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 Av. F.D. Roosevelt, 50 CP 123 | 1050 Brussels - Belgium http://homepages.ulb.ac.be/~svhoolan/ http://mastic.ulb.ac.be 0032 2 650 4765 Office: DC11.113 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), > > > What tools have you found helpful in manipulating your metadata? (For > example, people have suggested MARCedit, ImageMagick, and Oxygen.) > > Are there barriers to using them effectively, such as cost, scripting > skills, or technical support? > > Please share by commenting here: > http://lamsmetadata.blogspot.com/2011/10/what-tools-help-you-manipulate-metadata.html<https://webaccess.si.edu/OWA/redir.aspx?C=385d8edcb3f742fca49716b7a23a1e4a&URL=http%3a%2f%2flamsmetadata.blogspot.com%2f2011%2f10%2fwhat-tools-help-you-manipulate-metadata.html> > > > > Or directly to me > > Or Robin Wendler. > > > > We are preparing for the Digital Library Federation Forum workshop and would > like to share your ideas! > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Suzanne C. Pilsk > > Head, Metadata Unit > > Smithsonian Institution Libraries > > Connecting. Ideas. Information. *You.* > > 10th & Constitution Avenues, NW, NH2207 > > MRC 154, P.O. Box 37012 > > Washington, DC 20013-7012 > > v. 202.633.1646 > > [log in to unmask]<https://webaccess.si.edu/OWA/redir.aspx?C=385d8edcb3f742fca49716b7a23a1e4a&URL=mailto%3aPilskS%40si.edu> > > > > > > Robin Wendler > > Harvard University Library > > 90 Mt. Auburn St. > > Cambridge, MA 02138 > > 617-495-3724 > > [log in to unmask]<https://webaccess.si.edu/OWA/redir.aspx?C=385d8edcb3f742fca49716b7a23a1e4a&URL=mailto%3ar_wendler%40harvard.edu>