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CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group
@cilipmdg.bsky.social
A @cilip.bsky.social Special Interest Group.
The UK information profession's voice in #metadata #cataloguing and #discovery. Create, Share, Enrich, Maintain. #MetadataMatters
https://www.cilip.org.uk/mdg
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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!
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#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
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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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
November 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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...
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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...
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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
November 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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
November 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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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
Metadata in Partnership – National Acquisitions Group
nag.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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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
Tomorrow: NAG Webinar Week -
What Doesn’t Come Shelf-Ready and What Do Cataloguers Do With It? with @annewelsh.bsky.social from Beginning Cataloguing.
Thursday 20 Nov 12pm
Book now: nag.org.uk/event/welsh/
Free and open to all!
#NAGWebinarWeek
November 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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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
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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#Metadata never sleeps!
To remain useful and usable it has to evolve and adapt to different uses, users, and systems.
#MetadataMaintenanceMatters
Metadata is no longer done, locked and finished, it needs engagement and reviewing, publishers who in the past may have just looked at the start, the Library can review and show how the discoverability end reaches end users #NAGWebinarWeek
November 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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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.
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Here's the thread 🧵 from the joint @uomlibrary.bsky.social and @manchesterup.bsky.social presentation for #NAGWebinarWeek on #Metadata in Partnership
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
Metadata in Partnership – National Acquisitions Group
nag.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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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!
What Doesn’t Come Shelf-Ready and What Do Cataloguers Do With It? – National Acquisitions Group
nag.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
@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...
November 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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!
November 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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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
October 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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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🤩
October 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Using shared metadata formats and standard identifiers ensures that information is described consistently so different systems can 'talk' to each other #metadatamatters
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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#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
It also helps to identify parts of your data (metadata) that need attention - ie the records that need upgrading to ensure that they are not falsely flagged as unique when compared to NBK data
October 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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#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
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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
November 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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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
October 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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
October 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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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...
CILIP: the library and information association
www.cilip.org.uk
October 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM