Blog from September, 2016

Friday, September 16th, 1 PM, Olin Library 2B48 RMC Lecture Room
Contacts for this meeting: Marcie Suzanne Farwell + Christina Harlow

About: To kick off the new year of the Metadata Working Group, we have a Lightning Talks session scheduled for Friday, September 16th, at 1 PM in Kroch Library 2B48 RMC Lecture Room (or via Webex, information below).

Lightning talks are informal, 5-7 minutes (tops) presentations that cover a perspective, idea, project, or question in a short time period. This allows for many different people to present on a variety of topics, in a fun atmosphere - as well as to sign up as late as the day of (as preparation is minimal). We have a number of folks signed up to give lightning talks already (the list is below), but we warmly welcome others to give a further lightning talk. These talks can present on anything to do with metadata defined broadly. As a place to start, we'd love to hear a diverse group of folks talk about:

• what are you working on with metadata right now?
• what annoying metadata issues are you hitting and need help with?
• what pipe dreams for working with or leveraging awesome metadata do you have?
• what questions about metadata are bothering you at midnight while you try to sleep?

To sign up to give a lightning talk, just respond to this email (to Christina or Marcie) and we'll get you set up. You can sign up as late as the day of. We will also give some time for discussion and questions/answers after the talks. We will be using these lightning talks as an opportunity to find areas for the Metadata Working Group to build out during the upcoming MWG sessions.

The session is open to everyone, and we hope to see everyone next Friday the 16th at 1 PM! All are welcome, and Webex information for the session follows. 

Webex information:

OIN WEBEX MEETING
https://cornell.webex.com/cornell/j.php?MTID=mb851b089c16ba16135b4fe97a4fc5df0
Meeting number (access code): 644 560 248
Meeting password: XbFBkwm3

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Find here a list of Metadata Working Group dates for the 2016-2017 year for planning purposes.

This year, we're approaching the Metadata Working Group in a slightly different manner. Instead of a series of invited speakers, we are aiming to foster a collaborative, working space for metadata issues across the Cornell University Library system. This means workshops, working sessions, and we hope, deliverables from the Metadata Working Group in this academic year. So many of these meetings will be used for workshops or working session style events. 

Dates, Times, and where known, Locations for this year's Metadata Working Group meetings:

• September 16th (Kroch Library 2B48 RMC Lecture Room, 1:00-2:30 PM)

• October 21st (Mann Library Room 102, 1:00-2:30 PM)

• November 18th (Uris Hall B05 Computer Lab, 1:00-2:30 PM)

• December 9th (Kroch Library 2B48 RMC Lecture Room, 1:00-3:00 PM)

• January 20th (TBD, 1:00-2:30 PM)

• February 17th (TBD, 1:00-2:30 PM)

• March 17th (TBD, 1:00-3:00 PM)

• April 21st (TBD, 1:00-2:30 PM)

• May 19th (TBD, 1:00-2:30 PM)