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Emma Booth (she/her)
@emmabooth.bsky.social
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Manchester Metadata Maven
UK Librarian & Open Access supporter.
Discovery drives the Collection; Metadata drives Discovery; #MetadataMatters
Opinions my own.
https://linktr.ee/emmabooth
https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1
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cilipmdg.bsky.social
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
cilipmdg.bsky.social CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group @cilipmdg.bsky.social · 11d
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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uklibrariesnag.bsky.social
Metadata in partnership - Manchester University Press and the University Library working together.
Free webinar Wed 19th Nov 1400 with @emmabooth.bsky.social, Kate Horton, @mellordramatic.bsky.social, Jessica Thompson & Beth Price.
nag.org.uk/event/mup/
#NAGWebinarWeek
@manchesterup.bsky.social
Metadata in partnership - Manchester University Press and the University Library working together Wed 19th Nov 1400 with Emma Booth, Kate Horton, Jen Mellor, Jessica Thompson, Beth Price https://nag.org.uk/event/mup/
November 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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openingthefuture.bsky.social
Lots of interesting stuff in here and can't help but notice that it's a bit of a @copim.bsky.social Community Takeover! 🔥Loads of topical blogs from colleagues & partners incl: @openbookcollective.bsky.social @openbookpublish.bsky.social @lsepress.bsky.social @uolpress.bsky.social @openlibhums.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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cilipmdg.bsky.social
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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colettet.bsky.social
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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openbookcollective.bsky.social
Watch last week's #OAweek panel on 'Mainstreaming Diamond', hosted by Open Library of Humanities. Featuring OBC's Joe Deville, alongside Kira Hopkins from Opening the Future, Rupert Gatti from Open Book Publishers, Caroline Edwards from OLH & Open Journals Collective, and Joanna Ball from DOAJ.
October 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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cilipmdg.bsky.social
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
emmabooth.bsky.social
I've just emailed my MP in support of British Library workers on strike over pay #BritishLibraryOnStrike
As my own union ballots its members in response to a paltry pay offer of 1.4% (whilst inflation is at 4.5%), now is the time to stand together as #libraryworkers for #fairpay for the work we do.
fairlibraryjobs.bsky.social FairLibraryJobs @fairlibraryjobs.bsky.social · 15d
This post has been in draft a while but it feels particularly timely given the strike over pay that starts tomorrow (27th Oct) at the British Library. If you've ever despaired at the low salaries at the BL now is the time to act in solidarity www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/... #BritishLibraryOnStrike
Support the British Library strikers
More than 300 PCS members at the British Library in London are striking over their poverty wages for two weeks from Monday (27) to Sunday, 9 November and need your support in person and online.
www.pcs.org.uk
October 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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copim.bsky.social
Registration for #CopimConference is now LIVE 🚀

Our FREE 2--day hybrid event will bring together the people and projects shaping the future of equitable, community-driven #OpenAccess book publishing

📆 26-27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | London [or online]
🔗 buff.ly/DhtaOAJ
October 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
emmabooth.bsky.social
Looking forward to hearing from @openbookcollective.bsky.social @ojcollective.bsky.social @doaj.bsky.social @openlibhums.org @openbookpublish.bsky.social and @openingthefuture.bsky.social plus @copim.bsky.social as I travel to Wales - hope my internet connection holds up!
#OAWeek #DiamondOA
openlibhums.org Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · 18d
Still time to register! Join today’s #OAWeek webinar “Mainstreaming Diamond: Regional Perspectives, Shared Futures” — 1pm BST.
Register here: www.openlibhums.org/news/862/
October 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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uklibrariesnag.bsky.social
Metadata in partnership - Manchester University Press and the University Library working together
Free webinar Wed 19th Nov 1400 with @emmabooth.bsky.social, Kate Horton, @mellordramatic.bsky.social, Jessica Thompson & Beth Price.
nag.org.uk/event/mup/
#NAGWebinarWeek @manchesterup.bsky.social
Metadata in partnership - Manchester University Press and the University Library working together Wed 19th Nov 1400 with Emma Booth, Kate Horton, Jen Mellor, Jessica Thompson, Beth Price https://nag.org.uk/event/mup/
October 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
emmabooth.bsky.social
Thanks Anne - we are looking forward to co-presenting with MUP on the successful collaboration between the University of Manchester Library and Manchester University Press to produce, enhance, and disseminate high-quality book metadata. - nag.org.uk/event/mup/
#metadatamatters #NAGwebinarweek
October 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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openlibhums.org
🎉 🥳 Celebrating 10 years of the Open Library of Humanities and exciting new developments in Janeway this #OAweek! A decade of scholar-led, #diamondOA publishing and community-driven innovation: www.openlibhums.org/news/866/

