Date

Attendees

Goals

  • discuss plans for this group in Fall 2020 and beyond

Discussion items

TimeItemWhoNotes
 introduce selves as needed, identify rostereveryone
  • Kristen is currently too busy to be on MWG Steering (though she is welcome back any time)
  • asked Mann Digital Repositories Group if anyone wanted to sit in, or if they had any topics to address: no response!
  • Jenn has a conflict today, but is still with us in spirit.
 any new ideas / needs for programming? any questions that could maybe be answered by programming?everyone

some ideas are:

  • something with "Change the Subject"
  • Ethical description guidelines esp re: RAD
  • source something related to WFH metadata projects (nb: Chloe asked HR for a list of the WFH projects, but they didn't have one already extant. It didn't seem like a worthwhile use of effort to request that one be generated in advance of this meeting.)
  • git training → git in September works for Jenn Colt
  • something experiential in August (maybe part of this: https://amiaopensource.github.io/av-python-carpentry/ ? or this: https://digiprez.com/cli-scavenger-hunt ?)
 review plans from the spring that did not come to fruitioneveryone

previous plans for spring/summer had been:

  • open refine workshop (Kristen)
  • RMC/Kheel (Liz)
  • Accessibility lightning talks (Chloe)
  • Metadata lightning talks (Jenn & Jasmine)
  • something experiential in summer? (Dianne? Chloe?)

Notes

  • Critical Cataloging & MD group/task force?:
    • several members of MWG in this group. Meeting attendees will report back. Group nascent, charge not set etc
    • should MWG be somehow engaged with this group? If so, how? Possibly an info dissemination role?
    • Note that critical cataloging & MD is not actually a metadata-specific problem, but rather a holistic collections problem especially wrt what goes online.
      • ie: Paniccioli issues are privacy & nudity related
      • ie: fallout from grant funding structure (no money to revisit past work). frequent problems with rights review
      • will policy & policy documentation for local practice come out of this task force?
    • (star) Maybe MWG can keep an internal list of things/content/desc that should be subject to heavier scrutiny and act as lobbying group for resources to address/prioritization?
  • Programming ideas:
    • "Fix-a-thon": idea from Jasmine
      • pick a collection to scrutinize, recruit volunteers to help nitpick & find problems, have a critical discussion of what is there, why, and how to fix
      • Concern: curators will have hurt feelings (Dianne) (edited by Dianne to note that I do not want to offer that as a reason not to do it, but something to be mindful of as we try to get buy-in for the idea)
        • Response: Better us (nb: CUL staff) now and calmly, rather than the public later & angry (Jasmine)
      • Liz posits a "very legacy collection" or a grant-funded collection she worked on
      • General response : good idea! Try to tread gently wrt feelings, while also reminding stakeholders that descriptive policy is being developed and will be be applied. It is not personal.
    • something WFH project related: idea from Chloe
      • see what people have been doing during WFH that could use MD-related training, etc. Is there a place for MWG to be useful here?
      • ask CU-LIB for feedback on MD-related work. supply some examples in request.
        • Liz interesting in collaborating on solicitation email
    • Open Refine integration video test drive: idea from Jasmine
      • Jasmine doing a recorded presentation & live Q&A in spring about Open Refine LOC authority work. Should she test drive with CUL?
      • Early spring
    • Open Refine carpentries workshop: Idea from Julia
      • Julia can give workshop when her carpentries training is done. On cultural heritage material?
      • Jasmine suggests Open Refine for MARC data, if possible
      • Liz notes: with change to FOLIO, making Open Refine less intimidating would be great
      • Liz suggests: ask Laura Wright for help with identifying real-world problems cataloging team would like to work on?
    • ASpace migration: idea from Liz
      • Liz still interested in talking about migration of Kheel records into ASpace
      • Spring at the earliest due to migration timeline.
    • Git training: idea from MD&O
      • everyone in MD&O would like some training on how to use git, and proposed that Jenn could host a session.
      • Jenn, though not at this meeting, is willing.