their retention as part of their day-to-day jobs, but often with no specialist experience or training. This workshop aims to help the non-specialist navigate successfully across this unfamiliar territory, pointing out useful shortcuts and pitfalls to avoid, and showcasing examples of good practice that can help inspire us in the use of a wide spectrum of information resources ranging from historic manuscripts to genomic databanks. Achieving holistic management of such diverse resources to allow easy correlation of their information content is challenging, especially for small information units and ‘one-man-bands’. Developing technologies offer new opportunities but can themselves produce new demands in devising effective strategies for their use. This workshop is an opportunity to share experiences and float ideas in areas where there are as yet few ‘right answers’!
The workshop will comprise a mix of presentations and group discussion. Topics are expected to range over:
* Locating sources: what to look for and where to look
* Digital libraries and repositories: creating and searching
* Embedded images: searching within documents
* Metadata content and ontologies: requirements for effective retrieval
* Rights issues and commercial factors
* Storage and preservation: short- and long-term issues
* Using images in teaching and learning: the role of the information specialist
* The impact of social networking tools: salvation or hype?
Who Should Attend
Anyone whose work involves the use of images will benefit from this meeting, from any sector – university, college, government, NHS, charity, learned society, commercial etc. We hope for a good mix as we all have much to learn from each other!
Presenters
A panel of speakers will be chaired by Roger Mills, Bio- and Environmental Sciences Librarian, Oxford University Library Services. Roger is currently President of EBHL (European Botanical and Horticultural Libraries) and co-ordinator of IUFRO (International Union of Forest Research Organisations) Unit 6.03.00 Information Services and Knowledge Organisation. He is co-author of The New Walford: Volume 1: Science Technology and Medicine, Facet, 2005, as subject specialist for Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Food.
The panel will include:
Dr David Shotton, Oxford e-Research Centre and Dept of Zoology, University of Oxford
Michael Popham, Head of the Oxford Digital Library, Oxford University Library Services
Costs (including lunch and refreshments):
UKeiG members £130 + VAT (£152.75); others £160 + VAT (£188.00)