Emma Booth (she/her)
@emmabooth.bsky.social
Manchester Metadata Maven
UK Librarian & Open Access supporter.
Discovery drives the Collection; Metadata drives Discovery; #MetadataMatters
Opinions my own.
https://linktr.ee/emmabooth
https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1
UK Librarian & Open Access supporter.
Discovery drives the Collection; Metadata drives Discovery; #MetadataMatters
Opinions my own.
https://linktr.ee/emmabooth
https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1
And the recording of the #NAGWebinarWeek presentation on #Metadata in #Partnership is now available! nag.org.uk/development/...
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
And the recording of the #NAGWebinarWeek presentation on #Metadata in #Partnership is now available! nag.org.uk/development/...
DOAB @doabooks.bsky.social (a community-driven discovery service that indexes & provides access to scholarly, peer-reviewed open access books) is a trusted platform for stakeholders in the OA Books ecosystem - DOAB are building a Trusted Platform Network of publishers and #OABooks hosting platforms
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
DOAB @doabooks.bsky.social (a community-driven discovery service that indexes & provides access to scholarly, peer-reviewed open access books) is a trusted platform for stakeholders in the OA Books ecosystem - DOAB are building a Trusted Platform Network of publishers and #OABooks hosting platforms
A broad range of stakeholders are involved in the Forum, mapping an OA Books Policy Matrix with the PALOMERA Policy Recommendations. The Forum members and the OPERAS SIG are now looking at 3 areas to collaborate...
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A broad range of stakeholders are involved in the Forum, mapping an OA Books Policy Matrix with the PALOMERA Policy Recommendations. The Forum members and the OPERAS SIG are now looking at 3 areas to collaborate...
Within the SIG are 3 Working Groups focussing on bringing together stakeholders to look at OA Business Models, Open Infrastructures, and ongoing advocacy for #OABooks via the @oabooksnetwork.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Within the SIG are 3 Working Groups focussing on bringing together stakeholders to look at OA Business Models, Open Infrastructures, and ongoing advocacy for #OABooks via the @oabooksnetwork.bsky.social
Interoperability between open infrastructures can help publishers of #OABooks to overcome these challenges. Open standards, open metadata, open PIDs, open usage data and open publishing working together!
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Interoperability between open infrastructures can help publishers of #OABooks to overcome these challenges. Open standards, open metadata, open PIDs, open usage data and open publishing working together!
Smaller publishers in particular struggle with the book supply chain, as it favours commercial providers & pay-to-read models. There are different technical specifications and output formats needed to distribute OA books digitally, and the metadata pipeline is often leaky and/or blocked ie not open
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Smaller publishers in particular struggle with the book supply chain, as it favours commercial providers & pay-to-read models. There are different technical specifications and output formats needed to distribute OA books digitally, and the metadata pipeline is often leaky and/or blocked ie not open
The SCOSS Family and the Open Infrastructure Ecosystem - scoss.org/what-is-scos...
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The SCOSS Family and the Open Infrastructure Ecosystem - scoss.org/what-is-scos...
Rosalie Lack from @scossfunding.bsky.social begins with an overview of SCOSS, the Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services, a network of organisations committed to helping secure OA and OS infrastructure well into the future by mainstreaming its funding.
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Rosalie Lack from @scossfunding.bsky.social begins with an overview of SCOSS, the Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services, a network of organisations committed to helping secure OA and OS infrastructure well into the future by mainstreaming its funding.
A case study from @warwickuni.bsky.social - exporting all their records for pre-2012 print titles and running it through Library Hub Compare to assess the validity of the NBK scarcity reports. Identified 40% retention level.
October 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
A case study from @warwickuni.bsky.social - exporting all their records for pre-2012 print titles and running it through Library Hub Compare to assess the validity of the NBK scarcity reports. Identified 40% retention level.
Members at Retaining and/or Preserving level make a commitment to retain copies of books where they hold 1 of the 7 or fewer remaining copies.
They must report commitments when running stock editing exercises and check print stock in Library Hub Compare before deaccessioning.
They must report commitments when running stock editing exercises and check print stock in Library Hub Compare before deaccessioning.
October 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Members at Retaining and/or Preserving level make a commitment to retain copies of books where they hold 1 of the 7 or fewer remaining copies.
They must report commitments when running stock editing exercises and check print stock in Library Hub Compare before deaccessioning.
They must report commitments when running stock editing exercises and check print stock in Library Hub Compare before deaccessioning.
There are 3 levels of #UKPBC membership open to all members that contribute their data to Jisc NBK
- Participating member
- Retaining member
- Preserving member
- Participating member
- Retaining member
- Preserving member
October 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
There are 3 levels of #UKPBC membership open to all members that contribute their data to Jisc NBK
- Participating member
- Retaining member
- Preserving member
- Participating member
- Retaining member
- Preserving member
It may be #OAWeek but let's not forget the print monographs that make up research collections in scholarly libraries - joining the official launch of the UK PBC, a joint initiative to secure access to print monographs in UK libraries for current and future use. #UKPBC #collectivecollections ukpbc.uk
October 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
It may be #OAWeek but let's not forget the print monographs that make up research collections in scholarly libraries - joining the official launch of the UK PBC, a joint initiative to secure access to print monographs in UK libraries for current and future use. #UKPBC #collectivecollections ukpbc.uk
A timely launch ahead of International Open Access Week which asks: Who Owns Our Knowledge?
