Metadata : Welcome to inSilico. Hi all,

For those of you that were able to attend the LETC presentation on "What is Metadata (and What Does the Metadata Librarian Do)?", thanks for coming out. If you have any questions, please contact me. I'll be glad to help.

For those that were not able to attend, we actually captured it on video. I'm going to have the tape digitized and posted in the next few days.

This site will allow everyone to create an account and, therefore, be able to post content, questions, etc. (Although, please give me a few days before creating an account. It's based on e-mail delivery, and I'd rather sign you up manually. If you've already tried to get an account, let me know so I can clear out the queue.) The site is moderated and requires my approval before content is posted, but only as a measure to keep non-Princetonians from posting. Please visit the forum page, and feel free to participate in the metadata discussions.

As a word of warning, please use an up-to-date browser like IE5, IE6, Netscape 6, Netscape 7, Mozilla, Safari, etc. The design relies heavily on stylesheets, which Netscape and IE versions 3-4 do not support.

Because keeping up with web sites can be a hassle, if you have the means on your machine, you can actually "syndicate" or "harvest" the news headlines into a news reader. This means you can get news headlines on your desktop, and you only have to click the headline if you feel like reading more. No web navigation is therefore required. Some instant messaging software has this capability, and other means exist as well. If you have this kind of software and need help setting it up, let me know. For all you technocrats who already know how to do this, here's the XML. [inSilico - A Princeton University Library metadata and digital library blog]  1:26:30 PM   [Feedback ]