📢 @mdgscotland.bsky.social webinar! MDGS Bites presents "Implementing Open #BIBFRAME with the Blue Core MVP" with Jeremy Nelson & Kalli Mathios of @stanforduniversity.bsky.social Tues 25th Aug '26 15:00-16:00 BST Via Zoom Register: tinyurl.com/4w7h55hs #metadata #cataloguing #LinkedData 📚🐈

Implementing Open BIBFRAME with the Blue Core MVP : MDGS Bites no. 12

This seminar provides an overview of Blue Core, a shared Linked Data environment to bring BIBFRAME cataloguing to production at scale.

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You may have noticed that there has been no @cilipmdg.bsky.social email Bulletin for July 2026 - we hope to restart in August 2026.

Don't miss our latest blog post from Tiziana Possemato, in which she discusses how new developments in data and cataloguing across the GLAM sector emphasise the importance of Entity Modelling, a concept she explores in more detail in her new book. Read here: https://ow.ly/iKSP50Z9maQ

New issue of 'Catalogue and Index' #C&I June 2026 (no. 215) is a special issue focusing on countdown to the retirement of the Original RDA Toolkit in May 2027 and the transition to Official RDA. Read it at: journals.cilip.org.uk/catalogue-an... #RDA #metadata #discovery #cataloguing 🐈📚

The MDG Bulletin for June 2026 has just been distributed to registered email addresses. You can read the online version and hear about #cataloguing #metadata and #discovery #news #events and the latest issue of our OA Journal #CatalogueAndIndex at: email-cilip.org.uk/6WFS-47PU5-4...

Rubbish in = rubbish out When people are using #LLMs to search for information, the quality of the #metadata that describes information resources becomes more important than ever. If that metadata is itself AI-generated, with no or low human quality-control, we risk degradation of search & discovery

Kathleen E. Kennedy@themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 2mo ago

So what do we do when the library cataloguing platform supplier builds in copy-cataloguing-by-AI? I mean this pretty seriously. Goog underpins a lot of one-box searches, and we know how badly that has become corrupted. Library cats are no longer home-brewed but supplied on subscription+

The Metadata and Discovery Group in Scotland, in collaboration with the Metadata and Discovery Group, warmly invite participants to a World Café to be held in the Boardroom of the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh. Please register at the Eventbrite Link below: tinyurl.com/476ed8x4

📢The @cilipmdg.bsky.social Bulletin for May 2026 has been distributed to our mailing list. 📰🐈 You can read the online version at: email-cilip.org.uk/6WFS-44OZA-4... Don't miss out on #news and #events for #cataloguing and #metadata professionals across the #GLAM sectors. #MetadataMatters

Librarians do an extraordinary amount of intellectual, instructional, and community work… with #AI becoming part of research, education, public services, and everyday information seeking, their role is becoming even more important. overcast.fm/ABFuO6MjEKY

"Cataloguers have one of the most challenging professions in the modern information ecosystem. They are charged with describing any resource that may exist in today’s ever-evolving world, whether it be tangible or intangible....

Facet Publishing @facetpublishing.bsky.social · 3mo ago

ᝰ Entity Modelling: The Third Generation of Cataloguing by Tiziana Possemato is out now! This is an essential practical and theoretical introduction to entity modelling, an innovative contribution to third generation cataloguing. ᝰ Order your copy here: https://ow.ly/PXTx50YYV3G

To jump to the session 'Metadata Quality as a Shared Effort: Collaborative Innovation for Discoverability & Bibliodiversity' on the YouTube recording, got to 6 minutes 30 seconds. #metadata

OAPEN Foundation@oapenbooks.bsky.social · 3mo ago

One of the final panel sessions of OPERAS 2026, Anna Wałek (Head of Tech) & Wiktor Florian (Metadata & Systems Specialist) talk about 'Metadata Quality as a Shared Effort: Collaborative Innovation for Discoverability & Bibliodiversity'. Watch them live today at 15:15 CEST 👇

One of the final panel sessions of OPERAS 2026, Anna Wałek (Head of Tech) & Wiktor Florian (Metadata & Systems Specialist) talk about 'Metadata Quality as a Shared Effort: Collaborative Innovation for Discoverability & Bibliodiversity'. Watch them live today at 15:15 CEST 👇

OPERAS 2026 & SCIROS Conference | 21 May 2026 | Mickiewicz Hall

Live stream from Mickiewicz Hall. Conference programme: https://operas-eu.org/news-and-events/calendar-2/operas-2026-sciros-conference/conference-programme/

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Want to know more about the new projects? helmholtz-metadaten.de/inf-projects #HMCprojects #HMCprojects2025 #HMC2026 #Metadata @helmholtz.de @geomarkiel.bsky.social @helmholtzosoffice.bsky.social @helmholtzimaging.bsky.social @helmholtzai.bsky.social

ᝰ Entity Modelling: The Third Generation of Cataloguing by Tiziana Possemato is out now! This is an essential practical and theoretical introduction to entity modelling, an innovative contribution to third generation cataloguing. ᝰ Order your copy here: https://ow.ly/u8aK50YYV3J

We've been busy these past couple of years! This blog post recaps recent platform development, metadata research, engagement with publishers, library collaborations, multiple #OpenInfrastructure partnerships, & collective work with others active in the @copim.bsky.social community & beyond 🚀

Copim@copim.bsky.social · 3mo ago

[BLOG] Building the conditions for #OA books to thrive 🌱 .@thoth-metadata.eurosky.social share thoughts & reflections on their work across infrastructures, research, and communities between 2023-26 Read more 👉

#RDA Countdown Clock Webinar today 19th May at 17:00 UK Time 🕰️🐈 www.rdatoolkit.org/news/rsc/reg... This session will be recorded and the recording shared afterwards on the RDA Toolkit YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/c/RDAToolkit...) #libraries #metadata #cataloguing #cataloging @cilip.bsky.social

Register Now: Countdown Clock Webinar Today

RSC Chair Renate Behrens (pictured), RDA publisher James Hennelly and RSC Chair Elect Robert L. Maxwell are looking forward to welcoming you to the first of the Countdown Clock webinars today.

