#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
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
#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
Legacy metadata issues can severely impact upon discoverability & interoperability, but libraries rarely have time/capacity to tackle it
.@retractionwatch.com #retractions now live in Crossref's REST API! A big step for improving #research transparency and accessibility. Check out the details in our latest blog post: https://tinyurl.com/yc5zkf43
#crossref #scholcomms #scholarlypublishing #metadata #metadatamatters
#crossref #scholcomms #scholarlypublishing #metadata #metadatamatters
January 31, 2025 at 6:41 PM
.@retractionwatch.com #retractions now live in Crossref's REST API! A big step for improving #research transparency and accessibility. Check out the details in our latest blog post: https://tinyurl.com/yc5zkf43
#crossref #scholcomms #scholarlypublishing #metadata #metadatamatters
#crossref #scholcomms #scholarlypublishing #metadata #metadatamatters
#AfricanLiteratures #OpenData #CulturalHeritage #ALMEDA #MetadataMatters #ASCL #LinkedData #Wikibase #ELIAS2025 #Repatriation #AfricanCollections
June 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
First shout-out for #metadata at #UKSG2024 from Daniel Hook (Digital Science) speaking about research integrity & trust. Creating good quality data & metadata that help to detect & understand research behaviours is critical to keeping the research system healthy #MetadataMatters
April 8, 2024 at 10:27 AM
First shout-out for #metadata at #UKSG2024 from Daniel Hook (Digital Science) speaking about research integrity & trust. Creating good quality data & metadata that help to detect & understand research behaviours is critical to keeping the research system healthy #MetadataMatters
This is not just an AI safety story.
It is about the long-term political economy of metadata, the architectures that incentivise harm, and the decades of ignored warnings from those targeted first.
#PolarisProtocol #DataGovernance #AccountabilityInAI #MetadataMatters
It is about the long-term political economy of metadata, the architectures that incentivise harm, and the decades of ignored warnings from those targeted first.
#PolarisProtocol #DataGovernance #AccountabilityInAI #MetadataMatters
August 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
This is not just an AI safety story.
It is about the long-term political economy of metadata, the architectures that incentivise harm, and the decades of ignored warnings from those targeted first.
#PolarisProtocol #DataGovernance #AccountabilityInAI #MetadataMatters
It is about the long-term political economy of metadata, the architectures that incentivise harm, and the decades of ignored warnings from those targeted first.
#PolarisProtocol #DataGovernance #AccountabilityInAI #MetadataMatters
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
#metadatamatters #NAGwebinarweek
October 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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
#metadatamatters #NAGwebinarweek
🚀 Data Discovery App 📊🔍
Easily explore datasets with structured metadata! To stay up-to-date, keep an eye on our socials, or sign up to our newsletter: go.illinois.edu/SDOH-SUBSCRIBE #MetadataMatters #DataDiscovery #SDOH #OpenData #FoodAccess #PublicHealth #CommunityPlanning
Easily explore datasets with structured metadata! To stay up-to-date, keep an eye on our socials, or sign up to our newsletter: go.illinois.edu/SDOH-SUBSCRIBE #MetadataMatters #DataDiscovery #SDOH #OpenData #FoodAccess #PublicHealth #CommunityPlanning
March 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
🚀 Data Discovery App 📊🔍
Easily explore datasets with structured metadata! To stay up-to-date, keep an eye on our socials, or sign up to our newsletter: go.illinois.edu/SDOH-SUBSCRIBE #MetadataMatters #DataDiscovery #SDOH #OpenData #FoodAccess #PublicHealth #CommunityPlanning
Easily explore datasets with structured metadata! To stay up-to-date, keep an eye on our socials, or sign up to our newsletter: go.illinois.edu/SDOH-SUBSCRIBE #MetadataMatters #DataDiscovery #SDOH #OpenData #FoodAccess #PublicHealth #CommunityPlanning
Reposting from Mastodon: blog post by @copim.bsky.social #OpenBookFutures #ThothOpenArchivingNetwork
Barnes, M., & Cole, G. (2024). "Metadata: Archiving challenges for small publishers series." doi.org/10.21428/785...
