Library information provider OCLC Research, US, will conduct the ‘Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives and Museums’ webinar for OCLC Research Library Partners on March 9, 2012 at 9 am PST/12 Noon EST (UTC 17:00). Although this free webinar is open to OCLC Research Library Partners only, the recording will be made publicly available on the website and in iTunes.
Metadata is said to help users locate resources that meet their specific needs. Traditionally, staffers at libraries, archives, and museums (LAMs) create metadata for the content they manage. However, social metadata — content contributed by users — is evolving as a way to both augment and re-contexutalise the content and metadata created by LAMs.
Cultural heritage organisations have been eager to expand their reach into user communities and to take advantage of users' expertise to enrich their descriptive metadata. In 2009-2010, a 21-member Social Metadata Working Group from five countries reviewed 76 sites relevant to libraries, archives and museums that supported various social media features. These include tagging, comments, reviews, images, videos, ratings, recommendations, lists, links to related articles, etc. The working group analysed the results of a survey sent to site managers and discussed the factors that contribute to successful — and not so successful — use of social metadata.
This 90-minute interactive WebEx session will feature five members of the Social Metadata Working Group who will present highlights of the research and personal observations. The five members are: Marja Musson from the International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam; Ken Varnum from the University of Michigan; Cyndi Shein of Getty Research Institute; Cheryl Gowing from University of Miami; and Elizabeth Yakel of University of Michigan School of Information. Program Officer Karen Smith-Yoshimura will introduce and facilitate the session.
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