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CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group
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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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CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group @cilipmdg.bsky.social · 16d
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!
https://bit.ly/47KFNpG
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cartivist.bsky.social
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-...
Catalogue Week 2025
Archivist Jane Langford introduces our annual celebration of cataloguing projects at The National Archives.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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timsmith-laing.com
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.
drsurekhadavies.bsky.social Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 4d
LLM-based gen AI for writing, audio, art, and video are "digital vultures bloated on stolen books [and other human-made things] which they churn together and vomit out in imitations of words from actual thinking, feeling brains."

buttondown.com/surekhadavie...
Basement adventures showed me why ChatGPT can only ever be garbage.
In The British Library. Photo by Surekha Davies. Hallo readers, First, a news flash: Join me for a virtual book launch for HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY...
buttondown.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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ducollections.bsky.social
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...
Image of a 3-penny facsimile of 'Gordon's Last Despatch', sent by General Charles Gordon out of the besieged city of Khartoum, Sudan, in December 1884 
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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britishlibrary.bsky.social
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
A woman and a man are sat at reading desks with the woman in the foreground. A book is propped open before her.
November 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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cilip.bsky.social
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. Apply now!
Person presenting with a clipboard in front of a seated audience in a library setting with bookshelves in the background. CILIP logo
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
cilipmdg.bsky.social
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
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
cilipmdg.bsky.social
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
https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1992214&group=
November 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
cilipmdg.bsky.social
Thank you Colette - and thanks to everyone who attended this World Cafe Event on Subject Analysis and LCSH. #metadata #cataloguing #subjects #critcat
colettet.bsky.social Colette Townend @colettet.bsky.social · 3d
Really good day at the @cilipmdg.bsky.social Worldcafé style meeting on alternatives to LCSH! Excellently organised - lots to think about shelf ready metadata, consortia catalogues, skills and legacy… also very cool to learn of the London institutions (Kings and Wellcome) now using Homosaurus
Speaker in front of a screen reading Subject analysis Notes listing: Open Easy to ingest Linked data ready and other text cut off
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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cilip.bsky.social
#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
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November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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cilipmdg.bsky.social
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
https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1992213&group=
November 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
cilipmdg.bsky.social
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...
https://email-cilip.org.uk/6WFS-2U19H-48/sv.aspx
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
cilipmdg.bsky.social
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
cilipmdg.bsky.social
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
cilipmdg.bsky.social
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
https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1992213&group=
November 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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uklibrariesnag.bsky.social
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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uklibrariesnag.bsky.social
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
uklibrariesnag.bsky.social National Acquisitions Group (NAG) @uklibrariesnag.bsky.social · 11d
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
NAG Webinar Week: What Doesn’t Come Shelf-Ready and What Do Cataloguers Do With It? Anne Welsh, Beginning Cataloguing Thur 20 Nov 12 noon Book now: https://nag.org.uk/event/welsh/ Free webinar #NAGWebinarWeek Image of a stack of books.
November 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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uklibrariesnag.bsky.social
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
Map with a pin on Nottingham titled "Save the Date NAG Seminar 2026" 20 and 21 May, Albert Hall Nottingham more info https://nag.org.uk/2026-seminar/
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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emmabooth.bsky.social
#Metadata never sleeps!
To remain useful and usable it has to evolve and adapt to different uses, users, and systems.
#MetadataMaintenanceMatters
uklibrariesnag.bsky.social National Acquisitions Group (NAG) @uklibrariesnag.bsky.social · 10d
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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indexers.bsky.social
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
cilipmdg.bsky.social
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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emmabooth.bsky.social
Here's the thread 🧵 from the joint @uomlibrary.bsky.social and @manchesterup.bsky.social presentation for #NAGWebinarWeek on #Metadata in Partnership
uklibrariesnag.bsky.social National Acquisitions Group (NAG) @uklibrariesnag.bsky.social · 10d
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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colettet.bsky.social
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
cilipmdg.bsky.social
@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
cilipmdg.bsky.social
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!
https://bit.ly/47KFNpG
November 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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cilipmdg.bsky.social
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