Kathryn Stine @contexturing
putting together, taking apart, figuring out, iterating - as applied to metadata, sewing, cooking, among other pursuits... always learning. (views here my own) Albany, CA Joined April 2012-
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Our Archives and Special Collections Reading Room is Now Open! library.ucsf.edu/news/archives-…
very exciting #linkeddata news today!
Join #OCLCresearch next Tuesday, May 10 for a Works in Progress webinar to learn about @yalelibrary's multi-year project to understand and mitigate issues of bias and racism in collections, metadata, and digitized content. ⤵️ Register here. oc.lc/37ZRbDr
so encouraged by the just-published Reimagine Descriptive Workflows report (oc.lc/reimagine-work…), including the care and community that informed its development, the ongoing work towards repair and inclusion it highlights, and the necessary accountability it calls for
so encouraged by the just-published Reimagine Descriptive Workflows report (oc.lc/reimagine-work…), including the care and community that informed its development, the ongoing work towards repair and inclusion it highlights, and the necessary accountability it calls for
as the scope of metadata work responds to emerging service opportunities, #oclcrlp metadata managers considered adapting valuable, foundational metadata skillsets to meet them - learn more in this new blog post about balancing the metadata portfolio: hangingtogether.org/balancing-the-…
curious about the value of PIDs for cultural heritage materials? this guest post by Liz Krznarich is a great intro! (bonus: includes a link to her slides, presented earlier this year to an OCLC-hosted roundtable of cultural heritage professionals in Spain) hangingtogether.org/what-is-the-va…
very interesting presentations and discussions on next generation metadata developments in Spain summarized here - read to learn about BNElab's approaches to sharing and encouraging use and applications of cultural heritage metadata beyond the library: hangingtogether.org/next-generatio…
thoughtful reflections from @lorcanD: lorcandempsey.net/letter-to-an-l… found this so apt and motivating: "We know that libraries are social organizations supporting mental wellness, social cohesion, and personal and community development. Current experience has fore-grounded these roles."
make the most of MARC analysis by making it SPARQL! check out this useful blog post by my colleague @realworldobject demonstrating efficient linked data approaches to querying large aggregated sets of MARC data, and including examples and use cases: hangingtogether.org/how-marc-can-s…
This Friday! I will be moderating the session on DEI featuring @metadatagoblin talking about Homosaurus, @bluevanm on DEI in public library consortia, and our own Cynthia Whitacre on @OCLC and DEI work. Please join! OCLC Cataloging Community Meeting buff.ly/3ggEXad
metadata work is evolving, and informed in no small part by working away from physical library spaces and collections – this new blog post shares learnings from #oclcrlp metadata managers about the adaptability and ingenuity brought to emerging workflows: hangingtogether.org/managing-metad…
interested in how metadata in archival finding aids could work better, through consistency, clustering, and connection? this new Hanging Together post describes useful approaches to improve access points: hangingtogether.org/connecting-ead…
Check out this blog post by @lesleylanga about how archives users find finding aid aggregation websites, the latest in a series about our research on the #NAFAN project hangingtogether.org/how-users-find…
Linked data applications will empower users in new ways. Join OCLC's @rlfrick and @NBPutnam and @britishlibrary's @TorstenReimer on 16 Dec. for a discussion on the opportunities and implications of linked data and entity descriptions. Register here. ➡️ oc.lc/3EWcYY4
there's much room for improvement when it comes to having useful, effectively granular scholarly monograph publication metadata stick on the way from system to system (and with PIDs, please!) - check out @RebeccaBryant18 and co-authors' @scholarlykitchn guest post for more
there's much room for improvement when it comes to having useful, effectively granular scholarly monograph publication metadata stick on the way from system to system (and with PIDs, please!) - check out @RebeccaBryant18 and co-authors' @scholarlykitchn guest post for more
thrilled to have joined OCLC, where I'm among excellent colleagues and looking forward to engaging with libraries to further the utility and relevance of metadata!
thrilled to have joined OCLC, where I'm among excellent colleagues and looking forward to engaging with libraries to further the utility and relevance of metadata!
excited to share cobwebarchive.org at #iipcWAC18 today with @PeterBroadwell! talking first about developing the Cobweb platform for collaborative collection development for #webarchiving followed by a tutorial on putting the platform into practice!
looking forward to talking about how Cobweb supports the social contexts of #webarchiving this afternoon at #DLFforum! learn more about #cobwebarchive at the #t6b session and here: cdlib.org/cobweb/
happy to share progress on the IMLS-supported #cobwebarchive collection development platform at #aitDC #saa18 - slides here: goo.gl/2pMEjQ - get in touch if you're interested in playing with the Cobweb prototype sandbox!

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