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TEXTUS: an open source platform for working with collections of texts and metadata | Open Knowledge
blog.okfn.org | Dec 20, 2011
The following post is from Jonathan Gray, Community Coordinator at the Open Knowledge Foundation. It is cross-posted from jonathangray.org. Since finally blogging about OpenPhilosophy.org last month I’ve been thinking about how one could make a generic open source platform that … <a

Catalogablog: A couple of Items of Possible Interest
catalogablog.blogspot.com | Dec 6, 2011
Gary Price from INFOdocket has brought a couple of items to my attention. First, < a href="http://infodocket.com/2011/09/13/interviews-with-five-metadata-experts/" > Interviews With Five Metadata Experts < /a > . The interviews where held in connection with the DCMI 2011 Conference. The five

California State Library Blog : OCLC Research - Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives, and
blog.library.ca.gov | Oct 7, 2011
OCLC Research has released a new report titled “ Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives, and Museums, Part 1: Site Reviews .” The report seeks to provide an overview of social metadata to enable cultural heritage institutions to better utilize

Meeting of the Federal Agencies Audiovisual Working Group « The Signal: Digital Preservation
blogs.loc.gov | Aug 29, 2011
The Federal Agencies Audiovisual Working Group held a meeting on July 28, 2011 attended by professionals from several agencies including the Library of Congress, the National Archives (NARA) and the Smithsonian.

Recommendation and Ranganathan - retread - Lorcan Dempsey's Weblog
orweblog.oclc.org | Aug 8, 2010
<p>[I have been quoting the distinction made by Gavin Potter, a participant in the Netflix competition, about how our emphasis is shifting from sorting out supply to sorting out demand. I thought it might be useful to re-present this entry, the one where I first noted the distinction. I could have

LITA Blog » Blog Archive » LITA Session: Developing a Sustainable Digital Workflow
litablog.org | Jul 6, 2010
Behind the interfaces of the digital libraries and institutional repositories we see today are carefully-planned and proactive processes that ensure that the end user can easily find what s/he needs. With digital libraries and repositories becoming increasingly popular, it is important to know what

More Metadata Than You Can Shake A Stick At « Tennant: Digital Libraries
blog.libraryjournal.com | Jun 23, 2010
Jenn Riley, the metadata maven for Indiana University, recently released a visualization of over 100 metadata standards related to cultural heritage and their relationships within the various communities and with other standards.The message announcing these new metadata resources states, in

Metadata and Digital Library Development @ American University « Virginia Library Association Blog
vla.org | Apr 19, 2010
Metadata and Digital Library DevelopmentMay 11-12, 20109:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.(Registration starts at 8:00 a.m.)American University<p>DescriptionIn an applied, exercise-based context, the Metadata and DigitalLibrary Development course introduces practicing catalogers tometadata implementation

Yo-Yo Ma and ISO together again | NUVO Newsweekly - Arts, Entertainment, Music, Nightlife, Social
www.nuvo.net | Jan 22, 2010
This just in... YO-YO MA’S PERFORMANCE OF DVORÁK CELLO CONCERTO WITH INDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY AVAILABLE ON INSTANTENCORE.COM

On the importance of good metadata - The Distant Librarian
distlib.blogs.com
The December 2009 issue of Information Technology and Libraries 28(4) has a slew of articles around discovery systems, all written by librarians from UNLV. I'm hoping to read them over vacation, but no promises. I did read Information Discovery Insights...