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The article focuses on the significance of documentation in cataloging and metadata work, emphasizing its often overlooked role in day-to-day operations. Topics include the lack of priority for documentation, the variability in documentation practices across different libraries, and the effectiveness of rigorous documentation processes, as exemplified by the University of Minnesota Libraries' Cataloging, Metadata, and Digitization (CMD) department.

The article focuses on the author's experience at the American Library Association 2023 Annual Conference, where the Map and Geospatial Round Table (MAGIRT) sessions and cataloging/metadata sessions played a significant role. Topics include the challenges faced by map catalogers such as prioritizing cataloging backlogs, managing map collections, and implementing efficient tools such as Trello to enhance workflow and productivity.

The article focuses on the Building a National Finding-Aid Network (NAFAN) project, a research initiative sponsored by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) from 2020 to 2023. Topics include the project's objectives to enhance the discoverability of archival collections, the challenges encountered by archivists and technical services librarians, and the recommendations and challenges identified during the research.

The article focuses on the author's decision to hand over the column "Continuities" to a new writer and reflects on their tenure as the editor. Topics include their discussion of metadata standards for serial works, the enduring relevance of the Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) format, and their thoughts on the evolving role and significance of cataloging in the field of librarianship.

The article discusses the author's experience as a cartographic metadata librarian, particularly their involvement in a project to apply FAST headings to digital repository metadata for the BTAA Geoportal. It explores the challenges and methods used for standardizing creator names in non-MARC metadata, reflecting on the learning process and the importance of sharing imperfect experiences to benefit others in the field.

An editorial is presented on a cookbook which is a compendium of cooking guidelines, serving suggestions, and recipe information.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses articles in the issue on topics including the work life of Stephen Hearn, retired from position as Metadata Strategist at the University of Minnesota Libraries in early January 2022.

The article discusses various issues concerning a single point of access to automated library discovery services that have combined catalog metadata with metadata from other sources, communities and agencies. Topics include the failure to take into account the consistency of access in metadata built to multiple content standards and expressed in multiple encoding formats and vocabulary models; and the role of catalogers as partners in negotiation with content providers for resource access.

The article deals with streaming media cataloging optimization and making and managing metadata. Topics discussed include preliminary results of a survey conducted by members of Online Audiovisual Catalogers on the impact of streaming video cataloging and metadata management, an overview of the OLAC Streaming Video Acquisitions and Cataloging Survey, and the relevance of the survey.

The article focuses on artificial intelligence (AI) which is considered as both a savior and a threat as it can compete more and more with livelihoods that include librarianship. Topics discussed include a service built upon AI called the Electronic MEmory and Research Arithmetical Calculator (EMERAC), several approaches to AI, and the power possessed by catalogers by virtue of their control of metadata.

The article discusses applications for metadata creation and management including the Destiny Discover Google Chrome offered via Google Chrome, metadata plugins resources offered by Open Journal Systems, and the Library of Congress MARC Standards Office plugins.

The article discusses metadata management, particularly the extract, transform, load (ETL) processes to support library data analytics and reporting. Also cited are the use of modern library service platform (LSP) architecture in ETL, the integrated library system (ILS) and discovery platform layer in LSPs, and the use of ETL on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library's data analytics dashboard.

In the article, the author discusses the social aspects of identity management work and presents several ideas from the book "Ethical Questions in Name Authority Control," edited by Jane Sandberg. Topics include the power of naming in authority work, how bibliographic records and classification become visible to the public, and the proper management of library metadata.

The article offers information related to library card catalogs, online catalog and the discovery environment. Topics discussed include development of rules for the formulation of access points by catalog librarians, advancement of transition to digital metadata and keyword indexing for discovery; and an increase in availability of metadata supplied by licensors and vendors in the library's discovery environment.

The article discusses Making and Managing Metadata: 21st Century Dewey Decimal Classification on the Web, which includes the need to optimize use of Rich Data Format, Simple Knowledge Organization System architecture along with the goal of making library linked data widely available in library and related communities continues to exist today.

The article offers information on the place of an individual in the metadata ecosystem. Topics include, time was when collaboration in cataloging took the form of going beyond the authoritative Library of Congress (LC) copy available to willingness to use the cataloging records created by peer institutions in a similar manner; subscription of libraries to large aggregator databases; and ONIX data gave libraries summaries and tables of contents data.

The article discusses the increase of the value of cataloging with the availability of metadata to patrons via the online public access catalogs (OPACs). It explores the shift from a culture of cataloging to a batch process that has produced a sense of loss of control over local metadata. The factors that drive the transformation of metadata management in libraries are explored that involved migration from integrated library systems (ILS) to library services platforms (LSPs) and network effect.

The article highlights news brief topics discussed Steve Kelley has been elected Chair-elect of the Core Metadata & Collections Section for 2022-23; Portico now has more than 1,000 participating publishers who, along with more than 1,000 participating libraries; the Shared Print Toolkit, a resource created by the Partnership for Shared Book Collections and the Rosemont Shared Print Alliance.

