📢 @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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🚨 MARK YOUR CALENDAR! The next #CoP will take place on Weds 30 September All details 👉 copim.pub/join-the-ope... @wearelyrasis.bsky.social @scholtom.bsky.social #OABooks #OpenAccess

Join the Opening the Future Community of Practice for their second meeting - Copim

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We know social media algorithms aren't always the best at reaching the people they need to when they need to, so don't forget we also have a mailing list! 📧 👉

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You may also have noticed that @cilip.bsky.social have launched a brand new website! Unfortunately some MDG content is not currently available on the new website, including back-issues of our OA Journal, Catalogue & Index.

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

'It is a book that Andy Burnham and his advisors should read, you know, the ones who are interested in "stronger public control".' Read @williameconomist.bsky.social's review of @kbayliss.bsky.social's new book 'Privatising humanity' here: www.patreon.com/ScotlandsPol... Out now! #booksky

Privatising Humanity - Kate Bayliss REVIEW | Scotland's Political Economy

Where did it all go wrong? Kate argues that it was privatisation that did it. We all agree that the UK is in a mess. High and rising income

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Read the feasibility study for the European Books Data Commons and discover the next steps! Explore how European libraries can make the full text of millions of digitised books available for research, innovation and contribute to a European AI infrastructure built on public values: bit.ly/4gs09tY

Feasibility study paves the way for a European Books Data Commons

The National Library of the Netherlands (KB) and the Europeana Foundation have just published a feasibility study for the European Books Data Commons (EBDC).

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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+

Tiny acts of rebellion: putting vimto in a ribena bottle #happyfriday

Catch up with @uksg.bsky.social Insights case study from Oxford 👉 Establishing a workflow for assessing #OA business models 🔗 buff.ly/TQRU7fI Read the references! @alittleroad.bsky.social @scholtom.bsky.social 2-part blog encourages institutions to support collective funding for #OA books

Establishing a workflow for assessing open monograph business models: a case study from Oxford | Insights

Case Studies

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Attribution, Provenance, Reference, Citation, and AI for Research Applications – Understanding the Differences by Todd A Carpenter scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/06/17/a...

Attribution, Provenance, Reference, Citation, and AI for Research Applications – Understanding the Differences - The Scholarly Kitchen

Building robust citation and attribution into generative AI systems are foundational to usage, credit and trust. We need to expect more from AI.

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OCLC Report "Unlocking the future of e-resource management" connect.oclc.org/ri-eresource... " #metadata is not a back‑office detail; it is the operational infrastructure that links how libraries select, describe, expose, license, deliver, and measure electronic collections." #metadatamatters

The Al era is a critical juncture. The knowledge embedded in Al systems will shape what future generations understand as truth, culture, and history. #AlBridgesSymposium

Spent the day at Senate House London learning all about @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social and wikibase, and how to make institutional data & knowledge more #linked #open and #accessible for humans and machines at the #AIBridgesSymposium - my brain is whirring! 🤖🤯🌐

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

@theblochian.bsky.social #researchers colleagues may be interested in this 6/3 @defendresearch.bsky.social webinar w/ @jeremymberg.bsky.social @michaeldgreen.phd on #censorship of #NIH grants and their impact on science day2day. Hope you'll join us/promote! #DefendResearch Thx for all you do 🙏

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Since releasing the "Declaration to Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship" in mid-February, the #DefendResearch team has engaged with scholars and experts around the world who view the cu...

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Wrote a blog post. Managed to avoid the one they wanted the AI to write for me (🤢), but still have to figure out how not to have the only share options be Facebook & TAFKAT. languagelearningmatters.org/blog/f/why-l...

Why Language Learning Matters?

This is the post where I introduce myself and explain what I'm doing here, after which you can decide if you'd like to keep reading.

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📢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

Just over here trying to organise the chaos that is the information ecosystem...

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Emma Booth (she/her)@emmabooth.eurosky.social · 3mo ago

"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....

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

Where can I publish a book #OpenAccess without (necessarily) paying a fee? A list of Diamond open access options zenodo.org/records/2028... #KEOS26

Our final paper of the day! Ending NAG Seminar 2026 with @librarianth.bsky.social from @uoylibrary.bsky.social who says "People are Better than Systems!" #NAGcd16

We're delighted to share the new Open Journals Collective website! Visit us at openjournalscollective.org where you'll find information about OJC plus details of all our journals. We'll be adding more content in the coming weeks, so check back soon for FAQs, blog posts, case studies and more!

⏳Coming soon and we can't wait! Register now!

OpenAIRE@openaire.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Research intelligence is changing fast with AI and new assessment needs. This webinar explores the shift to open infrastructures and how the OpenAIRE Graph supports real workflows. 🗓️ 4 & 5 June 
🔗 shorturl.at/tjOPE #OpenScience #ResearchIntelligence #EOSC

#KEOS26 Session 7: Co-creation in action – reflecting on the experiment - If bridging the Opens requires more than alignment - if it requires shared ownership, shared learning, and shared action, then how do we create the conditions for that to happen?

Initiatives supporting diamond #OA books include: 💎 OAPEN www.oapen.org 💎 DOAB @doabooks.bsky.social 💎 Open Book Collective openbookcollective.org 💎 Opening the Future www.openingthefuture.net 💎 Open Book Publishers @openbookpublish.bsky.social 💎 Punctum Books @punctumbooks.bsky.social #KEOS26

Emma Booth (she/her)@emmabooth.eurosky.social · 3mo ago

Tom: There's not enough money in the system for Gold OA (BPCs) for longform at ~£20k a pop - we have to support Diamond models, and dedicate sustained funding in support of OA publishing infrastructures that are not commercially owned #KEOS26

#KEOS26 Session 6: How can we shape equitable Open Access for longform scholarship? Drawing on recent global research into the adoption of Open Access for longform publishing, this session explores the structural, cultural, and economic factors shaping progress across different regions and contexts.