ALCTS will sponsor the last one of these Institutes from April 4-5, 2003 in San Jose. For more information, please visit ALCTS Web Site at: www.ala.org/alcts/now/metadata.htmlThe Early-Bird Special Register for San Jose is March 13, 2003. Space is limited.
Scopes and topics range from cataloging in a dynamic electronic age to the how-to's of creating records in various formats including: cartographic materials, continuing resources, databases, electronic resources, newly defined integrating resources, legal and loose-leaf publications, serials and Web sites. Also included are the steps to building a Metadata repository, standards, thesauri and the development of authority files to enhance end-user access as a means to provide integrated access to diverse information resources.