@janewayolh.bsky.social
Celebrating 10 Years of the OLH and New Developments in Janeway
It’s #OAweek, and this year we’re also celebrating 10 years since the publication of the first article in the Open Library of Humanities Journal marking a decade since the launch …
www.openlibhums.org
October 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
emmabooth.bsky.social
Pleased to be joining “We Are Enough: Practical Open Access for Everyone” part of #OAWeek 2025 at the Penn State University Libraries with panellists: @sarahlamdan.bsky.social @samuelmoore.org and @petersuber.bsky.social www.openaccessweek.org/events/2025/...
We Are Enough: Practical Open Access for Everyone — International Open Access Week
Please join the Penn State University Libraries for a panel discussion with three thought leaders in the field: Dr. Samuel Moore, Scholarly Communication Specialist at Cambridge University Library, o...
www.openaccessweek.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
emmabooth.bsky.social
Great to see that @manchesterup.bsky.social & @thejohnrylands.bsky.social have made the entire archive of Bulletin of the John Rylands Library Open Access thanks to funding provided by @uomlibrary.bsky.social #OAWeek
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/10...
October 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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copim.bsky.social
We're nearing the end of International #OAWeek 2025! But there's still lots in the diary 📆

Check out our curated list of events we think will be of interest to #CopimCommunity

👉 buff.ly/g7YE1jM

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Who Owns Our Knowledge? International Open Access Week 2025 - Copim
International Open Access Week is organised by SPARC in partnership with the Open Access Week Advisory Committee. It was founded in 2008 by SPARC and partners…
buff.ly
October 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM
emmabooth.bsky.social
#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
emmabooth.bsky.social Emma Booth (she/her) @emmabooth.bsky.social · 19d
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
emmabooth.bsky.social
It may be #OAWeek but let's not forget the print monographs that make up research collections in scholarly libraries - joining the official launch of the UK PBC, a joint initiative to secure access to print monographs in UK libraries for current and future use. #UKPBC #collectivecollections ukpbc.uk
October 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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eve.gd
It's 10 years since the Open Library of Humanities published its first article. Since then, OLH has published 13,000 open access scholarly articles which have been downloaded over 8 million times.

This excellent editorial by Rose looks back at that decade.

olh.openlibhums.org/article/id/2...
Editorial Freedom in Academic Publishing: On the First Decade of the Open Library of Humanities
This editorial commemorates the tenth anniversary of diamond open access journal publisher the Open Library of Humanities (OLH) and its flagship journal, the Open Library of Humanities journal (OLHJ)....
olh.openlibhums.org
October 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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ifla.org
The #IFLA Open Science & Scholarship Advisory Committee celebrates Open Access Week 2025 🌐✨

This year’s theme, “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”, highlights the critical role of #libraries in supporting researchers’ rights, open infrastructures, and information literacy.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/47nhiyU
Pink unlocked padlock floating against a soft pink background symbolizing open access in science and scholarship for Open Access Week 2025.
October 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
emmabooth.bsky.social
Looking forward to joining @britishlibrary.bsky.social for #OpenEngaged this afternoon as part of #OAWeek - this year's theme asks the fundamental question "Who Owns Our Knowledge?" and, hopefully, will also address "Who Owns Our Knowledge Infrastructures?"
ilkayholt.bsky.social Ilkay Holt @ilkayholt.bsky.social · 22d
Happy #OAWeek! You can still register for #OpenEngaged and join us today at 13:30 BST.
Open and Engaged 2025: “Who Owns Our Knowledge?” to explore the power, ethics, and responsibility embedded in how cultural heritage is created, shared, and preserved.
openscholarship.gitbook.io/open-and-eng...
Day 1💫 Monday, 20 October | Open and Engaged 2025
British Library's Open and Engaged 2025 Conference
openscholarship.gitbook.io
October 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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heroicendeavour.bsky.social
AI is good at many things already, and will get better, and get better at more things, in the future, but producing open, accessible, accurate and reliable is not one of them, and shouldn’t be. Knowledge should always be human. #KnowledgeIsHuman
October 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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louiscoiffait-gunn.bsky.social
"Open knowledge is social infrastructure" says Jimmy Wales opening 'Knowledge is Human: The Information Ecosystem in the age of AI' conference by British Library & Wikimedia UK wikimedia.org.uk/2025/10/know... Looking forward to speaking on the opening panel #AI
October 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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cilipmdg.bsky.social
📢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