[LIS-Forum] DRTC seminar on 'Knowledge Representation and Digital Libraries

[drtc at isibang.ac.in]

Indian Statistical Institute
Documentation Research & Training Centre
Bangalore 560 059


                    Seminar on
 Knowledge Representation and Digital Libraries
  includes Workshop on advanced DSpace



17th -18th February, 2011
http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/krdl



Knowledge organization and representation is a major challenge in
harnessing information on the Web for effective retrieval and the
realization of semantic web.  There have been many attempts in developing
metadata and ontology in order to tame the web, which resulted in many
metadata schema like Dublin Core, TEI, MODS, MARCXML.  In the area of
ontology models too the developments are reflected in the emergence of OWL
and SKOS, which can be perceived in the transformation of many thesauri
into either SKOS or OWL. In addition, the faceted classification systems
prove promising in developing faceted ontologies.  In view of the recent
developments Documentation Research and Training Center, Indian
Statistical Institute announces Knowledge Representation and Digital
Libraries seminar that aims at bringing out the various aspects of
prospective knowledge organization and representation  models for better
information retrieval on the Web through special invited lectures.

The second topic focuses on a workshop on digital libraries. DSpace has
emerged as a major software for digital repositories and in India the most
widely used software.  The latest version of DSpace 1.7.0 (to be released
in December) has many features, which will be useful for the DSpace
administrator.

Special Lectures in Knowledge Representation
•Dr. Stuart Weibel, OCLC
•Prof. Gary Marchionini, North Carolina University

Themes in Advanced DSpace
* Backup & Restore, Export & Import, Data Migration from diverse resources
*Harvesting in DSpace
*Usage statistics using Solr
*Advanced Customization
*LDAP integration
*Video Streaming
*liblivecd: Ubuntu based livecd per-configured with DSpace and Koha
 (http://liblivecd.sourceforge.net )
*Other topics on DSpace as proposed by participants

Resource Persons:

International experts in the domain of knowledge models, representation
and retrieval are expected to deliver lectures.

The Participants:

The Seminar is targeted at Library and Information professionals, faculty,
students from the academia and industry. However, researchers in LIS
related areas and computer professionals will also benefit from
participating in the seminar.

Registration Fee:

The Registration fee for the Seminar is Rs.2000/-. The fee covers the cost
of course material, lunch and tea. The fee should be paid in the form of a
Demand Draft drawn in favour of the Indian Statistical Institute, payable
at Bangalore.

Accommodation

Accommodation at a nominal cost could be arranged for a limited number of
participants on a ‘first-come-first-served’ basis in the Guest houses
attached to the Indian Statistical Institute.


For further details contact:

Prof. A.R.D. Prasad
Convener
DRTC, Indian Statistical Institute
8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore 560 059
Email: ard at drtc.isibang.ac.in, ardprasad at gmail.com
Telefax: 080-28482711

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                  Seminar on
 Knowledge Representation and Digital Libraries

            17th -18th February, 2011

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