Looking at the challenges of #metadata in archiving #OAbooks #MetadataMatters
Barnes, M., & Cole, G. (2024). "Metadata: Archiving challenges for small publishers series." doi.org/10.21428/785...
Looking at the challenges of #metadata in archiving #OAbooks #MetadataMatters
Metadata: Archiving challenges for small publishers series · Copim
Part of a short series of posts regarding some of the challenges that exist for small publishers of open access monographs, this post considers the challenges of metadata in archiving.
doi.org
September 23, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Reposting from Mastodon: blog post by @copim.bsky.social #OpenBookFutures #ThothOpenArchivingNetwork
Barnes, M., & Cole, G. (2024). "Metadata: Archiving challenges for small publishers series." doi.org/10.21428/785...
Looking at the challenges of #metadata in archiving #OAbooks #MetadataMatters
Barnes, M., & Cole, G. (2024). "Metadata: Archiving challenges for small publishers series." doi.org/10.21428/785...
Looking at the challenges of #metadata in archiving #OAbooks #MetadataMatters
Join @thoth-metadata.bsky.social at #DCMI2025 all week
Today they're sharing a poster
📝 Open Access, Open Data, Open Archiving: Liberating Metadata Flows across the OA Books Landscape
📌 University of Barcelona, Spain
🔗 buff.ly/BjlTux1
#OpenMetadata #MetadataMatters #OABooks
Today they're sharing a poster
📝 Open Access, Open Data, Open Archiving: Liberating Metadata Flows across the OA Books Landscape
📌 University of Barcelona, Spain
🔗 buff.ly/BjlTux1
#OpenMetadata #MetadataMatters #OABooks
October 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Join @thoth-metadata.bsky.social at #DCMI2025 all week
Today they're sharing a poster
📝 Open Access, Open Data, Open Archiving: Liberating Metadata Flows across the OA Books Landscape
📌 University of Barcelona, Spain
🔗 buff.ly/BjlTux1
#OpenMetadata #MetadataMatters #OABooks
Today they're sharing a poster
📝 Open Access, Open Data, Open Archiving: Liberating Metadata Flows across the OA Books Landscape
📌 University of Barcelona, Spain
🔗 buff.ly/BjlTux1
#OpenMetadata #MetadataMatters #OABooks
Wrangling with vendor-supplied #MARCrecords for a digitised archival collection of monographs, serials, manuscripts, transcripts etc using #MarcEdit
Why? To ensure correct fixed-field coding for resource-type mapping in our discovery layer; 'Other' is not a helpful resource-type! #MetadataMatters
Why? To ensure correct fixed-field coding for resource-type mapping in our discovery layer; 'Other' is not a helpful resource-type! #MetadataMatters
March 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Wrangling with vendor-supplied #MARCrecords for a digitised archival collection of monographs, serials, manuscripts, transcripts etc using #MarcEdit
Why? To ensure correct fixed-field coding for resource-type mapping in our discovery layer; 'Other' is not a helpful resource-type! #MetadataMatters
Why? To ensure correct fixed-field coding for resource-type mapping in our discovery layer; 'Other' is not a helpful resource-type! #MetadataMatters
Find out more about @thoth-metadata.bsky.social
👉 A non-profit UK community interest company providing innovative metadata management and distribution solutions!
🔗 compass.copim.ac.uk/books/11-tho...
#Metadata #MetadataMatters #CopimCompass
11/14
👉 A non-profit UK community interest company providing innovative metadata management and distribution solutions!
🔗 compass.copim.ac.uk/books/11-tho...
#Metadata #MetadataMatters #CopimCompass
11/14
11. Thoth Open Metadata | Compass
Thoth Open Metadata is a non-profit UK community interest company (CIC) providing innovative metadat...
compass.copim.ac.uk
May 12, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Find out more about @thoth-metadata.bsky.social
👉 A non-profit UK community interest company providing innovative metadata management and distribution solutions!