Time to reflect on not only who has access to education & research but on how knowledge is created & shared, where it has come from, & whose voices are recognized & valued. #OAWeek www.openaccessweek.org
Time to reflect on not only who has access to education & research but on how knowledge is created & shared, where it has come from, & whose voices are recognized & valued. #OAWeek www.openaccessweek.org
October 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A timely launch ahead of International Open Access Week which asks: Who Owns Our Knowledge?
Time to reflect on not only who has access to education & research but on how knowledge is created & shared, where it has come from, & whose voices are recognized & valued. #OAWeek www.openaccessweek.org
Time to reflect on not only who has access to education & research but on how knowledge is created & shared, where it has come from, & whose voices are recognized & valued. #OAWeek www.openaccessweek.org
And a reminder that @cilipmdg.bsky.social are engaging with the UK cataloguing & metadata community about subject headings via a WorldCafe event on 26th November: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
October 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
And a reminder that @cilipmdg.bsky.social are engaging with the UK cataloguing & metadata community about subject headings via a WorldCafe event on 26th November: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
The library's metadata team is also committed to inclusive cataloguing principles, including changing subject headings and adopting more inclusive terminology wherever possible and practical. This covers a huge variety of content across numerous platforms.
October 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The library's metadata team is also committed to inclusive cataloguing principles, including changing subject headings and adopting more inclusive terminology wherever possible and practical. This covers a huge variety of content across numerous platforms.
The group developed a series of webpages that launched in March 2025 to provide library-users with information about how the library manages and presents its collections, acknowledging and raising awareness regarding the context of library collections and collection-building.
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The group developed a series of webpages that launched in March 2025 to provide library-users with information about how the library manages and presents its collections, acknowledging and raising awareness regarding the context of library collections and collection-building.
Group has met twice so far & is already seeing positive outcomes regarding breaking down silos & sharing practice across Library teams. - This is not a task & finish group; there is no end goal where the work of inclusive metadata will be done as there's always more to learn.
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Group has met twice so far & is already seeing positive outcomes regarding breaking down silos & sharing practice across Library teams. - This is not a task & finish group; there is no end goal where the work of inclusive metadata will be done as there's always more to learn.
This was an ambitious goal - it included all metadata across all repositories, and a target date of April 2025!
October 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This was an ambitious goal - it included all metadata across all repositories, and a target date of April 2025!
Joining an @oclc.org RLP webinar on "Reimagining Descriptive Workflows: building institutional capacity through collaborative approaches" - Kathryn Sullivan @kats23.bsky.social of @uomlibrary.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk & Elly Cope @ellycope.bsky.social of @universityofleeds.bsky.social #metadata
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Joining an @oclc.org RLP webinar on "Reimagining Descriptive Workflows: building institutional capacity through collaborative approaches" - Kathryn Sullivan @kats23.bsky.social of @uomlibrary.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk & Elly Cope @ellycope.bsky.social of @universityofleeds.bsky.social #metadata
I've never done 'live cataloguing' over Teams to 1 person, let alone 90 people! Kudos to Will for giving this live demo.
September 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I've never done 'live cataloguing' over Teams to 1 person, let alone 90 people! Kudos to Will for giving this live demo.
A fully useful and descriptive MARC21 record for a modern print book will provide sufficient data points for discovery and access. It should enable library users to search for, find, identify, select and obtain/access the resource. Plus explore other related resources (via authorised access points).
September 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
A fully useful and descriptive MARC21 record for a modern print book will provide sufficient data points for discovery and access. It should enable library users to search for, find, identify, select and obtain/access the resource. Plus explore other related resources (via authorised access points).
Will has also referenced the external sources that cataloguers use - the tools in the cataloguer toolbox - including using controlled vocabularies and authority files in order to create Authorised Access Points.
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Will has also referenced the external sources that cataloguers use - the tools in the cataloguer toolbox - including using controlled vocabularies and authority files in order to create Authorised Access Points.
Will has been working through an example MARC record for a particular publication; working field by field he is explaining the notation and entry conventions. The what goes where and how it is recorded of library cataloguing with MARC21!
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Will has been working through an example MARC record for a particular publication; working field by field he is explaining the notation and entry conventions. The what goes where and how it is recorded of library cataloguing with MARC21!
There is an AI community of practice within the White Rose Consortium, and Leeds University Library has an AI working group.
September 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
There is an AI community of practice within the White Rose Consortium, and Leeds University Library has an AI working group.
Joining a SCONUL webinar on "AI in the library supply chain" feat. Dr Sandra Tury Senate House Library and Elly Cope & Alison Hazelaar of University of Leeds Library.
Particularly interested in #AI in relation to #metadata both its utility and its implications for ethics & sustainability.
Particularly interested in #AI in relation to #metadata both its utility and its implications for ethics & sustainability.
September 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM