Today's Topics:

   1. Call for Metadata Assessment Use Cases, part of DLF AIG Metadata
Working Group (Elaine Franco)
   2. ALCTS News Updates August 12, 2016 (Elise Y Wong)

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Message: 1

This year, the Digital Library Federation Assessment Interest Group (DLF
AIG) started a Metadata Working Group. The DLF Metadata Assessment Working
Group aims to build guidelines and best practices around the evaluation and
assessment of (mostly descriptive) metadata used by and for digital
libraries and repositories. We spent the first part of this calendar year
performing an environmental scan on metadata quality work; you can see the
(still in progress) results of this work here:
http://dlfmetadataassessment.github.io/

Currently, the DLF Metadata Assessment Working Group is gathering use cases
that involve evaluating and assessing metadata. We invite anyone with a use
case around metadata assessment and quality control to share it using the
form available at http://bit.ly/MetadataAssessCases. Please share your use
cases as soon as you're able, but aim to share them by September 30th. We
plan to collect these cases, analyze them, and share our work at DLF Forum
(November 7-9).

The use cases will be aggregated and used to identify common themes within
metadata evaluation and assessment. The result of this work will be shared
openly through our report on the development of a metadata quality
assessment framework available on our
website<http://dlfmetadataassessment.github.io/>. Even if you're uncertain
about the state of your use case (too specific, too broad, not really about
assessment, other), we welcome all input!

We invite anyone who is interested to learn more and take part in the DLF
Metadata Assessment Working Group. Join our Google
Group<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/dlf-aig-metadata-assessment-wo
rking-group> for more information.

Thank you!

DLF AIG Metadata Working Group

Anna Neatrour
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Interim Program Director
Mountain West Digital Library

Metadata Librarian
University of Utah Marriott Library
801-585-0969
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8007-9940
Program Co-Chair, ALCTS Metadata Interest Group

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Message: 2

ALCTS Announces New Slogan<http://www.ala.org/alctsnews/items/new-slogan>

First Experience at ALA Annual Conference
2016<http://www.ala.org/alctsnews/features/jmogrant-schettler> (Author,
Lindsay E. Schettler)

Interviews with ALCTS Leaders: Mary Beth Thomson,
President-Elect<http://www.ala.org/alctsnews/columns/interview-thomson>
(Column editor, Michelle Flinchbaugh)

Reports from the 2016 ALA Annual Conference:


*       Is the Big Deal a Good Deal? Methods and Approaches to Evaluating
Bundled
Content<http://www.ala.org/alctsnews/features/ac2016-program-bigdeal>
(Reporter, Robin Buser)


*       Let's Play Family Feud: a Public Services/Technical Services
Dialogue<http://www.ala.org/alctsnews/features/ac2016-program-familyfeud>
(Reporter, Erin Leach)


*       Diverse and Inclusive Metadata: Developing Cultural Competencies in
Descriptive
Practices<http://www.ala.org/alctsnews/features/ac2016-program-diverseMD>
(Reporter, Shannon Tennant)


*       Librishers and Pubraries: Explore Library Publishing and University
Presses within Libraries
<http://www.ala.org/alctsnews/features/ac2016-program-librishers> (Reporter,
Lee Sochay)

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Rebecca L. Mugridge
Interim Dean of Libraries
University Library, LI-123
University at Albany
1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12222
Phone: 518-442-3570<tel:518-442-3570>
Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>

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