Emma Booth (she/her)
@emmabooth.bsky.social
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/0009-0008-1390-2720
UK Librarian & Open Access supporter.
Discovery drives the Collection; Metadata drives Discovery; #MetadataMatters
Opinions my own.
https://linktr.ee/emmabooth
https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1390-2720
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The study points to using libraries and visiting museums as bringing these enormous brain health benefits ... who would have thought? Well, librarians and museum folk for a start ... www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Reading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40%, study finds
Cognitive health in later life is ‘strongly influenced’ by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:57 AM
The study points to using libraries and visiting museums as bringing these enormous brain health benefits ... who would have thought? Well, librarians and museum folk for a start ... www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Full programme and registration for #MetaFutures: www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...
February 12, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Full programme and registration for #MetaFutures: www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...
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MDG #Conference #MetaFutures Day 2: 12th March AM
🔦Spotlight on: #Collaborative #Metadata 🤝
Making the Most of Authority: Enabling a Consortium to Put Subject Headings to Work 🔗 Hannah Prince
Improving workflows for assigning headings; making authority control sustainable for a consortium
🔦Spotlight on: #Collaborative #Metadata 🤝
Making the Most of Authority: Enabling a Consortium to Put Subject Headings to Work 🔗 Hannah Prince
Improving workflows for assigning headings; making authority control sustainable for a consortium
February 12, 2026 at 1:27 PM
MDG #Conference #MetaFutures Day 2: 12th March AM
🔦Spotlight on: #Collaborative #Metadata 🤝
Making the Most of Authority: Enabling a Consortium to Put Subject Headings to Work 🔗 Hannah Prince
Improving workflows for assigning headings; making authority control sustainable for a consortium
🔦Spotlight on: #Collaborative #Metadata 🤝
Making the Most of Authority: Enabling a Consortium to Put Subject Headings to Work 🔗 Hannah Prince
Improving workflows for assigning headings; making authority control sustainable for a consortium
I've completed my #DoddieAid2026 challenge! I walked, hiked, stretched, and biked 515 miles in 5 weeks in support of @mndoddie5.bsky.social
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You can donate to help fund vital #MNDresearch at: www.justgiving.com/page/emma-bo...
Thank you! 💙💛💙💛
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You can donate to help fund vital #MNDresearch at: www.justgiving.com/page/emma-bo...
Thank you! 💙💛💙💛
February 6, 2026 at 4:25 PM
I've completed my #DoddieAid2026 challenge! I walked, hiked, stretched, and biked 515 miles in 5 weeks in support of @mndoddie5.bsky.social
🥾👟🦵🧘🏻♀️🚲💪
You can donate to help fund vital #MNDresearch at: www.justgiving.com/page/emma-bo...
Thank you! 💙💛💙💛
🥾👟🦵🧘🏻♀️🚲💪
You can donate to help fund vital #MNDresearch at: www.justgiving.com/page/emma-bo...
Thank you! 💙💛💙💛
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ADVICE: If universities want their journals to be sustainable, and to serve scholarship well, three practical implications follow.
First, treat journals as infrastructure.
Second, invest in metadata as a public good.
Third, recognise diversity as a feature, not a failure.
First, treat journals as infrastructure.
Second, invest in metadata as a public good.
Third, recognise diversity as a feature, not a failure.
February 6, 2026 at 2:03 AM
ADVICE: If universities want their journals to be sustainable, and to serve scholarship well, three practical implications follow.
First, treat journals as infrastructure.
Second, invest in metadata as a public good.
Third, recognise diversity as a feature, not a failure.
First, treat journals as infrastructure.
Second, invest in metadata as a public good.
Third, recognise diversity as a feature, not a failure.
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"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
#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
"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
#MetadataMatters #DiscoverabilityMatters
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Full programme and registration for #MetaFutures: www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...
February 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Full programme and registration for #MetaFutures: www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...
Thread 🧵
Spotlights on MDG #Conference Papers for Day 1.
Particularly interested in the #AI sessions to assess the quality of #GenAI outputs for #metadata & (hopefully) also the ethics of using these tools.
Also looking fwd to sessions on #Collaborative #Metadata & #Training
#MetaFutures
Spotlights on MDG #Conference Papers for Day 1.
Particularly interested in the #AI sessions to assess the quality of #GenAI outputs for #metadata & (hopefully) also the ethics of using these tools.
Also looking fwd to sessions on #Collaborative #Metadata & #Training
#MetaFutures
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.
🔦 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 5:14 PM
Thread 🧵
Spotlights on MDG #Conference Papers for Day 1.
Particularly interested in the #AI sessions to assess the quality of #GenAI outputs for #metadata & (hopefully) also the ethics of using these tools.
Also looking fwd to sessions on #Collaborative #Metadata & #Training
#MetaFutures
Spotlights on MDG #Conference Papers for Day 1.
Particularly interested in the #AI sessions to assess the quality of #GenAI outputs for #metadata & (hopefully) also the ethics of using these tools.
Also looking fwd to sessions on #Collaborative #Metadata & #Training
#MetaFutures
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We're delighted to launch the call for papers for the ALN Conference 2026. 24 June online, 6 July at Manchester Metropolitan University.
