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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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MDG Conference & RDA Day #MetaFutures 11-13 March 2026.
The programme includes papers on AI use in cataloguing; Metadata training & management; Collaborative metadata; Linked data; Metadata for Open Access & Research, & RDA.
Book your place: www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...
#metadata #conference 📚🐈
"The materials, lent to Stanford University Libraries by Caroline Takahashi, Kaz and Soyo’s daughter, were recently digitized by the Digital Production Group, and cataloged and described by staff of the Department of Special Collections & University Archives"
#MetadataMatters #DiscoverabilityMatters
Digital Collections: Newly Digitized Papers Shed Light on WWII Internment www.infodocket.com/2026/02/05/d... #libraries #archives #WWII @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Please note that, after consultation with our speakers, we have made changes to the original tentative programme & a few sessions have changed day. If you have booked a Day ticket & now want to change it please email treasurer.mdg@cilip.org.uk or chair.mdg@cilip.org.uk
#MetaFutures #Conference
February 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Helen William's @helskrw.bsky.social 2nd paper explores the important, if sometimes unsung, role that metadata teams play in contributing to increasing research visibility, reach & impact. + explore the role of Wikipedia in disseminating research
#MetaFutures #Conference
#MetaFutures Day 1: 11th March PM
🔦 Spotlight: #Collaborative #Metadata-ing 🤝
The Metadata Team & Institutional Research Visibility 🔬 Helen Williams
How the Metadata team at LSE Library have developed their role in supporting LSE’s ambitious Research for the World Strategy
February 6, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Paula Clarke Bain @baindex.org is Chair of Society of Indexers @indexers.bsky.social - this session will explore the commonalities of the fields of book indexing & library & information science + the shared purpose of helping people to find information in books & other media
#MetaFutures #Conference
#MetaFutures Day 1: 11th March PM
🔦 Spotlight: #Collaborative #Metadata-ing 🤝
Indexers & Information Professionals: Crossovers and Co-operation 📇 Paula Clarke Bain
Explore the similarities & differences & connections between the work of information professionals & indexers
February 6, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Bethan Ruddock is Senior Product Owner, Library Hub at JISC @jisc.bsky.social she will speak about the UK Print Book Collection initiative to enable UK libraries to make informed decisions about print retention & foster shared stewardship of a national monograph collection
#MetaFutures #Conference
February 6, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Jenny Wright @jenniferswright.bsky.social is Chief Metadata Officer at BDS @bibliodataservices.bsky.social
Her session will examine how to bridge the gap between abstract bibliographic models, such as the IFLA LRM & RDA, and daily tasks in entity-based cataloguing.
#MetaFutures #Conference
#MetaFutures Day 1: 11th March PM
🔦 Spotlight: #Training & #Management 🧑‍🎓
Pedagogical Bridges: Training Cataloguers in RDA & LRM Across Theory & Practice 🚄 Jenny Wright
Explores training approaches that connect theory & practice by scaffolding learning from IFLA LRM entities & relationships
February 6, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Helen Williams @helskrw.bsky.social is Metadata Manager at LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social
Her session uses the model of a ‘Purpose Tree’ to help attendees to define the mission & vision of their metadata or cataloguing team, & develop strategic actions to achieve them
#MetaFutures #Conference
#MetaFutures Day 1: 11th March PM
🔦 Spotlight: #Training & #Management 🧑‍🎓
'All Our Wisdom is Stored in the Trees:' Using a Tree to Model Metadata Mission & Vision 🌳Helen Williams
Interactive session to visualise the role of your Metadata Team in the larger endeavour to transform discovery
February 6, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Sally Bell & Adam Swann are based at University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk Library. They will speak about using AI tools to help tackle a cataloguing backlog of non-English language material to support staff that lack specialist language skills
#MetaFutures #Conference
#MetaFutures Day 1: 11th March AM
🔦 Spotlight: #AI #Cataloguing 🤖🐈
Can AI Help Us Catalogue Books We Can’t Read? 📖 Sally Bell & Adam Swann
CILIP Scotland Ian McCracken Innovator Award winning project to investigate the potential for using AI tools to help copy catalogue non-English language books.
February 6, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Hannes Lowagie is head of the Agency for Bibliographic Information at the Royal Library of Belgium @kbrbe.bsky.social he has developed a modular human & machine-readable metadata ruleset in a structured JSON file as the single source of truth for cataloguing rules at KBR.
#MetaFutures #Conference
#MetaFutures Day 1: 11th March AM
🔦 Spotlight: #AI #Cataloguing 🤖🐈
Authentic & Artificial Cataloguing: Machine-Readable Cataloguing Rules as a Bridge to Unified Metadata Practice 🌉 Hannes Lowagie
Metadata strategy that reimagines how cataloguing rules are authored, shared & used by people & machines
February 6, 2026 at 8:57 AM
James Clark & Getaneh Alemu are from Southampton Solent University @solentuniversity.bsky.social Library - they will assess the accuracy of generative AI outputs for MARC field 648, with a view to possibly fully automating the addition of this field under certain conditions.
#MetaFutures #Conference
#MetaFutures Day 1: 11th March AM
🔦 Spotlight: #AI #Cataloguing 🤖🐈
More Time Needed: Using Generative AI to Retrospectively Populate the MARC 648 Field & Improve Discovery by Time Period 🕰️ James Clark & Getaneh Alemu
Retrospective cataloguing project using gen-AI to generate MARC field 648.
February 6, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Lucy Campbell & Keven Jeffery are joining us from San Diego State University (SDSU) Library @sdsulibrary.bsky.social to speak about an integrated natural language query (NLQ) to Boolean converter that aims to enhance metadata visibility & improve search transparency.
#MetaFutures #Conference
February 6, 2026 at 8:46 AM
MDG #Conference #MetaFutures Day 1: 11th March AM
🔦 Spotlight: #AI #Cataloguing 🤖🐈
From Questions to Queries: Using AI to Surface Metadata in Library Search 🔍 Lucy Campbell & Keven Jeffery
Explore a research project to integrate a natural language query to Boolean converter into library discovery.
February 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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New Report: International #Metadata Recommendations and Platform-Specific Requirements for Open Access #Books and Chapters (via @copim.bsky.social) copim.pub/new-report-p... #scholcommm #libraries #publishing #openmetadata #oa
January 27, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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📢 PSA: in person ticket sales for #CopimConference close in less than a week!

