July 2012
10 posts
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Metadata Monday: Tips for the Extremely Paranoid
I ran across this paper in CyberGuerilla called “The Danger of Metadata” that discusses the potential pitfalls of file metadata. If you can look past the paranoid author’s foul mouth, there are some very astute points about how metadata can be used against you, from GPS information to serial numbers, leaving you vulnerable to trickery. There are also detailed instructions on...
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5 Things Thursday: DAMs, Taxonomies, Librarians -...
5 things is back right on time! What are 10 common mistakes when developing a taxonomy? Would you like 5 principles of innovation? How about Screwy Decimal’s 10 tips for librarians? What are the top skills a DAM professional should acquire? Where to find all kinds of metadata standards - both here and here.
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Metadata Monday: Metadata Matters
Have I ever mentioned a fabulous blog called Metadata Matters? I think I have in passing, but I wanted to take some time on a Metadata Monday to expand on my admiration for the content. This blog features very technical information, primarily appealing to the traditional cataloger set - those involved day-to-day with MARC21 and RDF and AACR2 and Dublin Core. I like the way this blog takes fairly...
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5 Things Thursday: Taxonomy, Indexes, Project...
Here are five things to muse: Can librarians (or anyone) do more with less? Awesome notes on taxonomy from Seth Earley’s Confab 2012 Workshop. Interested in the role of librarian as project manager? How big are the indexes of web scale discovery services and how does that affect search? Is Google building the world’s largest database of links to pirated...
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Metadata Monday: Taxonomy of Pop Songs
This blog post about creating a taxonomy of 90’s pop songs is interesting for a number of reasons. Although my pop song taxonomy would more likely lean towards the 80’s (examples to follow), the idea of creating a taxonomy or an organizational structure to organize personal information, like music, in a relational way could prove very useful for recommending and remembering certain...
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5 Things Thursday: Grateful Dead, Digital Audit,...
Here are five things which seemed pretty interesting this week: Does the scent of patchouli make you long for a peek at the Grateful Dead archive online? Do you worry about deviating from taxonomy standards? Have you audited your digital assets lately? Want tips on attending a virtual conference? Learn more about the Warner Bros archives and conversion to HD.
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Metadata Monday: How Netflix Gets Tags
Ever wonder how the Netflix suggestion engine works? Each film is tagged with at least 100 data points. These tags are created not by metadata elves, but by people like Jordon Canning described in this article. She watches movies and enters data into a spreadsheet on a laptop tracking everything from the characters occupations to the amount of smoking in the film. Some are straightforward and...
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5 Things Thursday: Hitchcock, Summer Reading,...
Here are 5 things for July 5th: Are you a Hitchcock fan? His 1925 directorial debut has been restored. The very funny Jen Lancaster’s summer reading suggestions. Want to be a zine librarian? How mature is your agency’s DAM system? How does gamification work as a rewards system?
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Metadata Monday: Clean and Tidy
The first line of the abstract for this excellent article on D-Lib Magazine says it all: “As digital library collections grow in size, metadata issues such as inconsistencies, incompleteness and quality become increasingly difficult to manage over time.” I have spent the better part of the past year managing a clean-up project of the digital collection I oversee. Since the primary...
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Metadata Monday: Clean and Tidy
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