This years theme is "Reimagining Openness in Academic Libraries"
Further details on how to submit are at: www.academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/aln-conferen... #ALN26
This years theme is "Reimagining Openness in Academic Libraries"
Further details on how to submit are at: www.academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/aln-conferen... #ALN26
February 5, 2026 at 12:18 PM
We're delighted to launch the call for papers for the ALN Conference 2026. 24 June online, 6 July at Manchester Metropolitan University.
This years theme is "Reimagining Openness in Academic Libraries"
Further details on how to submit are at: www.academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/aln-conferen... #ALN26
This years theme is "Reimagining Openness in Academic Libraries"
Further details on how to submit are at: www.academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/aln-conferen... #ALN26
Looking forward to this #UKSGwebinar on Open Access and AI "does free to read mean free to train?" with Caroline Ball (@heroicendeavour.bsky.social), Stephanie Decker, & Rob Johnson (@rschrobuk.bsky.social)
#openaccess
#openaccess
Interested in AI, ethics and open access? I’ll be speaking at this @uksg.bsky.social webinar on 5 February - it’s free to register, so please come along!
www.uksg.org/events/free-...
www.uksg.org/events/free-...
FREE UKSG webinar: The Open Access – AI Conundrum: Does Free to Read Mean Free to Train? - UKSG
This is a fantastic opportunity to listen to expert speakers with no travelling required. This is a free webinar - Please note that advance registration is required. This webinar will be recorded and ...
www.uksg.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Looking forward to this #UKSGwebinar on Open Access and AI "does free to read mean free to train?" with Caroline Ball (@heroicendeavour.bsky.social), Stephanie Decker, & Rob Johnson (@rschrobuk.bsky.social)
#openaccess
#openaccess
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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
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
📢 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
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
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In person registrations closes on 8 February 2026 ⏳
You have till 18 February if you'd like to attend online 👩💻
You have till 18 February if you'd like to attend online 👩💻
📢 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
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 9:14 AM
In person registrations closes on 8 February 2026 ⏳
You have till 18 February if you'd like to attend online 👩💻
You have till 18 February if you'd like to attend online 👩💻
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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...
🐈📚📅
#metadata #discovery #cataloguing #libraries #conference #bursary
See our Conference website for full details: www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...
🐈📚📅
#metadata #discovery #cataloguing #libraries #conference #bursary
February 2, 2026 at 9:25 AM
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...
🐈📚📅
#metadata #discovery #cataloguing #libraries #conference #bursary
See our Conference website for full details: www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...
🐈📚📅
#metadata #discovery #cataloguing #libraries #conference #bursary
This is a great opportunity for a #LIS student, recent graduate, or early-career professional to learn all about #metadata & #discovery from the @cilipmdg.bsky.social community of practice.
#conferencebursary #cataloguing #CPD
@cilip.bsky.social
#conferencebursary #cataloguing #CPD
@cilip.bsky.social
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...
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 11:17 AM
This is a great opportunity for a #LIS student, recent graduate, or early-career professional to learn all about #metadata & #discovery from the @cilipmdg.bsky.social community of practice.
#conferencebursary #cataloguing #CPD
@cilip.bsky.social
#conferencebursary #cataloguing #CPD
@cilip.bsky.social
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I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!
AI Skills Boost - AI Skills Hub
aiskillshub.org.uk
January 28, 2026 at 12:07 PM
I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!
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
tinyurl.com/yujxkrcc
#openaccess #oabooks #metadata #openinfra #CopimConference
tinyurl.com/yujxkrcc
January 28, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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
tinyurl.com/yujxkrcc
#openaccess #oabooks #metadata #openinfra #CopimConference
tinyurl.com/yujxkrcc
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Over the past few years, the RLUK community has had many discussions on the opportunities and challenges of AI for the Research Library. As an open resource we have curated almost 20 presentations from recent events covering four main areas of interest.
www.rluk.ac.uk/ai/
www.rluk.ac.uk/ai/
January 27, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Over the past few years, the RLUK community has had many discussions on the opportunities and challenges of AI for the Research Library. As an open resource we have curated almost 20 presentations from recent events covering four main areas of interest.
www.rluk.ac.uk/ai/
www.rluk.ac.uk/ai/
So pleased to see this report published, and to have been asked to contribute to the 'librarian perspective' on metadata requirements for open access books.
Scholarly comms needs open infrastructures that enable libraries to embed open access books within their collections
#openaccess #metadata
Scholarly comms needs open infrastructures that enable libraries to embed open access books within their collections
#openaccess #metadata
We are super excited to announce the publication of our substantive report "International Metadata Recommendations and Platform-Specific Requirements for #OABooks and Chapters"
#openinfras #MetadataMatters #interoperability
copim.pub/new-report-p...
#openinfras #MetadataMatters #interoperability
copim.pub/new-report-p...
