This email is an invitation to participate in the DLF Assessment Interest
Group’s (DLF AIG) working group on metadata
<https://wiki.diglib.org/Assessment: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
   <http://dlfmetadataassessment.github.io/tools>
   -

   Discussed proposals regarding the Metadata Application Profile
   Clearinghouse
   <https://dlfmetadataassessment.github.io/MetadataSpecsClearinghouse/>
   -

   Reorganized links and organized documentation for the group’s work and
   projects on GitHub <http://dlfmetadataassessment.github.io/>
   -

   Wrote blog posts <https://www.diglib.org/category/assessment/> 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
   <http://dlfmetadataassessment.github.io/> and regularizing documentation
   -

   Refresh the Publications and Presentations of Note page
   <http://dlfmetadataassessment.github.io/publications> and Zotero group
   <https://www.zotero.org/groups/488224/metadata_assessment>
   -

   Migration of the Metadata Application Profile Clearinghouse
   <https://dlfmetadataassessment.github.io/MetadataSpecsClearinghouse/> to
   Jekyll Collections
   -

   Continue building the Tools Repository
   <http://dlfmetadataassessment.github.io/tools>
   -

   Regular blog posts about metadata assessment topics


How can you participate?



   -

   Join the Metadata Working Group Google Group
   <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/dlf-aig-metadata-assessment-working-group>
   to get announcements, agendas, and connection details for upcoming meetings
   -

   Comment on the 2022 Work Plan
   <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aER1mWpjJvSJKiU6g2UyELDzR42d4rLCXfhEtc_Kzoc/edit>
   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 [log in to unmask] and Santi
Thompson [log in to unmask]

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 ([log in to unmask]) & Rachel White ([log in to unmask])

Co-facilitators, Metadata Working Group

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Rachel White
Head of Metadata and Cataloging Services
Colgate University Libraries
13 Oak Drive
Hamilton NY 13346
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315-228-7309