The article examines the potential of MARC encoding to express the linked data model. Topics discussed include encoding formats for creating and exchanging catalog metadata, the difference between linked data and MARC coding in terms of syntax, and several options for enriching the expressiveness of metadata description sets.

An editorial is presented on RDA Steering Committee in Santiago, Chile, responsible for maintaining Resource Description and Access (RDA). Topics include a package of data elements, guidelines, and instructions for creating library and cultural heritage resource metadata; catalyst for the protests being an increase in Metro fares; and major concerns such as improved pensions, health care, and a higher minimum wage soon predominated.

The article offers information related to the relaunch of RDA Toolkit, which has been frozen as part of the RDA Restructure and Redesign (3R) Project since April 2017. It is noted that RDA is a package of data elements, guidelines and instructions for creating library and cultural heritage resource metadata and emphasis on providing more clarity to interprete affect cataloging processes and outcomes.

The article focuses on International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) which occupies in bibliographic toolbox and identification of a particular continuing resource. It mentions number can be attached to resources as an identifying brand embedded in metadata to provide unambiguous identification of that resource. It also mentions ISSN defined in the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard.

The article focuses on challenges of collocating metadata at Chicago Collections Consortium (CCC) led by the Newberry Library and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and ranges from small historical and zoological societies to academic and public libraries. It mentions process of developing a major digital exhibit for late 2018 and envisions future grant-funded projects for digitization and preservation. It also mentions finding aids and image metadata records.

The article focuses on work of classification and cataloging done by technical services librarians. Topics discussed include contribution to a delay between the purchase of books and the availability to read due to classification and cataloging, contribution of metadata to the discoverability of a book in a library's catalog, and reasons behind negative correlation between days in cataloging and use of materials.

The article offers several news briefs, including John Wilkin's appointment as chief executive officer of Lyrasis, a nonprofit serving libraries and research communities.It mentions that\ the Mellon Foundation has awarded funds to the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) for digitizing "at-risk" audio and audiovisual materials and the endorsement of the Joint Statement on the Metadata Rights of Libraries by the Core Metadata & Collections Section.

The article focuses on how to teach students about cataloging in library. It examines several issues within cataloging. It discusses the advantages and disadvantages of both methods, to begin by looking at full records and parsing them, or by covering each of the component parts and, then, combining the parts into full records. It also examines the benefit of online systems for professional cataloging.

The article examines the metadata-driven elements on the Open Access (OA). Topics discussed include the platform for research-based dataset discovery provided by the DataCite metadata standard through incorporating important research information, the utilization of the Open Research and Contributor ID (ORCID)to identify scholarly, scientific, and academic authors, and the partnership between DataCite and Consortia Advancing Standards in Research Administration Information.

The article presents the author's views on the value of college archives. Topics include the digitization of college yearbooks, college catalogs and bulletins, which document course offerings and faculty assignments, and student-run newspapers; the role of archives in holding many materials, including letters, diaries, artifacts, not yet digitized described with searchable metadata; and the oral history archive called the 2020 Stories Project to capture voices of members of academic community.

The article focuses on importance of continuity in the library field. Topics discussed include increase in number of conceptual models for providing bibliographic metadata for resources cataloger, divergent practices which bind together acquisitions librarians, catalogers and e-resource librarians, and librarian Siyali Ramamrita's "The Five Laws of Library Science" on libraries.

The article expounds on library ontologies with the objective of offering a better understanding on how libraries can use ontologies to create a web of meanings. Topics discussed include the structure and review of the Preservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies (PREMIS) ontology, which consists of a set of classes, object properties, data properties and other data attributes. Also mentioned are examples of PREMIS interaction with other ontologies and the future of ontologies in libraries.

The article discusses the basics of ontology and the creation and management of metadata. Topics discussed include semantic architecture, webs of meaning, the basic elements of ontology in computer and information science, the basis of ontology development, the questions that developers of ontology should address, and the Library of Congress Classification (LCC) as an ontology.

The article discusses the work of the Educational Standards Taxonomy Working Group, a subgroup of the Subject Codes Committee of the Book Industry Study Group (BSIG). Topics include the objectives of best practice standardization and the conduct of research and education activities for the book industry, the administration of the Online Information Exchange (ONIX) metadata and the initiatives to address requirements related to the Common Core State Standards and other educational standards.

The article discusses the views of Eric Miller, co-founder and president of Zepheira, developer of web application, on the Bibliographic Framework Initiative (BIBFRAME), during the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting titled "Big Heads" held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Topics include representing bibliographic data, investigating all aspects of metadata, data creation and data exchange, and cataloguing of non-roman script by BIBFRAME.