New Report Published: International Metadata Recommendations and Platform-Specific Requirements for Open Access Books and Chapters - Copim
We are pleased to announce the publication of “International Metadata Recommendations and Platform-Specific Requirements for Open Access Books and Chapters”, …
copim.pub
January 27, 2026 at 5:41 PM
So pleased to see this report published, and to have been asked to contribute to the 'librarian perspective' on metadata requirements for open access books.
Scholarly comms needs open infrastructures that enable libraries to embed open access books within their collections
#openaccess #metadata
Scholarly comms needs open infrastructures that enable libraries to embed open access books within their collections
#openaccess #metadata
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We are super excited to announce the publication of our substantive report "International Metadata Recommendations and Platform-Specific Requirements for #OABooks and Chapters"
#openinfras #MetadataMatters #interoperability
copim.pub/new-report-p...
#openinfras #MetadataMatters #interoperability
copim.pub/new-report-p...
New Report Published: International Metadata Recommendations and Platform-Specific Requirements for Open Access Books and Chapters - Copim
We are pleased to announce the publication of “International Metadata Recommendations and Platform-Specific Requirements for Open Access Books and Chapters”, …
copim.pub
January 27, 2026 at 2:55 PM
We are super excited to announce the publication of our substantive report "International Metadata Recommendations and Platform-Specific Requirements for #OABooks and Chapters"
#openinfras #MetadataMatters #interoperability
copim.pub/new-report-p...
#openinfras #MetadataMatters #interoperability
copim.pub/new-report-p...
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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
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
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
Read the web-version at: email-cilip.org.uk/6WFS-2YSZQ-4...
#news #events #conference #metadata #discovery #cataloguing 📚🐈
@cilip.bsky.social
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Over the next few weeks we will be posting further details about the programme for #CopimConference - so stay tuned!
📆 26-27 February 2026
📍 University of London | LONDON (or online via Zoom)
Book your place 👉 buff.ly/EjHKpeJ
📆 26-27 February 2026
📍 University of London | LONDON (or online via Zoom)
Book your place 👉 buff.ly/EjHKpeJ
Membership: we are here for you
As a CILIP member, you have access to a range of tailored resources and career support.
www.cilip.org.uk
January 26, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Over the next few weeks we will be posting further details about the programme for #CopimConference - so stay tuned!
📆 26-27 February 2026
📍 University of London | LONDON (or online via Zoom)
Book your place 👉 buff.ly/EjHKpeJ
📆 26-27 February 2026
📍 University of London | LONDON (or online via Zoom)
Book your place 👉 buff.ly/EjHKpeJ
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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...
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
Details and registration at: www.cilip.org.uk/event/member...
#metadata #cataloguing #discovery
January 26, 2026 at 9:11 AM
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...
Book now: www.cilip.org.uk/event/member...
Looking forward to hearing from the RSC Chair, Renate Behrens, at the @cilipmdg.bsky.social Conference #MetaFutures in March. As #metadata & #cataloguing professionals, it is important to fully understand #standards like #RDA & the implications of different implementation scenarios / applications.
We are thrilled to have Chair of the RDA Steering Committee (RSC), Renate Behrens, as our Keynote speaker.
Renate has been committed to the further development & dissemination of RDA at an international level for many years, with multilingualism & cultural diversity being of particular concern.
Renate has been committed to the further development & dissemination of RDA at an international level for many years, with multilingualism & cultural diversity being of particular concern.
January 26, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Looking forward to hearing from the RSC Chair, Renate Behrens, at the @cilipmdg.bsky.social Conference #MetaFutures in March. As #metadata & #cataloguing professionals, it is important to fully understand #standards like #RDA & the implications of different implementation scenarios / applications.
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Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out.
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
January 22, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out.
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
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🌟Win a fully funded trip to #UKSG2026
Students, early‑career professionals, and new or underrepresented voices in #ScholarlyCommunications are invited to apply for one of 10 sponsored places!
📍 Glasgow, UK
📅 30 March–1 April 2026
Apply by 15 February 2026
🔗 www.uksg.org/sponsored-pl...
Students, early‑career professionals, and new or underrepresented voices in #ScholarlyCommunications are invited to apply for one of 10 sponsored places!
📍 Glasgow, UK
📅 30 March–1 April 2026
Apply by 15 February 2026
🔗 www.uksg.org/sponsored-pl...
Sponsored Places for UKSG Annual Conference - UKSG
Sponsored Places for UKSG Annual Conference Your opportunity to win a free place at the UKSG 2026 Annual Conference and Exhibition! UKSG is offering ten free places to attend the UKSG Annual […]
www.uksg.org
January 22, 2026 at 4:16 PM
🌟Win a fully funded trip to #UKSG2026
Students, early‑career professionals, and new or underrepresented voices in #ScholarlyCommunications are invited to apply for one of 10 sponsored places!
📍 Glasgow, UK
📅 30 March–1 April 2026
Apply by 15 February 2026
🔗 www.uksg.org/sponsored-pl...
Students, early‑career professionals, and new or underrepresented voices in #ScholarlyCommunications are invited to apply for one of 10 sponsored places!
📍 Glasgow, UK
📅 30 March–1 April 2026
Apply by 15 February 2026
🔗 www.uksg.org/sponsored-pl...