🔗 compass.copim.ac.uk/books/11-tho...
#Metadata #MetadataMatters #CopimCompass
11/14
👉 A non-profit UK community interest company providing innovative metadata management and distribution solutions!
🔗 compass.copim.ac.uk/books/11-tho...
#Metadata #MetadataMatters #CopimCompass
11/14
You can see my 🧵 from the Metadata & Discovery Group's #MetadataMatters webinar for #NAGWebinarWeek over on the @uklibrariesnag.bsky.social account ⤵️
#metadata #libraries #cataloguing
#metadata #libraries #cataloguing
We're live with the @cilip.bsky.social Metadata & Discovery Group (cilip.org.uk/mdg) to talk about why #MetadataMatters to all library and information professionals.
#NAGWebinarWeek
#NAGWebinarWeek
November 14, 2024 at 2:44 PM
You can see my 🧵 from the Metadata & Discovery Group's #MetadataMatters webinar for #NAGWebinarWeek over on the @uklibrariesnag.bsky.social account ⤵️
#metadata #libraries #cataloguing
#metadata #libraries #cataloguing
Thoth will be speaking at this FREE webinar on Good Metadata Practice for #OABooks. Featuring a panel of experts, we'll delve into how to help publishers, librarians and others understand this vital part of the publishing process: why #MetadataMatters and how to create and use it most effectively.
We know #MetadataMatters for #OpenAccess books - so we're delighted to be co-organising this FREE WEBINAR on 'Good Metadata Practice for #OABooks' with @oipassoc.bsky.social!
📆Thur 20 March
⏰3pm GMT/4pm CET/11am EDT
🔗https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Gd3SXeoVRsCL0muKEpx2rQ#/registration
📆Thur 20 March
⏰3pm GMT/4pm CET/11am EDT
🔗https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Gd3SXeoVRsCL0muKEpx2rQ#/registration
February 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Thoth will be speaking at this FREE webinar on Good Metadata Practice for #OABooks. Featuring a panel of experts, we'll delve into how to help publishers, librarians and others understand this vital part of the publishing process: why #MetadataMatters and how to create and use it most effectively.
oooh, such amazing news!
And excited to hopefully soon be working with you again, Graham! ♥️ #OAbooks #openinfrastructures #MetadataMatters 📚
And excited to hopefully soon be working with you again, Graham! ♥️ #OAbooks #openinfrastructures #MetadataMatters 📚
May 20, 2025 at 8:53 AM
oooh, such amazing news!
And excited to hopefully soon be working with you again, Graham! ♥️ #OAbooks #openinfrastructures #MetadataMatters 📚
And excited to hopefully soon be working with you again, Graham! ♥️ #OAbooks #openinfrastructures #MetadataMatters 📚
Worried about email forensics? You’re not wrong—metadata can expose your whole network. That’s why EMail Parrot exists: anonymous closed-group email. Organize without compromise. 🕵️♀️💥
🔗 emparrot.com/articles/ProtectingActivists.html
#Privacy #DigitalSecurity #Activism #EmailParrot #MetadataMatters
🔗 emparrot.com/articles/ProtectingActivists.html
#Privacy #DigitalSecurity #Activism #EmailParrot #MetadataMatters
Protecting Activist Groups with Secure Email
Social, resistance and advocacy groups are under increasing pressure. Don't let insecure email communications be the weak link. EMail Parrot ensures your group stays protected, private, and empowered.
emparrot.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Worried about email forensics? You’re not wrong—metadata can expose your whole network. That’s why EMail Parrot exists: anonymous closed-group email. Organize without compromise. 🕵️♀️💥
🔗 emparrot.com/articles/ProtectingActivists.html
#Privacy #DigitalSecurity #Activism #EmailParrot #MetadataMatters
🔗 emparrot.com/articles/ProtectingActivists.html
#Privacy #DigitalSecurity #Activism #EmailParrot #MetadataMatters
Make your data Findable with structured, standardized metadata! 📊✨ Well-defined metadata ensures easy discovery, better organization, and seamless integration across systems. 🔍 #FAIRData #MetadataMatters #DataDiscovery
February 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Make your data Findable with structured, standardized metadata! 📊✨ Well-defined metadata ensures easy discovery, better organization, and seamless integration across systems. 🔍 #FAIRData #MetadataMatters #DataDiscovery
📢 Come join today's #LPF25 session " #openaccess, open #metadata, open #archiving: How to Liberate Metadata Flows across the OA Landscape" for a lively discussion of why #MetadataMatters, for #OAbooks and beyond!
Starts 1:15pm EDT / 6:15pm GMT 2025librarypublishingforum.sched.com/event/8afbb7...
Starts 1:15pm EDT / 6:15pm GMT 2025librarypublishingforum.sched.com/event/8afbb7...
May 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
📢 Come join today's #LPF25 session " #openaccess, open #metadata, open #archiving: How to Liberate Metadata Flows across the OA Landscape" for a lively discussion of why #MetadataMatters, for #OAbooks and beyond!
Starts 1:15pm EDT / 6:15pm GMT 2025librarypublishingforum.sched.com/event/8afbb7...
Starts 1:15pm EDT / 6:15pm GMT 2025librarypublishingforum.sched.com/event/8afbb7...
Exploring diverse scholarly landscapes from Port Elizabeth to #Nairobi this past year. Read Obanda's insightful blog post, Common views and questions about metadata across Africa, https://bit.ly/3wgqLcE #ResearchNexus #MetadataMatters
May 1, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Exploring diverse scholarly landscapes from Port Elizabeth to #Nairobi this past year. Read Obanda's insightful blog post, Common views and questions about metadata across Africa, https://bit.ly/3wgqLcE #ResearchNexus #MetadataMatters
Great to see community-led open infrastructure provider Knowledge Commons proposing a project to ensure the preservation of digitised & born-digital content in the face of governmental interference.
As always I'll flag the important role of #metadata in #digitalpreservation! #MetadataMatters
As always I'll flag the important role of #metadata in #digitalpreservation! #MetadataMatters
March 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Great to see community-led open infrastructure provider Knowledge Commons proposing a project to ensure the preservation of digitised & born-digital content in the face of governmental interference.
As always I'll flag the important role of #metadata in #digitalpreservation! #MetadataMatters
As always I'll flag the important role of #metadata in #digitalpreservation! #MetadataMatters
Make your data Findable with structured, standardized metadata! 📊✨ Well-defined metadata ensures easy discovery, better organization, and seamless integration across systems. 🔍
#FAIRData #MetadataMatters #DataDiscovery
#FAIRData #MetadataMatters #DataDiscovery
May 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Make your data Findable with structured, standardized metadata! 📊✨ Well-defined metadata ensures easy discovery, better organization, and seamless integration across systems. 🔍
#FAIRData #MetadataMatters #DataDiscovery
#FAIRData #MetadataMatters #DataDiscovery
Managing a journal with OJS? Join our webinar to learn how to deposit metadata with Crossref using the OJS plug-in tool. We'll cover tips for improving metadata quality. Register today: https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/9017405701378/WN_JJ0XBXMcSH6SbN9ZhAG_QQ
#metadatamatters
#metadatamatters
March 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Managing a journal with OJS? Join our webinar to learn how to deposit metadata with Crossref using the OJS plug-in tool. We'll cover tips for improving metadata quality. Register today: https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/9017405701378/WN_JJ0XBXMcSH6SbN9ZhAG_QQ
#metadatamatters
#metadatamatters
WEBINAR RECORDING:
Catch up with our recent event on Good Metadata Practice for #OAbooks, organised with @oipassoc.bsky.social !
📺 youtu.be/TK2mZwIpIog?...
Our speakers at @thoth-metadata.bsky.social have shared a post summarising the event:
📝 copim.pubpub.org/pub/good-met...
