Call for participation in the Metadata Working Group, part of DLF Assessment Interest Group
Rachel White
This email is an invitation to participate in the DLF Assessment Interest Group’s (DLF AIG) working group on metadata in 2022. There is more information about the group below, but first, a few words about participating in DLF AIG.
The only requirement for participation in a DLF AIG working group is a willingness to dig in and devote a small part of your time contributing to the tools, methods, and body of knowledge on digital library assessment. Attendance at the DLF forum is not a requirement for participation in any of the working groups. Additionally, if your institution is not a DLF member, you can still participate. Anyone with an interest in metadata and willingness to participate is welcome to join the DLF AIG Metadata Working Group.
Metadata Working Group Accomplishments for 2021
Here’s what we worked on last year!
Metadata Tools Repository updated
Discussed proposals regarding the Metadata Application Profile Clearinghouse
Reorganized links and organized documentation for the group’s work and projects on GitHub
Wrote blog posts about metadata work during COVID and metadata assessment
Metadata Working Group Goals for 2022
We’re still working on setting our goals for 2022, but here are a few things we’re planning:
Ongoing maintenance of the group website and regularizing documentation
Refresh the Publications and Presentations of Note page and Zotero group
Migration of the Metadata Application Profile Clearinghouse to Jekyll Collections
Continue building the Tools Repository
Regular blog posts about metadata assessment topics
How can you participate?
Join the Metadata Working Group Google Group to get announcements, agendas, and connection details for upcoming meetings
Comment on the 2022 Work Plan to help us set priorities and directions for work in the upcoming year
Join us for our 2022 Kickoff Meeting on Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 1:15 pm Eastern / 12:15 pm Central / 11:15 am Mountain / 10:15 am Pacific
For questions about the larger DLF Assessment Interest Group, contact the DLF AIG co-leaders, Kate Flynn k...@chicagocollections.org and Santi Thompson satho...@uh.edu.
Thank you for participating in the DLF AIG MWG! Please feel free to forward to any groups you feel might be interested, and feel free to contact us if you have any questions about participating.
Hannah Tarver (hannah...@unt.edu) & Rachel White (rwh...@colgate.edu)
Co-facilitators, Metadata Working Group