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Anne Welsh@annewelsh.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Register now: the first of the RSC’s Countdown Clock webinars takes place later today. Join RSC Chsir Renate Behrens, RDA publisher James Hennelly and RSC Chair Elect Robert L. Maxwell to hear about next steps for your library. Free, but registration required: www.rdatoolkit.org/news/rsc/reg...

Sharing stats from the UK's museumdata.uk on #InternationalMuseumDay #IMD2026 @icomuk.bsky.social We're doing our part to unite museum records to help researchers, cataloguers and museum lovers find objects across collections. Right now, MDS has c7.6 million object records from 129 museums!

Our May newsletter is out! In this issue: • RBS Reveals Summer 2026 Lecture Series • A Few RBS Summer Courses Still Have Space! • New RBS Exhibition to Explore Poetry as Material Artifacts • RBS Ripples conta.cc/49wuBPf

Members of #CopimCommunity are heading to @operaseu.bsky.social conference! 📆 18-21 May 2026 📍 Warsaw, Poland @thoth-metadata.eurosky.social @openbookpublish.bsky.social #operas2026sciros Full programme 👉 buff.ly/0CvDZVL 1/2

OPERAS 2026 & SCIROS Conference: One Network, Many Possibilities: Strengthening the OPERAS Community - Sciencesconf.org

Registration is open from March 18 to April 10, 2026

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🚨 Exciting news! 🚨 We’re hosting the first ever NLISN Conference 🎉 📍 Leeds 📅 17–18 July Join us for two days of connection, ideas, and inspiration with people passionate about learning, inclusion & support networks. #NLISN #Conference #Leeds #Inclusion #Learning #Neurodiversity #Autism #ADHD

NLISN Conference

Our first 2 day conference for neurodivergent library and information workers, held in person in Leeds, UK. 16th/17th July 2026.

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It's Seminar and Forum week! Badges, lanyards and delegate lists have been dispatched and we're ready to roll. Who's joining us in Nottingham on Wednesday? With huge thanks to our Gold sponsors @vitalsource.bsky.social and @kortext.bsky.social #NAGcd16 #NAGplf26

Funding cataloguing = funding discovery #metadatamatters

Ruth MacLeod@scottishruth.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Archives aren't dusty, and if cataloguing was funded properly we'd "find" a lot more stuff!

Excellent opportunity to learn #datawrangling techniques & skills with @cilipmdg.bsky.social's Fran Frenzel facilitating a Library @carpentries.carpentries.org 2-day workshop: Practical Skills for Working with Data: 5th & 12th June #metadata #collectionsdata #training Register: tinyurl.com/22au9z2m

CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group@cilipmdg.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Do you work with #metadata & #data in #libraries? Want to build confidence & practical skills wrangling with #messydata? Check out our 2day Library @carpentries.carpentries.org Workshop on "Practical Skills for Working with Data" at @astonuniversity.bsky.social 5th & 12th June tinyurl.com/22au9z2m

👏 That's also why contributor affiliation metadata and PIDs play a key role in our proposed two-tiered metadata framework for books and chapters - which also provides publishers with clear pathways to adopting good #metadata practice in their day-to-day workflows doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁@ror.org · 3mo ago

"Affiliation metadata, which captures the institution or organisation employing the contributors of the work, plays a pivotal role in maintaining and enhancing research integrity by ensuring a clear and traceable link between the research and the institution." doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

🗓️ What's on at #CILIP this week? Don't miss events this week from CILIP special interest groups: SLG, YLG, HLG & RPG 🔸Sign up for our excellent CPD events. 🔸Don't forget - #CILIP events are FREE or discounted for members 🔸See our full listings: https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/event_list.asp

There are places available on this #libraryvisit with @cilipmdg.bsky.social to Drawing Room in southeast London on Wed 20th May at 12:30. drawingroom.co.uk Register at: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event... #libraries #GLAM #event

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

Fancy a visit to Drawing Room, London? drawingroom.org.uk @cilip.bsky.social Members can join a @cilipmdg.bsky.social visit on Wed 20th May 2026 hosted by Drawing Room Librarian Yamuna Ravindran - full details at: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event... #libraries #visits

Do you work with #metadata & #data in #libraries? Want to build confidence & practical skills wrangling with #messydata? Check out our 2day Library @carpentries.carpentries.org Workshop on "Practical Skills for Working with Data" at @astonuniversity.bsky.social 5th & 12th June tinyurl.com/22au9z2m

Do you work with #metadata & #data in #libraries? Want to build confidence & practical skills wrangling with #messydata? Check out our 2day Library @carpentries.carpentries.org Workshop on "Practical Skills for Working with Data" at @astonuniversity.bsky.social 5th & 12th June tinyurl.com/22au9z2m

📢 Check out the MDG Bulletin for April 2026, featuring news, events, calls for members, and links to MDG #MetaFutures Conference & RDA Day resources. View online at: email-cilip.org.uk/6WFS-3TW3S-4... #metadata #cataloguing #news #events

Bookings now OPEN for NAG Seminar 2026! Join us in Nottingham for our 2 day event 20-21 May 2026. Check out the full programme and tickets at: nag.org.uk/event/semina... Please tell your friends! With thanks to our Gold Sponsors @kortext.bsky.social and @vitalsource.bsky.social