Merry Christmas from the Metadata & Discovery Group Committee to all our members & followers. 🎅🎄✨⛄ We hope you all have a joyful break over the festive period; we will be back in January 2026 with more #metadata & #cataloguing #news #events #training & opportunities to #connect with our community.

"Nothing works without good #metadata & long-term thinking" #MetadataMatters

December issue of Catalogue & Index is now live: journals.cilip.org.uk/catalogue-an... Themed around Resource Description & Access #RDA this issue was curated by members of the UK Committee on RDA #UKCoR with special thanks to Anastasia Kerameos for her work on coordinating the articles #metadata

MDG Conference & RDA Day #MetaFutures 11-13 March 2026. The programme includes papers on AI use in cataloguing; Metadata training & management; Collaborative metadata; Linked data; Metadata for Open Access & Research, & RDA. Book your place: www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou... #metadata #conference 📚🐈

We've just hit send on the MDG Bulletin for December featuring a festive message from the Chair. 🎄☃️🎅 You can read the online version at: email-cilip.org.uk/6WFS-2VZ2W-4... #metadata #cataloguing #news #events #training 🐈📚

Today's Practical Cataloguing webinar is on "Enhancing metadata quality : a practical introduction to #MARC data cleaning using #Python and #RDA principles" with Dalia Kbar, Collection Development Librarian at the American University in Dubai. www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event... #cataloguing #metadata

@indexers.bsky.social invites @cilipmdg.bsky.social members to its final Coffee Morning Zoom meeting of 2025 on Thursday 12th December at 11am. For the last meeting before Christmas, there is a festive theme of puzzles & games (& their links to indexing). More at: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...

Happy Catalogue Week! Read about just some of the variety of cataloguing that goes on at The National Archives (UK): www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-...

Lovely piece about the physicality of research, survival, and what's considered worthy of cataloguing. AI in the humanities cannot generate new knowledge, just reorder the minuscule smattering of facts that have already been catalogued.

Summary lists of all 284 boxes of uncatalogued material in the Sudan Archive have now been made available online for the first time in the Summary Guide! This is a significant milestone to make all our collections as accessible as possible. libguides.durham.ac.uk/asc-sudan-ar...

Ready to take your library career to the next level? Applications are now open for international mid to senior library and archive professionals to join us in July 2026 for the International Library Leaders Programme. Learn more bit.ly/BL-ILLP

We're seeking committee members for #CILIP's new Intellectual Freedom Committee. The Committee will work towards everyone's right to read, think, and speak freely, and lead discussions on issues of censorship and access to information. Join us: https://ow.ly/k3I250XwXKR#CILIP Apply now!

Happy Birthday BNB! 🎉🎂 www.bl.uk/stories/blog... The British National Bibliography (BNB) records the publishing activity of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland since 1950. The BNB is currently available on the Share Family beta portal as linked data: bl.natbib-lod.org #metadata #libraries

Our final Practical Cataloguing Workshop is: Enhancing #metadata quality: a practical introduction to #MARC data cleaning using #Python and #RDA principles Tuesday 9th December 2025, 1-2pm with Dalia Kbar (American University in Dubai) Register at: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event... #cataloguing

Thank you Colette - and thanks to everyone who attended this World Cafe Event on Subject Analysis and LCSH. #metadata #cataloguing #subjects #critcat

#CILIP members - have you used your votes for for the 2026 Vice President & Trustee elections? Play a vital role in our professional association, check out the excellent candidates and make your mark. 🗳️Voting closes 5pm, Thurs 4 Dec Read the statements: https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/2026elections

Our next Practical Cataloguing Workshop is: Printed music cataloguing: a short introduction Thursday 27th November 2025, 1-2 pm with Caroline Shaw & Meg Fisher Presented in conjunction with iaml-uk-irl.org Register at: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event... #metadata #cataloguing #music

We've just hit send on this month's MDG Bulletin - check it out for news and events for #metadata & #cataloguing professionals. 📚📖🐈 email-cilip.org.uk/6WFS-2U19H-4...

