CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group

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A @cilip.bsky.social Special Interest Group. The UK information profession's voice in #metadata #cataloguing and #discovery. Create, Share, Enrich, Maintain. #MetadataMatters https://www.cilip.org.uk/mdg

Catalogue & Index ISSN 2399-9667 Periodical of the Metadata and Discovery Group: https://journals.cilip.org.uk/catalogue-and-index/index
Screenshot fo CILIP MDG Bulletin for June 2026 access full-text at: https://email-cilip.org.uk/6WFS-47PU5-48/sv.aspx
https://email-cilip.org.uk/6WFS-44OZA-48/sv.aspx
https://tinyurl.com/22au9z2m
World Cafe on Subject Analysis Wednesday 29th April University of Liverpool
World Cafe on Subject Analysis Tuesday 21st April Cardiff University
White text on green background: Online Coffee and Chat with the Society of Indexers. Features photographic image of coffee drinks with Society of Indexers and CILIP Metadata & Discovery Group logos.
CILIP MDG invite you to visit Drawing Room Wednesday 20th May 12:30- New TAnnery Way, London SE1 5WS www.drawingroom.org.uk
Inside the Toolkit​: Shared Notes/Folders​ Policy Statements $​ HTML Documents​ Combination​ Outside the Toolkit​: Inhouse Documentation/Website​ Public Access Website $​ Print Manual $​
An example of a cataloguing template we gave cataloguing staff as part of their training. Cataloguers were expected to create practise records for up to ten resources using the templates and scanned surrogates provided.
Screenshot of Learning Hub RDA Course
Screenshot of RDA Policy statements in the RDA toolkit
A BL RDA Application Profile for Bibliographic Records in spreadsheet form.
British Library Policy Model for implementation of RDA
Timeline showing British Library's plan for RDA implementation during 2025
Menti.com
The agenda - lots of good menti action
Full record creation process.
Picture of material from the Women’s Library
Steps: extract; analyse; import; remove; reconcile; export; documentation creation; publish
Fran Frenzel standing in front of her title slide.
Copy-specific metadata MARC v BIBFRAME From MARC … to RMAG (Rare Materials Affinity Group Item template using ARM extension)
RDF-based (Resource Description Framework), uses RDF classes which essentially reflect the FRBR model, e.g. WORK INSTANCE ITEM BIBFRAME relies on a hierarchy within the bibliographic framework that supports relationship-building between entities (e.g., works, creators, subjects) Much greater reliance on structured data and identifiers (URIs, PIDs); limited use of text-strings and uncontrolled, free-text fields; enables more granularity of description Based on Linked Data principles
Policy & Governance Develop institutional/national inclusive metadata guidelines Embed ethics into metadata standards Capacity Building Regular training on: Inclusive description Ethical decision-making Bias awareness Technological Enhancement Multilingual metadata fields Integration of inclusive vocabularies Flexible authority control mechanisms Collaborative Models Metadata professionals + IT staff + subject experts Community-informed terminology practices
Table: Comparative insights: Pakistan vs. other developing contexts
Significance of the study: Addresses the growing need for Inclusive Metadata in digital content management within academic libraries. Provides empirical evidence from Pakistani university libraries, an under-researched context. Highlights the role of awareness, readiness, and ethical responsibility in metadata creation. Supports equitable, culturally sensitive, and bias-aware metadata practices. Offers policy and governance insights for library leaders to strengthen training and metadata management frameworks.