Join the ALCTS Metadata Interest Group during ALA Midwinter Meeting in
Seattle for a panel presentation on crowdsourcing metadata on Sunday,
January 27, 2019, 8:30-10:00AM, Washington State Convention Center, Room 3A
during our regular scheduled meeting. Speakers Samuel T. Barber, from
California State University, Fullerton, and Becky Skeen & Andrea Payant,
from Utah State University, will present on approaches to crowdsourcing
metadata, followed by Q&A. Looking forward to seeing you all in Seattle. Be
sure to add this event to your ALA Conference Scheduler
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Presenters and abstracts:
Samuel T. Barber
Cataloging & Metadata Librarian
California State University, Fullerton
Crowdsourcing metadata: the revolutionary cataloging interface and how it
can help your library expose and promote hidden collections
This presentation draws on recently completed original research (in press,
to be published in the Journal of Library Metadata, vol. 18, issue 2) to
analyze and explain the automated quality control features of Zooniverse’s
crowdsourcing metadata platform. The results, it is argued, are truly
revolutionary. Case studies are cited to demonstrate successful use of the
platform by major institutions including the University of Oxford, the
Folger, the Imperial War Museum and the Huntington. Similar initiatives
based on proprietary platforms designed by the Smithsonian and the National
Archives are also noted. Clearly, therefore, crowdsourcing of metadata to
expose and promote hidden collections is a significant and rapidly growing
development in libraries, archives and museums. We conclude with a
description of an experimental project at Cal State Fullerton designed to
ascertain whether such developments can succeed at a local institutional
level. Finally, an invitation is extended for attendees to consider whether
such initiatives may also be implemented for the benefit of their own
respective institutions and users.
Becky Skeen
Special Collections Cataloging Librarian
Utah State University
Andrea Payant
Metadata Librarian
Utah State University
Wisdom of the Crowd: Successful ways to engage the public in metadata
creation
Utah State University Libraries’ Cataloging and Metadata Unit has
successfully used several methods to engage the public in metadata creation
for USU’s Digital History Collections. Most, if not all the techniques we
have tested, have yielded positive results and have improved the relevancy
and accuracy of our descriptive metadata. During this presentation we will
discuss different tools and techniques we have used to foster communication
between our metadata specialists and the communities they serve, as well as
approaches that were tried and did not yield the results we were hoping
for. Attendees will be able to see what has been done at Utah State
University and take those ideas and create new innovative approaches to
collect crowdsourcing metadata at their own institutions.
Anne Washington, Metadata Services Coordinator
University Libraries
University of Houston
713-743-3038
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