Category Archives: metadata

The worth of the work

Posted on September 20, 2019 by

A number of research libraries, including the one where I work, are increasingly interested in catalogs built on linked data rather than on MARC records. Linked data work has been going on for years, in the hopes of reaping benefits … Continue reading →

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Public domain serials: Renewal inventory complete!

Posted on June 15, 2018 by

I’m pleased to announce an important milestone in the IMLS-funded project I’m leading to help open access to 20th century public domain serials.  We now have a complete, openly published inventory of all serials with active issue or contribution renewals … Continue reading →

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Adding more, and more structured, information about public domain serials

Posted on December 11, 2017 by

I’ve been happy to hear from a number of people and institutions interested in the IMLS-funded project we now have underway to shed light on the hidden public domain of 20th century serials that I discussed in my last post.  … Continue reading →

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New IMLS-funded project: Opening access to 20th century public domain serials

Posted on September 13, 2017 by

I’m happy to report that over the next year, I and others at Penn will be working on a project that the Institute of Museum and Library Services has just funded to help open access to the vast public domain … Continue reading →

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Forward to Libraries update, and some thoughts on sustainability and scale

Posted on October 3, 2016 by

It’s been a while since I posted about Forward to Libraries, but if you’ve been following my Github repo, you may have noticed that it’s had a steady stream of updates and growth.  If making connections across library collections or … Continue reading →

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The value of catalogs in the linked data era: Two recent talks

Posted on September 12, 2016 by

I’ve recently uploaded two talks I gave this year to my Selected Works site.  I presented “How Not to Waste Catalogers’ Time: Making the most of subject headings” at the Code4lib 16 conference in Philadelphia in March.  “How to Read … Continue reading →

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Going beyond 1922: Finding periodicals with (and without) renewed copyrights

Posted on June 16, 2014 by

As mass digitization progresses, and as copyright terms grow longer, we now have access to much more literature from 1922 and the years before it than from the years that come soon after it.  This graph by Eric Crampton, based … Continue reading →

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