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CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group
@cilipmdg.bsky.social
A @cilip.bsky.social Special Interest Group.
The UK information profession's voice in #metadata #cataloguing and #discovery. Create, Share, Enrich, Maintain. #MetadataMatters
https://www.cilip.org.uk/mdg
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The Early-Bird booking window for the MDG Conference 2026 #MetaFutures has been extended until 14th November.
Don't miss out on an excellent conference for #metadata #cataloguing & #discovery #informationprofessionals.
We hope to have a draft programme available very soon!
bit.ly/4nvVUgG
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Our next Practical Cataloguing Webinar is: Introduction to MarcEdit with Ceilan Hunter-Green.

Follow along with #metadata transformations for #MARC records in this introduction to #MarcEdit

Wednesday 12th November 13:00-14:00.
Register at: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
#cataloguing #libraries
October 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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I am so excited for #NAGwebinarweek 🤩

Two metadata / cataloguing sessions: @emmabooth.bsky.social and Beth Price (@uomlibrary.bsky.social) and @manchesterup.bsky.social on Wed 19th and me on Thursday 20th.

FREE and open to all: nag.org.uk/events/

🙏 to Jennie Hillyard and the Executive Committee🤩
October 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Using shared metadata formats and standard identifiers ensures that information is described consistently so different systems can 'talk' to each other #metadatamatters
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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#MetadataMatters - Ruth Elder (University of York) commented that to may be quite 'sobering' for libraries to see the extent of their poor quality records.
Legacy metadata issues can severely impact upon discoverability & interoperability, but libraries rarely have time/capacity to tackle it
It also helps to identify parts of your data (metadata) that need attention - ie the records that need upgrading to ensure that they are not falsely flagged as unique when compared to NBK data
October 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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#CILIP members - check your contact details are up to date. You'll receive an email on Thur 13 Nov with voting instructions to elect the 2026 Vice President & new Trustee.
🗳️Voting ends: 5pm | 4 Dec.
Read the candidate statements and update your details: https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/2026elections
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
1 week until the Early-Bird booking window closes for the CILIP MDG Conference 2026 #MetaFutures.

A draft programme is available on the conference website detailing sessions on #metadata #cataloguing #AI #collaboration #openaccess #opendata #linkeddata #training & #RDA Day with UKCoR
bit.ly/4nvVUgG
The Early-Bird booking window for the MDG Conference 2026 #MetaFutures has been extended until 14th November.
Don't miss out on an excellent conference for #metadata #cataloguing & #discovery #informationprofessionals.
We hope to have a draft programme available very soon!
bit.ly/4nvVUgG
November 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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The Early-Bird booking window for the MDG Conference 2026 #MetaFutures has been extended until 14th November.
Don't miss out on an excellent conference for #metadata #cataloguing & #discovery #informationprofessionals.
We hope to have a draft programme available very soon!
bit.ly/4nvVUgG
October 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The Early-Bird booking window for the MDG Conference 2026 #MetaFutures has been extended until 14th November.
Don't miss out on an excellent conference for #metadata #cataloguing & #discovery #informationprofessionals.
We hope to have a draft programme available very soon!
bit.ly/4nvVUgG
October 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Are you a cataloguer or interested in cataloguing and have a view on whether LCSH is fit for purpose in a UK context? CILIP MDG @cilipmdg.bsky.social are hosting a Worldcafe event (a big meeting basically!) to discuss ideas at Wellcome Library in London Wed 26th Nov www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
CILIP: the library and information association
www.cilip.org.uk
October 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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#Canadian #metadata practitioners are networking, discussing shared infrastructure, data repatriation, & data sovereignty + reaching out to one another to explore what we might do here with controlled vocabulary built on our labor.It’s slow & complicated legally, organizationally, and technically.
@cilipmdg.bsky.social invites participants to a WorldCafe Event @wellcomecollection.bsky.social on the topic of Subject Analysis & LCSH within the current metadata landscape.

Wed 26th November 2025 11:00-16:00
Booking essential: tinyurl.com/yc4vzcpw
#cataloguing #metadata #event #critcat #ethics
October 30, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Don't miss our first #WorldCafe event on #SubjectAnalysis at the Wellcome Collection, London: 11:00-16:00 on 26th November.
Contribute to the discussion on the use of LCSH and other subject heading vocabularies.
Booking essential: tinyurl.com/yc4vzcpw
#cataloguing #metadata #event #critcat #ethics
@cilipmdg.bsky.social invites participants to a WorldCafe Event @wellcomecollection.bsky.social on the topic of Subject Analysis & LCSH within the current metadata landscape.

