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@drtc.isibang.ac.in, ardprasad@gmail.com Telefax: 080-28482711 ============================================== Registration Form ====================================== Seminar on Knowledge Representation and Digital Libraries 17th -18th February, 2011 Registration Form 1.Name 2.Designation and affiliation 3.Address 4.Telephone Number(s) E-mail: 5.Demand Draft No…………… name of the Bank ………………… and Date ………………………… 6.Whether Accommodation is required? YES / NO Signature of Participant -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.