Reminder: call for contributions for the December issue of our OA journal 'Catalogue & Index' themed around #RDA: Resource Description and Access www.rdatoolkit.org/about Deadline for submissions: Monday 1st December 2025 Guidance for contributors: journals.cilip.org.uk/catalogue-an...

There's still time to register for our free World Cafe event on Subject Analysis and Subject Headings at the Wellcome Collection London, Wed 26th Nov 11:00-16:00 Booking essential: tinyurl.com/yc4vzcpw Registration open until 25th Nov #cataloguing #metadata #event #critcat #ethics #changethesubject

Our next Practical Cataloguing Workshop is: Printed music cataloguing: a short introduction Thursday 27th November 2025, 1-2 pm with Caroline Shaw & Meg Fisher Presented in conjunction with iaml-uk-irl.org Register at: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event... #metadata #cataloguing #music

Starting in the next few mins - get ready to logon! Metadata in partnership - Manchester University Press & the University Library working together. 19th Nov 14.00 with @emmabooth.bsky.social , @mellordramatic.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social nag.org.uk/event/mup/ #NAGWebinarWeek

Starting now! Time to logon... What doesn't come shelf-ready and what do cataloguers do with it? #NAGWebinarWeek - We will be live posting so follow along and join the conversation

That's a wrap! Thank you to everyone who attended or contributed to #NAGWebinarWeek 2025 and we hope to see lots of you in person at NAG Seminar and Forum in Nottingham in May 2026! - 20th and 21st May 2026 - Albert Hall, Nottingham More info: nag.org.uk/2026-seminar/ 📚 #NAGcd16 #NAGplf26

#Metadata never sleeps! To remain useful and usable it has to evolve and adapt to different uses, users, and systems. #MetadataMaintenanceMatters

Thanks as always to Ruth, and to our friends from @the-ciep.bsky.social and @cilipmdg.bsky.social, who joined us for this session and shared experiences of cataloguing and editing feminist texts. Next month's Coffee Morning on 11 December will be on indexing games and puzzles, a pre-Christmas treat.

Today's Practical Cataloguing Webinar is: Regular Expressions (or #Regex) with Fran Frenzel An accessible introduction to regular expressions, designed specifically for #librarians and #metadata professionals. Thursday 20th November 13:00-14:00. www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event... #metadata

Here's the thread 🧵 from the joint @uomlibrary.bsky.social and @manchesterup.bsky.social presentation for #NAGWebinarWeek on #Metadata in Partnership

Really looking forward to more from #NAGWebinarWeek tomorrow w/ What Doesn’t Come Shelf-Ready and What Do Cataloguers Do With It? w/ @annewelsh.bsky.social from Beginning Cataloguing. booking info: nag.org.uk/event/welsh/ - free & open to all I feel like it might open a can of shelf un-ready worms!

@indexers.bsky.social invites @cilipmdg.bsky.social members to its next Coffee Morning Zoom meeting on Thursday 20th November at 11am. The topic is indexing feminist texts – books whose authors have applied feminist analysis or a related critical framework. More at: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...

The Early-Bird window for the MDG Conference 2026 #MetaFutures closes on 14/11/25! Our programme is looking great: bit.ly/47KFNpG We have sessions on #AI and #cataloguing, #training & #management, #collaborative #metadata, #LinkedData #openaccess & #research plus a whole day on #RDA! Don't miss out!

Our next Practical Cataloguing Webinar is: Introduction to MarcEdit with Ceilan Hunter-Green. Follow along with #metadata transformations for #MARC records in this introduction to #MarcEdit Wednesday 12th November 13:00-14:00. Register at: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event... #cataloguing #libraries

I am so excited for #NAGwebinarweek 🤩 Two metadata / cataloguing sessions: @emmabooth.bsky.social and Beth Price (@uomlibrary.bsky.social) and @manchesterup.bsky.social on Wed 19th and me on Thursday 20th. FREE and open to all: nag.org.uk/events/ 🙏 to Jennie Hillyard and the Executive Committee🤩

Using shared metadata formats and standard identifiers ensures that information is described consistently so different systems can 'talk' to each other #metadatamatters

