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CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group @cilipmdg.bsky.social · 13d

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

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Anne Welsh @annewelsh.bsky.social · 19d

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🤩

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Emma Booth (she/her) @emmabooth.bsky.social · 18h

Using shared metadata formats and standard identifiers ensures that information is described consistently so different systems can 'talk' to each other #metadatamatters

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Emma Booth (she/her) @emmabooth.bsky.social · 20d

#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

Emma Booth (she/her) @emmabooth.bsky.social · 20d

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

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CILIP @cilip.bsky.social · 1d

#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

Banner with an election voting slip pictured

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CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group @cilipmdg.bsky.social · 4d

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

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

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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

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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

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Colette Townend @colettet.bsky.social · 12d

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

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CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group @cilipmdg.bsky.social · 12d

Great to hear that Canadian librarians are already mobilising on this issue. We are hopeful that UK librarians will likewise engage with rethinking subject analysis and controlled vocabularies in order to better serve our user communities #ethics #cataloguing #metadata #wordsmatter #metadatamatters

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Laura J. Smart @ljsmart.bsky.social · 12d

#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.

CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group @cilipmdg.bsky.social · Oct 8

@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

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CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group @cilipmdg.bsky.social · 12d

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

CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group @cilipmdg.bsky.social · Oct 8

@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

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CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group @cilipmdg.bsky.social · 13d

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

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CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group @cilipmdg.bsky.social · 26d

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

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CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group @cilipmdg.bsky.social · 25d

📢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...

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CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group @cilipmdg.bsky.social · 26d

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

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CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group @cilipmdg.bsky.social · 26d

Fran has been demonstrating Linked Data enrichment using OpenRefine on a some bibliographic data - alas we have run out of time for more... but MDG will be running more events and training on Linked Data in the future.

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CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group @cilipmdg.bsky.social · 26d

So turning bibliographic data into Linked Data should mean that users can navigate more easily between related resources and discover new, unexpected connections.
It should also make library data easier to integrate into other systems such as major web services.

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CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group @cilipmdg.bsky.social · 26d

In semantic graph databases, the linking of disparate sources and formats enables the inference of new knowledge out of existing facts.
We move away from a flat record structure to an integrated web of information.

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CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group @cilipmdg.bsky.social · 26d

And the benefits? Well, in a truly Linked Data environment the information silos that exist between various formats are broken down. As a result, data integration and browsing through complex data become easier and much more efficient.
More complex queries can be asked of the data.

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CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group @cilipmdg.bsky.social · 26d

MarcEdit can do this for you! It can connect to RDA vocabularies and Library of Congress authorities id.loc.gov

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CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group @cilipmdg.bsky.social · 26d

In a traditional MARC cataloguing environment we can begin to become 'Linked Data ready' by adding URIs into certain MARC fields that describe controlled entities such as authorised name headings for People, Places and Things.
Eg 1XX, 7XX, 6XX & 3XX fields.

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CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group @cilipmdg.bsky.social · 26d

How does this link to RDA?
The RDA Registry contains the classes and properties.
The RDA Toolkit contains the elements and entities, distinguishing between relationship entities and attribute entities.
These can be used to create triples.

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CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group @cilipmdg.bsky.social · 26d

Linked Data editors are available:
Sinopia sinopia.io
Marva bibframe.org/marva/editor
Both have sandboxes and require a sign-in

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CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group @cilipmdg.bsky.social · 26d

Now to the practical element!
Fran demonstrates bringing all of the Linked Data components together.
First define the ontology: the Classes and subClasses of Objects and Subjects, plus their Properties, Domains, Ranges.
Then build the relationship statements between the Objects and Subjects.

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