CENDI Workshops and Conferences

CENDI sponsors internal and external workshops that provide educational and networking opportunities for its members. Information about upcoming workshops and how to register will be posted to the Events page.

Following is a list of previous CENDI workshops by year. To find information about workshops under specific topics, visit our Interest Areas page.

2010

Issues and Answers in Digitization workshop Series Workshop2: Evaluating Digitization and Digitization Equipment - presentation by Michael Stelmach, FADGI/Library of Congress ,August 16, 2010, Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Co-sponsored by CENDI, FLICC, and FADGI.

Open Source Software and Copyright: Legal and Business Considerations for Government Use - one day workshop sponsored by CENDI, the Law Library of Congress and the Federal Library and Information Center Committee July 26, 2010. Agenda with links to presentations

IWGGD/CENDI/EPA Scientific Data Management Workshop - A two day workshop sponsored by IWGGD/CENDI/EPA June 29-July 1at EPA Washington, DC to Provide a forum for S&T Agencies to share how they manage scientific data with respect to the key areas outlined in the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) report Harnessing the Power of Digital Data for Science and Society, 2009, and to build on the findings and recommendations of the NSTC report and work of other groups. Agenda with links to presentations. (Additional presentations to be posted as available)

Issues and Answers in Digitization Workshop Series, Workshop #1 - Digitization Deconstructed: A Survey and Census of Digital Repositories Being Built by Federal Libraries — presentation by Deborah Keller, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wednesday, June 9, 2010, Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Co-sponsored by CENDI, FLICC, and FADGI.
Abstract, with link to downloadable webcast of the presentation (.jar file, 195MB, requires Java runtime environment to open and run) and presentation file (.pdf)

2009

The Semantic Web: Fact or Myth A One-Day Workshop Co-sponsored by CENDI, FLICC, and NFAIS, November 17, 2009, National Archives William G. McGowan Theatre, Washington, DC

Knowledge Organization Systems: Managing to the Future — One-day Workshop sponsored by CENDI and the Networked Knowledge Organization Systems Working Group, October 22, 2009, National Agricultural Library * Reading Room * Beltsville, MD.

2008

Making the Web Work for Science: The Impact of e-Science and the Cyber-Infrastructure — One-Day Workshop Co-sponsored by CENDI and NFAIS and Hosted by FLICC December 8, 2008 Library of Congress, Mumford Room, 101 Independence Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20540

New Dimensions in Knowledge Organization Systems— Workshop sponsored by CENDI and the Networked Knowledge Organization Systems Working Group, September 11, 2008, Hosted by The World Bank

2007

IPv6 Transition: Stretch Run to Success & Beyond—Symposium jointly sponsored by CENDI, IEEE, and ITPro Magazine December 12, 2007, Washington, DC.

The Search Imperative! Its Changing Nature, Continuing Impact—Workshop November 14, 2007, Washington, DC, jointly sponsored by CENDI and NFAIS

2006

Copyright & Marking Government Works: Why Keep The Public Guessing?—Workshop, November 2, 2006, Washington, DC

Visualization of Textual Information—Workshop, May 4, 2006, Washington DC

PDF in the Federal Government Environment—Workshop, April 6, 2006, Washington DC

2005

PDF in the Government Environment: The Present and the Future— Workshop hosted by NARA, May 17, 2005

2004

Knowledge Organization Systems: Current and Future Uses Among CENDI Agencies— Workshop hosted by EPA, September 2004

Web Page and Journal Archiving Systems: NLM's Experiences — Digital Preservation workshop hosted by NLM, September 2004

Beyond Intrusion Detection – Prevention & Protection — IT Security Workshop hosted by NLM, May 2004

Metadata for Digital Rights Management — CENDI Copyright Working Group Meeting hosted by the Government Printing Office (GPO), March 2004

2003

XML in Scientific and Technical Information Management: The Basics—CENDI Staff Workshop hosted by USDA, April 2003

Getting a Handle on Federal Information: Persistent Identification Using HANDLES®—CENDI-Sponsored Symposium hosted by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), January 2003

2002

Business Continuation and Disaster Recovery A Joint CENDI/Federal Library and Information Center Committee (FLICC) Symposium, December 2002

2001

Managing and Preserving Electronic Resources: The OAIS Reference Model—A Joint CENDI/Federal Library and Information Center Committee (FLICC) Symposium, December 2001

PKI and Digital Signatures: From E-Commerce to E-Information Management—CENDI-Sponsored Symposium hosted by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), June 2001

Evaluating Our Web Presence: Challenges, Metrics, Results—A Joint CENDI/NLM Symposium, April 2001

2000

Reference/Citation Linking: The Federal Perspective—A Joint CENDI/FLICC Workshop, June 2000