#MetadataMatters - Ruth Elder (University of York) commented that to may be quite 'sobering' for libraries to see the extent of their poor quality records. Legacy metadata issues can severely impact upon discoverability & interoperability, but libraries rarely have time/capacity to tackle it

#CILIP members - check your contact details are up to date. You'll receive an email on Thur 13 Nov with voting instructions to elect the 2026 Vice President & new Trustee. 🗳️Voting ends: 5pm | 4 Dec. Read the candidate statements and update your details: https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/2026elections

1 week until the Early-Bird booking window closes for the CILIP MDG Conference 2026 #MetaFutures. A draft programme is available on the conference website detailing sessions on #metadata #cataloguing #AI #collaboration #openaccess #opendata #linkeddata #training & #RDA Day with UKCoR bit.ly/4nvVUgG

The Early-Bird booking window for the MDG Conference 2026 #MetaFutures has been extended until 14th November. Don't miss out on an excellent conference for #metadata #cataloguing & #discovery #informationprofessionals. We hope to have a draft programme available very soon! bit.ly/4nvVUgG

The Early-Bird booking window for the MDG Conference 2026 #MetaFutures has been extended until 14th November. Don't miss out on an excellent conference for #metadata #cataloguing & #discovery #informationprofessionals. We hope to have a draft programme available very soon! bit.ly/4nvVUgG

Are you a cataloguer or interested in cataloguing and have a view on whether LCSH is fit for purpose in a UK context? CILIP MDG @cilipmdg.bsky.social are hosting a Worldcafe event (a big meeting basically!) to discuss ideas at Wellcome Library in London Wed 26th Nov www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...

#Canadian #metadata practitioners are networking, discussing shared infrastructure, data repatriation, & data sovereignty + reaching out to one another to explore what we might do here with controlled vocabulary built on our labor.It’s slow & complicated legally, organizationally, and technically.

Don't miss our first #WorldCafe event on #SubjectAnalysis at the Wellcome Collection, London: 11:00-16:00 on 26th November. Contribute to the discussion on the use of LCSH and other subject heading vocabularies. Booking essential: tinyurl.com/yc4vzcpw #cataloguing #metadata #event #critcat #ethics

Our next Practical Cataloguing Webinar is: Introduction to MarcEdit with Ceilan Hunter-Green. Follow along with #metadata transformations for #MARC records in this introduction to #MarcEdit Wednesday 12th November 13:00-14:00. Register at: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event... #cataloguing #libraries

Our next Practical Cataloguing Webinar is: Exhibition catalogues for newbies to art collections and/or cataloguing! Presenters: Amy Staniforth, Yamuna Ravindran & Margaret Robinson. Tuesday 28th October 13:00-14:00. Register at: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event... #cataloguing #metadata #libraries

📢MDG's October 2025 Bulletin has been distributed; it includes details of registration for MDG Conference 2026 #MetaFutures, Practical Cataloguing Webinar Series, a World Café on Subject Analysis, and more! #cataloguing #metadata #events #news #libraries 📚🐈☕ email-cilip.org.uk/6WFS-2QQMX-4...

Happening today at 13:00 (GMT+1) Practical Cataloguing Webinar: "Linked data, Ontologies & Entity reconciliation" with Fran Frenzel www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event... #metadata #linkeddata #cataloguing

#MetadataMatters #critcat #cataloguing #ethics #metadata

@cilipmdg.bsky.social invites participants to a WorldCafe Event @wellcomecollection.bsky.social on the topic of Subject Analysis & LCSH within the current metadata landscape. Wed 26th November 2025 11:00-16:00 Booking essential: tinyurl.com/yc4vzcpw #cataloguing #metadata #event #critcat #ethics

📢 Registration is now open for the MDG Conference 2026! #MetaFutures will take place on 11th-12th March 2026 at Engineers' House in Bristol followed by the UKCoR RDA Day on 13th March 2026. 📅 Early Bird rates available until 03/11/25 Full details and registration at: www.cilip.org.uk/members/grou...

Our next Practical Cataloguing Webinar is "Linked data, Ontologies & Entity reconciliation" with Fran Frenzel, 13:00-14:00 (GMT+1) on Thurs 16/10/25. Register at: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event... #metadata #linkeddata #cataloguing #training