Wed 26th November 2025 11:00-16:00
Booking essential: tinyurl.com/yc4vzcpw
#cataloguing #metadata #event #critcat #ethics
October 30, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Our next Practical Cataloguing Webinar is: Introduction to MarcEdit with Ceilan Hunter-Green.

Follow along with #metadata transformations for #MARC records in this introduction to #MarcEdit

Wednesday 12th November 13:00-14:00.
Register at: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
#cataloguing #libraries
October 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Our next Practical Cataloguing Webinar is:

Exhibition catalogues for newbies to art collections and/or cataloguing!
Presenters: Amy Staniforth, Yamuna Ravindran & Margaret Robinson.

Tuesday 28th October 13:00-14:00.
Register at: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
#cataloguing #metadata #libraries
October 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
📢MDG's October 2025 Bulletin has been distributed; it includes details of registration for MDG Conference 2026 #MetaFutures, Practical Cataloguing Webinar Series, a World Café on Subject Analysis, and more!
#cataloguing #metadata #events #news #libraries 📚🐈☕
email-cilip.org.uk/6WFS-2QQMX-4...
October 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Happening today at 13:00 (GMT+1)
Practical Cataloguing Webinar: "Linked data, Ontologies & Entity reconciliation" with Fran Frenzel
www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
#metadata #linkeddata #cataloguing
October 16, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Joining an @oclc.org RLP webinar on "Reimagining Descriptive Workflows: building institutional capacity through collaborative approaches" - Kathryn Sullivan @kats23.bsky.social of @uomlibrary.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk & Elly Cope @ellycope.bsky.social of @universityofleeds.bsky.social #metadata
October 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
@cilipmdg.bsky.social invites participants to a WorldCafe Event @wellcomecollection.bsky.social on the topic of Subject Analysis & LCSH within the current metadata landscape.

Wed 26th November 2025 11:00-16:00
Booking essential: tinyurl.com/yc4vzcpw
#cataloguing #metadata #event #critcat #ethics
October 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
📢 Registration is now open for the MDG Conference 2026!
#MetaFutures will take place on 11th-12th March 2026 at Engineers' House in Bristol followed by the UKCoR RDA Day on 13th March 2026. 📅
Early Bird rates available until 03/11/25
Full details and registration at: www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...
October 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Our next Practical Cataloguing Webinar is "Linked data, Ontologies & Entity reconciliation" with Fran Frenzel, 13:00-14:00 (GMT+1) on Thurs 16/10/25.

Register at: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
#metadata #linkeddata #cataloguing #training
October 7, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Please follow this thread from MDG Communications Officer @emmabooth.bsky.social for posts from today's webinar.
There were some technical issues with posting the thread from the MDG BlueSky account.
Will has been working through an example MARC record for a particular publication; working field by field he is explaining the notation and entry conventions. The what goes where and how it is recorded of library cataloguing with MARC21!
September 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The first webinar in our Practical Cataloguing series today!
MDG Chair Will Peaden will present "Introduction to MARC21 Cataloguing" at 13:00 (GMT+1)
If you have registered but have not received a link to join the webinar please contact events.mdg@cilip.org.uk
We will do some live posts here.
Practical Cataloguing Webinar 1: Introduction to MARC21 Cataloguing is this Wednesday 24th Sept 13:00-14:00 (GMT+1).
Free to all. Registration required: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
#cataloguing #cataloging #metadata #training #event #webinar #libraries
September 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The latest issue of our OA Journal 'Catalogue & Index' (ISSN 2399-9667) has now been published. Issue 212 (Sept 2025) contains articles on the topic of "Non-MARC Cataloguing and Metadata Practices."

Read the full issue at: journals.cilip.org.uk/catalogue-an...
#cataloguing #metadata #nonMARC
September 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Practical Cataloguing Webinar 1: Introduction to MARC21 Cataloguing is this Wednesday 24th Sept 13:00-14:00 (GMT+1).
Free to all. Registration required: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
#cataloguing #cataloging #metadata #training #event #webinar #libraries
September 22, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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September 9, 2025 at 9:52 AM
📢MDG's September 2025 Bulletin has been distributed to our mailing list, it includes details of our Practical Cataloguing Webinar Series, a save-the-date for a World Café event on Subject Analysis and much more!
#cataloguing #metadata #events #news #libraries 📚🐈
email-cilip.org.uk/6WFS-2PB9Q-4...
September 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM