This Autumn is presenting a plethora of networking opportunities for cataloguing, indexing and metadata professionals. From the CIG Conference in September through to the free seminars on Information Management Solutions at Online in November (http://www.online-information.co.uk/ol06/seminars.html ), we really are spoiled for choice when it comes to meeting up with colleagues and skilling up on new developments.
This issue of Catalogue & Index features two networking events – the LIMES Communities of Practice Meeting and CIG's own 'Immaculate Catalogues', about which we present short event reports and one of the papers from our annual Standards Forum.
CILIP has begun its annual tour of the library schools, and CIG Committee members have been taking the opportunity to speak to the next generation on the importance of cataloguing and metadata. Andrew Watson (soon to take on the mantle of Publications Officer) and I were thoroughly impressed by the high turn-out at the meeting we attended for UCL students – and by the amount of pre-qualification experience those we met over tea had accumulated.
Meanwhile, Deputy Editor Penny Roberston has commissioned papers from CILIP in Scotland's (CILIPS) Branches and Groups Day, at which Robin Smith, Curator for the Manuscripts Division at the National Library of Scotland presented an interesting and insightful seminar on the John Murray Archive and how the NLS will make this accessible for all, using various metadata applications and content standards to enhance and enrich access to this national treasure. Look out for more about the Archive in future issues of C&I.
Other upcoming events on which we hope to bring you reports include ISGS's Information Skills and Competencies event (http://www.slainte.org.uk/events/EvntShow.cfm?uEventID=449), at which Gordon Dunsire will talk on cataloguing, metadata and the organisation of knowledge, 'Let's Get Wiki'd' in the East of England (http://www.cilipeoe.org.uk/letsgetwikid.pdf) and Internet Librarian International (http://www.internet-librarian.com/index.shtml) .
If you attend – or speak at – any events that you think would interest C&I members, do get in touch with us to discuss contributing to a future issue. Contact details are on the back page as usual.
Anne Welsh, Editor
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