This is your chance to join the people and projects shaping the future of equitable, community-driven #OA book publishing 📚

👉 Full programme, additional information & registration link buff.ly/EjHKpeJ

#OpenAccess
February 2, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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I'll be joining a panel at the @copim.bsky.social Conference chaired by @thoth-metadata.bsky.social: "Metadata, dissemination challenges & open community solutions for open access books" 9:00 am on Friday 27th Feb 2026
#openaccess #oabooks #metadata #openinfra #CopimConference
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January 28, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Today is the final day to apply for a funded/bursary place at the @cilipmdg.bsky.social Conference & RDA Day 2026 #MetaFutures.
See our Conference website for full details: www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...
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#metadata #discovery #cataloguing #libraries #conference #bursary
February 2, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Recommended reading for #metadata #discovery & #cataloguing practitioners.
Whether you work to enable discovery & access to #openaccess or #paytoread books (or both), this report sheds light on the complex & often idiosyncratic metadata ecosystem for publishers, system providers & libraries.
[NEW REPORT] International Metadata Recommendations and Platform-Specific Requirements for Open Access Books and Chapters

Read more on our website 👉 buff.ly/6Ab7hhf

@cilipmdg.bsky.social @uksg.bsky.social
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Photo: Jon Snobri via Unsplash
January 30, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Are you #Library and #Information Studies/Science student, or new to the Information Profession & interested in our #Conference & #RDA Day (11-13 March) in Bristol?
We are pleased to offer a sponsorship opportunity/ #bursary - submission deadline 5pm 02/02/26
More at www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...
January 29, 2026 at 11:15 AM
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Call for volunteers to join the National Committee for IFLA World Library & Information Congress in London 2027!

Would you like to help organise the the sector's biggest global event & can spare 1-3 days per month? Check out our website: https://ow.ly/Wbhp50Y4Xic
Deadline to apply: Midnight 13 Feb
January 29, 2026 at 11:00 AM
📚 Open access books only work when quality and trust are non-negotiable — especially in the Global South. Maria Lamury (DOAB Ambassador for Indonesia) on why quality assurance and good metadata turn free access into meaningful access 🔗https://buff.ly/4oMEeUm #OpenAccess #OABooks #OpenInfrastructure
January 29, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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✨ RLUK recognises the impact which #AI & #GenAI is having across our research libraries.

We have brought together resources from RLUK events that examine the role & impact of #AI in research & libraries

🔗 You can find these resources on our website at rluk.ac.uk/ai/
AI in the Research Library - Research Libraries UK
AI in the Research Library RLUK recognises the impact which Artificial Intelligence, in particular GenAI, is having across our research libraries. AI is reshaping the research landscape and redefinin...
rluk.ac.uk
January 29, 2026 at 11:05 AM
The CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group Bulletin for January 2026 has now been distributed to our mailing list.
Read the web-version at: email-cilip.org.uk/6WFS-2YSZQ-4...
#news #events #conference #metadata #discovery #cataloguing 📚🐈
@cilip.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 1:32 PM
5 weeks to go until #CILIPMembersFest26 a free, open-access festival from @cilip.bsky.social offering online trainings, workshops and discussions including our session "To #discovery and beyond! Making #metadata practical" on Monday 2nd March at 1pm (GMT)
Book now: www.cilip.org.uk/event/member...
We are looking forward to being part of #CILIPMembersFest26 with an online session "To discovery and beyond! Making metadata practical" on Mon 2nd March at 1pm (GMT)
Details and registration at: www.cilip.org.uk/event/member...
#metadata #cataloguing #discovery
January 26, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Spotlight on MDG Conference #MetaFutures Day 3: #RDAday on Friday 13th March 2026 (in Bristol) organised by the UKCoR Chair Anastasia Kerameos 🧵

The UK's RDA experts will provide practical activities & informative sessions to support those wishing to understand & implement the RDA content standard
Over the next few weeks we will be posting further details on BlueSky about the programme for the MDG Conference & RDA Day #MetaFutures 11-13 March 2026 - so stay tuned!
Book your place: www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...
#metadata #discovery #cataloguing #conference 📚🐈🧵
January 23, 2026 at 11:18 AM