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Fonds & Bonds: Archival Metadata, Tools, and Identity Management

*Full-day Workshop @ DC-2014* *Wednesday, 8 October 2014*

=============================================================== *LOCATION:* Austin, Texas, USA *VENUE:* Harry Ransom Center (http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/) *HOMEPAGE:* http://dcevents.dublincore.org/IntConf/index/pages/view/2014-archives *CONFERENCE WEBSITE:* http://purl.org/dcevents/dc-2014 *REGISTRATION: * http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/index/pages/view/registrati... *(Wednesday day-rate option available)* ===============================================================

This DC 2014 special event will bring together experts and practitioners to explore archival description in the cultural heritage descriptive landscape, the emergence of authority files/identity description as an opportunity for cultural heritage cross-community collaboration, and provide attendees with the latest information on key metadata editing and management tools used by the working archivist.

*Workshop Sponsors:*

- Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin (Host) - ArchivesPortal Europe (APEx) - ArchivesSpace - Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University - Europeana - Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, University of Virginia - ISNI (International Standard Name Identifier) - OCLC (Europe) - University of Miami

*Workshop Planning Committee:*

- Daniel Pitti -- The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, University of Virginia - Julianna Barrera-Gomez -- University of Texas at San Antonio - Eric Childress -- OCLC Research - Jen Schaffner -- OCLC Research - Ryan Hildebrand -- Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin

The Workshop program is available at http://dcevents.dublincore.org/IntConf/index/pages/view/2014-archives. You can register for the Workshop as a day-rate option to DC-2014 or join us for the full DC-2014 program at http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/index/pages/view/registrati... .

Don't procrastinate, register now! Workshop space is limited. The Workshop and DC-2014 Conference cap the second week of the Austin City Limits Music Festival (http://www.aclfestival.com/) and hotel rooms will become increasingly scarce as the Workshop date approaches.

Eric Childress, OCLC DCMI Governing Board Chair-Elect