<div dir="ltr"><div>***Please excuse the cross-posting***</div><div><br></div><div><b>DC-2014: "Metadata Intersections: Bridging the Archipelago of Cultural Memory"</b></div><div><br></div><div>===============================================================</div>
<div><b>DATES: </b> 8-11 October 20114 </div><div><b>LOCATION: </b>Austin, Texas, USA</div><div><b>WEBSITE:</b> <a href="http://purl.org/dcevents/dc-2014">http://purl.org/dcevents/dc-2014</a></div><div><b>EARLY REGISTRATION CLOSE:</b> <b><font color="#ff0000">6 September 2014</font></b></div>
<div><b>REGISTRATION: </b><a href="http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/index/pages/view/registration-2014">http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/index/pages/view/registration-2014</a></div><div>===============================================================</div>
<div><br></div><div><b>It is just under two weeks until the closing of Early Registration for DC-2014</b>, the International Conference on Dublin Core & Metadata Applications. If you work or study in any sector of the metadata ecosystem, you will not want to miss DC-2014 in Austin, Texas. In addition to an excellent set of peer reviewed full papers, project reports and posters, there is an an array of pre- and post-Conference tutorials and workshops, Conference Special Sessions and Best Practices Posters & Demonstrations:</div>
<div><br></div><div><b><font color="#274e13">Tutorials & Workshops:</font></b></div><div><ul><li><i><font color="#783f04">Fonds & Bonds: Archival Metadata, Tools, and Identity Management</font></i> (full day workshop at the Harry Ransom Center)</li>
<li><i><font color="#783f04">Training the Trainers for Linked Data</font></i> (full day, hands-on workshop)</li><li><i><font color="#783f04">RDF Validation in the Cultural Heritage Community</font></i> (1/2 day tutorial)</li>
<li><i><font color="#660000">Overview: Positioning DCMI & Dublin Core in the Metadata Ecosystem</font></i> (1/2 day tutorial)</li></ul></div><div><b><font color="#274e13">Special Sessions:</font></b></div><div><ul><li>
<font color="#783f04">RDF Application Profiles and Tools for Metadata Validation and Quality Control </font>(sponsored by Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) & DCMI Technical Board)</li><li><font color="#783f04">Schema.org, SchemaBibExtend -- Structured Data on the Web</font> (sponsored by OCLC & Yandex)</li>
<li><font color="#783f04">BIBFRAME -- Expressing and Connecting Bibliographic Data</font> (sponsored by the Library of Congress)</li><li><font color="#783f04">DCMI Roundtable</font> (experts on BIBFRAME, Europeana Data Model (EDM), DPLA Metadata Application Profile (MAP), Schema.org/SchemaBibExtend, and more -- sponsored by DCMI/Technical Board)</li>
</ul></div><div>The program is available at <a href="http://dcevents.dublincore.org/IntConf/index/pages/view/program14">http://dcevents.dublincore.org/IntConf/index/pages/view/program14</a> and the papers, project report and poster abstracts are available at <a href="http://dcevents.dublincore.org/IntConf/index/pages/view/abstracts-2014">http://dcevents.dublincore.org/IntConf/index/pages/view/abstracts-2014</a>.</div>
<div><br></div><div><b>Don't procrastinate, register now!</b> The Conference weekend caps the second week of the <i>Austin City Limits Music Festival</i> (<a href="http://www.aclfestival.com/">http://www.aclfestival.com/</a>) and hotel rooms will become increasingly scarce as Conference time approaches.</div>
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