<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear all,</span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
</span></p><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">‘</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><strong>Learning resources minimal metadata application profile</strong>’: online, Wednesday 17 May 2023 at 15:00-16:00 UTC.  </span><a href="https://tu-berlin.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5IlcOCqrT0vE9NV7XQS4fRUaDEURyl4OC_E#/registration" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration is now open!</span></a></div><p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Are you interested in making training materials or other learning resources that you have created or found more easily discovered in common search environments? Have you ever wondered what key descriptors for these materials could help you and others better find them? Now that a minimal metadata set has been recommended, what mechanisms could be used to implement the set within different search environments, such as a catalog or portal at your institution? </span></p><p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The ‘Education and Training on Handling of Research Data’ RDA Interest Group has worked with a group of international experts to develop a minimal metadata set for describing learning materials. This set identifies key characteristics of learning resources that matter to:</span></p><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">- Content creators and adapters who want to describe the resources they create for others to better find and use;</span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">- Providers of catalogues and registries of learning resources;</span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">- Institutions that publish learning resources on their websites to provide information about the resources in their collections.</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In this one-hour interactive webinar, organised as part of the RDA Decade of Data celebrations, the group will present application profiles of the minimal metadata set and how they have been implemented in selected catalogues. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss the various perspectives, needs, and motivations for implementing the application profile. Participation is free but please register in advance to attend. </span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Register here: </span><a href="https://tu-berlin.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5IlcOCqrT0vE9NV7XQS4fRUaDEURyl4OC_E#/registration" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://tu-berlin.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5IlcOCqrT0vE9NV7XQS4fRUaDEURyl4OC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</span></p><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">With best wishes,</span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Asha</span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">on behalf of Amy, Laura and Kati</span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Co-chairs, RDA Interest Group on Education and Training on Handling of Research Data (ETHRD-IG)</span></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">--</span><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">___________________________<br></div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div><br></div><b><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b>TWO WEEKS TO GO! Call for Sessions, Presentations and Posters:</b><span style="font-weight:normal"> </span><a href="https://codata.org/events/conferences/international-data-week-2023/call-for-sessions-presentations-and-posters-scidatacon-2023-part-of-idw-2023/" target="_blank" style="font-weight:normal">SciDataCon 2023, part of IDW 2023: deadline 15 May!</a><br></div></b><br><b>International Training Workshop on Open Science and SDGs 2023:</b> <a href="https://codata.org/international-training-workshop-on-open-science-and-sdgs-2023/" target="_blank">deadline for applications, 14 May!</a></div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br></div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b><a href="https://codata.org/events/general-assembly/general-assembly-2023/" target="_blank">CODATA General Assembly 27-28 October 2023</a>:</b> <a href="https://codata.org/events/general-assembly/general-assembly-2023/codata-nominations-and-elections-2023/" target="_blank">Elections</a> and <a href="https://codata.org/events/general-assembly/general-assembly-2023/codata-nominations-and-elections-2023/" target="_blank">Task Group Proposals, deadline 27 June!</a><br><br><b>WorldFAIR Project First Policy Brief: </b><a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7853170" target="_blank">now available!</a><br><br><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b>DRUM Beat, April 2023: </b><a href="https://codata.org/drum-beat-april-2023-news-from-the-codata-task-group-on-digital-representation-of-units-of-measurement/" target="_blank">News from the CODATA Task Group on Digital Representation of Units of Measurement</a></div></div></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div><a href="https://codata.org/read-now-april-2023-publications-in-the-data-science-journal/" target="_blank">April 2023 publications</a> in the <a href="https://datascience.codata.org/" target="_blank">CODATA Data Science Journal</a></div></div></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div><br></div><div><b>Stay in touch with CODATA:</b></div><div></div><div><br></div><div>Stay up to date with CODATA activities: <a href="http://lists.codata.org/mailman/listinfo/codata-international_lists.codata.org" target="_blank">join the CODATA International News list</a></div><div><br></div><div>Looking for training and career opportunities in data science and data stewardship?  <a href="http://lists.codata.org/mailman/listinfo/data_science_training_lists.codata.org" target="_blank">Sign up to the CODATA early career community-run data science training and careers list</a></div><div><br></div><div>Follow us on social media! <a href="https://twitter.com/CODATANews" target="_blank">Twitter</a> - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/codata.org/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-hodson-b3711a11/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/codatainternational/" target="_blank">Instagram</a></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">___________________________<br></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">Asha Law | Program Assistant, CODATA | <a href="http://www.codata.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.codata.org</a></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">E-Mail: <a href="mailto:asha@codata.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">asha@codata.org</a><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">Tel (Office): +33 1 45 25 04 96</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">CODATA (Committee on Data of the International Council for Science), 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie, 75016 Paris, FRANCE</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>