#MetadataMatters
Catch up with our recent event on Good Metadata Practice for #OAbooks, organised with @oipassoc.bsky.social !
📺 youtu.be/TK2mZwIpIog?...
Our speakers at @thoth-metadata.bsky.social have shared a post summarising the event:
📝 copim.pubpub.org/pub/good-met...
#MetadataMatters
Good metadata practice for open access books: webinar
This free online webinar offered practical guidance for working effectively with metadata for open access books. Featuring a panel of expert speakers, and wi...
youtu.be
April 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
WEBINAR RECORDING:
Catch up with our recent event on Good Metadata Practice for #OAbooks, organised with @oipassoc.bsky.social !
📺 youtu.be/TK2mZwIpIog?...
Our speakers at @thoth-metadata.bsky.social have shared a post summarising the event:
📝 copim.pubpub.org/pub/good-met...
#MetadataMatters
Catch up with our recent event on Good Metadata Practice for #OAbooks, organised with @oipassoc.bsky.social !
📺 youtu.be/TK2mZwIpIog?...
Our speakers at @thoth-metadata.bsky.social have shared a post summarising the event:
📝 copim.pubpub.org/pub/good-met...
#MetadataMatters
Stop Tagging Docs Manually! Use SharePoint Autofill with AI 🧠📁
#SharePoint #ContentAI #AutofillColumns #MetadataMatters #Microsoft365 #DocumentManagement #CopilotReady #SharePointTips #Shorts
#SharePoint #ContentAI #AutofillColumns #MetadataMatters #Microsoft365 #DocumentManagement #CopilotReady #SharePointTips #Shorts
August 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Stop Tagging Docs Manually! Use SharePoint Autofill with AI 🧠📁
#SharePoint #ContentAI #AutofillColumns #MetadataMatters #Microsoft365 #DocumentManagement #CopilotReady #SharePointTips #Shorts
#SharePoint #ContentAI #AutofillColumns #MetadataMatters #Microsoft365 #DocumentManagement #CopilotReady #SharePointTips #Shorts
👋🏽 Thoth is an open metadata management and dissemination platform for #OAbooks, developed under the remit of @copim.bsky.social, now a non-profit CIC registered in the UK, and key partner in the Copim Open Book Futures project (2023-26).
#MetadataMatters #openinfra #OAbooks
#MetadataMatters #openinfra #OAbooks
December 3, 2024 at 3:12 PM
👋🏽 Thoth is an open metadata management and dissemination platform for #OAbooks, developed under the remit of @copim.bsky.social, now a non-profit CIC registered in the UK, and key partner in the Copim Open Book Futures project (2023-26).
#MetadataMatters #openinfra #OAbooks
#MetadataMatters #openinfra #OAbooks
[BLOG] Putting the 'Open' in 'Thoth Open Archiving Network'
Our Archiving group announce a new direction for our #OpenAccess archiving solution 🆕
🔗 copim.pubpub.org/pub/thoth-op...
@thoth-metadata.bsky.social
#OpenAccess #OA #OAbooks #MetadataMatters #Archiving #Transparency #OpenArchiving
Our Archiving group announce a new direction for our #OpenAccess archiving solution 🆕
🔗 copim.pubpub.org/pub/thoth-op...
@thoth-metadata.bsky.social
#OpenAccess #OA #OAbooks #MetadataMatters #Archiving #Transparency #OpenArchiving
April 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
[BLOG] Putting the 'Open' in 'Thoth Open Archiving Network'
Our Archiving group announce a new direction for our #OpenAccess archiving solution 🆕
🔗 copim.pubpub.org/pub/thoth-op...
@thoth-metadata.bsky.social
#OpenAccess #OA #OAbooks #MetadataMatters #Archiving #Transparency #OpenArchiving
Our Archiving group announce a new direction for our #OpenAccess archiving solution 🆕
🔗 copim.pubpub.org/pub/thoth-op...
@thoth-metadata.bsky.social
#OpenAccess #OA #OAbooks #MetadataMatters #Archiving #Transparency #OpenArchiving