The article discusses the provision of creation and production details in the International Standard Audiovisual Number (ISAN) data structure recognized by the International Standards Organization (ISO) under designation 15706. Topics included are the absence of unique information on authors, producers and performers in International Standard Book Numbers, the persistent identification of films, programs and advertising, and the generation of metadata sets for audiovisual works and variants.

The article addresses issues related to student social media ethics and how metadata can and should be used as a management tool, an evidential tool, and a governance tool by educators, parents, students and law enforcement personnel. Topics discussed include the need for greater understanding of the effects associated with creating and posting media, the social, psychological, and legal ramifications associated with postings, and recommendations for media ethics metadata awareness.

The article discusses the intellectual property (IP) rights portion of the EBUCore, a standard that libraries may use when they are charged with acting as content produced by the populations within the institutions they serve. It cites the elements in EBUCore Metadata Standard structure such as structural summary of element's contents, the scope, and the details unique to the element. It also discusses cases that use motion media copyright and metadata as evidences in litigation.

The article focuses on the responsibilities of library technical services to create and acquire metadata and to prepare books and digital content for consumer use. The author states that in preparing books and digital content, tangible materials must be labeled, barcoded and security striped. According to the author, accuracy and currency of the knowledge base is another challenge in preparing content for consumer use.

The first part of an article regarding self-archiving and metadata management is presented. It offers information on what self-archiving is. According to the author, self-archiving is a process where a content creator generates metadata for a work created and sends that metadata and the content directly to digital repository. Information on limited metadata mediation is offered.

The article discusses the historical digital repository which has open educational resources (OER) features, but includes restrictions on contributors based on file type and content of associated metadata in each contributor's submission. Such repositories have reportedly grown popular because digital imaging allows greater access to collections with much reduced storage space. It is stated that more than 53,000 digital images from various sources are housed in the Minnesota Digital Library's Minnesota Reflections repository.

The discusses open educational resources (OERs) and metadata. According to the report by Educause, OERs are resources which are available at little or no cost for use in teaching, learning, or research. The potential of OERs to lower the costs associated with traditional textbooks and other educational resources is noted. A list of metadata found in the Orange Grove Digital Repository which is associated with the resource "Worldwide Differential Calculus" is offered.

The article focuses on metadata, the data used in computerized cataloging for bibliographic and intellectual access. Metadata can be embedded in the material it represents and is released simultaneously with documents. Metadata can be done by anyone because it does not require a library school degree. Metadata is believed to help improve cataloging.

The author discusses how the online catalog will function as part of an information discovery system. According to Jennifer Bowen in "Metadata to Support Next-Generation Library Resource Discovery: Lessons From the eXtensible Catalog, Phase 1," the information discovery system is a network of databases and tools which aimed to act as an access to information on a library's collections and their content. Surveys which asked library professionals about cataloging are discussed.

The article provides the author's insights on the change in cataloging library resources. It says that cataloging must be efficiently and effectively conducted to provide users with good metadata. Meanwhile, catalogers are believed to possess the skills necessary to apply the basic principles in designing metadata for digital projects and for the implementation of cataloging code of various resources.

The article presents the author's insights on the benefits of various U.S. state K-12 library union catalogs. The author mentions the evolution of union catalogs in the aspect of K-12 educational environment and highlights their function of providing continuing education and information link to metadata-related processes and library procedures. Moreover, he elaborates Florida's state database of school library media center holdings, SUNLINK, and the possibilities of the emergence of SUNLINK 2.0.

The article presents the author's insights on copy cataloging as the catalyst in defining the new functions of metadata in the cataloging sections of libraries. It discusses the two major changes in the work of copy catalogers in libraries including the need for job reclassification to compensate the master records similar to higher-level staff and face the challenges of digital library projects. It also mentions several roles in cataloging units that require professionals to function.

The article focuses on the qualities of graphic novels and their impact on metadata creation, shelving decisions, and materials processing. It states that graphic novels are story collections and format designation. It poses various definitions of graphic novels which include a comics-form story that is published as a book and a combination of narrative and pictures in an interdependent format. It also presents an interview with graphic novel artist and cataloger Mark Yanko.

The article focuses on the changes in the work of library staff with the introduction of metadata, a library technical services operation that could transform cataloging in more digital environment. It notes that the time of staff, such as professional librarian staff, is spent on planning and creating new models for cataloging operation. Initiatives on this aspect include the plans of the University of California Library system for a Melvyl catalog and the Resource Description and Access (RDA).

The article focuses on the decision of the Library of Congress (LC) to relinquish its authority over cataloging standards and practices. The author discusses the groups which could replace the LC as the premier cataloging leader in the U.S., whether the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) will take over the place of the LC, and whether metadata will replace cataloging.

The article discusses the author's plea for metadata literacy for all digital libraries staff in the U.S. She asserts that as its progress and the growing demand of metadata librarians which some of whom are not just mere catalogers of electronic resources, mostly linked to library management and the creation of cataloging in digital libraries. She hopes library directors eventually realize that everyone on the library staff needs metadata training to help out at the library.