Dear Robin,

Please have a look at our project http://freeyourmetadata.org/, a platform to explain how to use Google Refine to clean up and reconcile your metadata. Several tutorials, video's and screencast offer hands-on help on how to make the most out of Google Refine, probably one of the best metadata manipulation tools out there. We'll be giving a series of workshops in November and December in Europe (see http://freeyourmetadata.org/join/) and currently we're setting up some dates in the US and Canada from the end of January until March/April, so don't hesitate to contact us if you want us to give a talk at your organization or event. If you're interested in the topic of metadata cleaning and vocabulary reconciliation, please have a look at our paper (http://freeyourmetadata.org/publications/freeyourmetadata.pdf).

Kind regards,

Seth van Hooland
Président du Master en Sciences et Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication (MaSTIC)
Université Libre de Bruxelles
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Le 18 oct. 2011 à 02:48, Suzanne Pilsk a écrit :

> Dear Fellow Metadataists (please excuse any duplication but we want to reach
> a broad group of people),
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> What tools have you found helpful in manipulating your metadata?  (For
> example, people have suggested MARCedit, ImageMagick, and Oxygen.)
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> Are there barriers to using them effectively, such as cost, scripting
> skills, or technical support?
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> Please share by commenting here:
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> Or directly to me
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> We are preparing for the Digital Library Federation Forum workshop and would
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> Thanks
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> Suzanne C. Pilsk
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> Head, Metadata Unit
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> Smithsonian Institution Libraries
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> Robin Wendler
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> Harvard University Library
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