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Automating Cataloging & Metadata Work: What Works, What Doesn’t with Robin Fay
April 17 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm CDT
Automating is a way of life – how does that fit in with cataloging and metadata work? Where can we automate? Where should we automate? Where should we not?
We’ll explore some practical tools for automation: MARCEdit, OpenRefine, Google Sheets and even Excel (!), and AI to talk about how we can leverage technology. We’ll talk about “dirty data,” ideas for cleanup work, quality vs. quantity, value-added cataloging, and how system migrations uncover all sorts of data issues.
We’ll wrap up with a discussion of how data management impacts our end-users and why investing in data maintenance and cleanup now saves time and work later down the road (especially in preparation for a system migration!).
Robin Fay is an Instructor and Metadata Librarian who has worked with academic, public, and community college libraries, multistate consortia, and nonprofit organizations. Her interests are in immersive technologies and the intersection of machine learning, data, and us.
If you can’t attend the live webinar, register anyway and you’ll receive a link to the webinar recording a few days after the event.
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