Metadata Forum
- Natalie Sommerville
Scope: Metadata Forum provides opportunities to discuss best practices, emerging standards and technologies, and operational models to improve productivity and refine the user experience. It will also serve as a venue for idea exchange and engagement across units and among diverse stakeholders to align metadata services with Duke University Libraries’ strategic pillars.Â
Contact: Maggie Dickson Rich Murray Natalie Sommerville
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| Date | Topic | Recordings and Slides | Presenters and Presentations |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 29, 2023 | Metadata and AI | Stephen Toback (he/him), Media Architect & Senior Producer, Academic Media Technologies will provide an overview of AI in academia and academic libraries Steve has been at Duke for 16 years and his teams are responsible for enterprise media applications like Panopto, Warpwire and Digital Signs as well as the Bryan Center Studios and the Academic Media Production team. He mentioned something about AI last January and now hasn’t stopped talking about it. The following presenters will talk about AI in Library and Information Science Education: Alaina Economus (she/they), Slavic Languages Resource Description Intern, Duke University Libraries Alaina is a second year MSLS student at UNC-Chapel Hill and has served as the Slavic Language Resource Description Intern since August of 2022. Prior to moving to the Triangle, they attended Smith College, earning a B.A. in History and Russian, Eurasian, and Eastern European Studies in 2022. Zhaneille Green (she/her), E-Access Librarian, Duke University Libraries Zhaneille graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign this past May with her MS in Library and Information Science. She dabbles in the dark and opaque arts of e-resource access. She also likes making bubble tea, writing fiction, and finding new places with good food. Adam Hudnut-Beumler (he/him/his), Serials Management Associate, Electronic Resources & Serials Acquisitions Department, Duke University Libraries; UNC SILS MSIS '23 Adam has been with DUL since February of 2021. As a member of the Serials Management Team, he has worked with DUL metadata across many workflows: bindery processing, LSC error reporting, holding records updating, Gov Docs receiving & copy cataloging, etc. Attending UNC-SILS since the fall of 2021, Adam's master’s education has encouraged him to find efficient, small-scale computational solutions to library problems. Zhuo Pan (he/him), Resident Librarian for Resource Description, Duke University Libraries Zhuo recently joined the DUL as Resource Description Resident Librarian after receiving his MLIS from the University of Washington. While at UW, he gained experience in linked data as a student employee at the UW Libraries. Prior to graduate school, Zhuo earned his bachelor's degree in library science from Wuhan University in China and worked as a library assistant at Duke Kunshan University. Ingrid Reiche (she/her/hers), Digital Metadata Librarian, Libraries and Cultural Resources, University of Calgary will speak on AI and Metadata Management Ingrid Reiche is the Digital Metadata Librarian with Libraries and Cultural Resources at the University of Calgary. Ingrid works largely with metadata management for digital collections and repositories and is hopeful that AI can supplement human metadata creation to help describe the growing digital content in academic libraries. Ingrid enjoys living in Calgary and spending time in the outdoors. | |
| June 25, 2024 | Inclusive and Reparative Metadata | Recording | The following presenters will participate in a moderated panel on Subject Authority Cooperative Program efforts to address and enhance Library of Congress Subject Headings: Michelle Cronquist (she/her/hers), Special Collection Cataloger, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill University Libraries Tracy Jackson, Technical Services Archivist, Rubenstein Technical Services, Duke University Libraries Sara Levinson (she/ella/ela), Metadata Librarian, Latin American/Iberian Languages, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill University Libraries Denise Soufi, Metadata Librarian for Middle Eastern Languages, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill University Libraries Inclusive/Reparative Description Day-in-the-Life Examples: Ryan Johnson, Special Formats Description Librarian, Duke University Libraries Zhuo Pan, Resident Librarian for Resource Description, Duke University Libraries Natalie Sommerville, Head of Resource Description, Duke University Libraries "You want me to catalog what? Practical strategies for cataloging insensitive/offensive materials." Mandy Hurt, Serials Description Librarian and Coordinator, Duke University Libraries |