Thank you to all those who attended the Conference; from speakers and sponsors to delegates, we really enjoyed meeting together in person to explore so many different aspects of metadata and discovery work across libraries, repositories, museums, galleries and cultural heritage organisations.
We have also uploaded images of the Posters that were on display during the Conference – Posters presented in portrait (rather than landscape) can be found on the ‘documents’ page of our Slideshare account at: https://www.slideshare.net/CILIPCIG/documents
MDG Committee invite all delegates to provide anonymous feedback to help us plan future events. – This survey should take approx. 10 minutes to complete (depending how much feedback you wish to provide!)
We are also interested in your feedback if you did not or could not attend the conference this year.
The full programme for the MDG Conference and the schedule for the UK Committee on RDA (UKCoR) RDA Day is available on the Conference Event Page and will include the Metadata & Discovery Group’s AGM (all delegates welcome to attend).
The theme for this year’s conference is #ReDiscovery in the context of rediscovering and re-establishing the Metadata and Discovery Group at our first in-person event since the Covid-19 pandemic.
Discovery and discoverability are at the heart of the information world and the vital purpose of all metadata work; we will explore all aspects of discovery from traditional library and special collections cataloguing to archival description, and from metadata management for research repositories to issues of cataloguing and metadata ethics, subject headings, Linked Data, and Persistent Identifiers (PIDs).
CILIP members receive a discount so please ensure you are logged in to your CILIP account before booking.
MDG Sponsored Place
We are pleased to announce that we are offering a Sponsored Place to attend the MDG Conference and RDA Day.
This sponsorship covers the registration fee for a Full Programme Ticket* and reimbursement for travel costs up to £110.
*Full Programme Ticket covers full attendance at the MDG Conference and RDA Day (6th-8th Sept), with snacks, teas/coffees and lunches each day. Plus tickets for the Buffet Dinner & Quiz on Wed 6th Sept and the Formal Dinner on Thurs 7th Sept.
Applicants must be currently studying for, or have recently completed a Library and Information Studies/Science, Archives, or Knowledge Management qualification, or be new to the Information Profession (less than 5 years’ experience), and/or be without the financial means to cover the cost of attendance.
How to apply:
Please submit a brief application (200 words approx.) to demonstrate why you would like to attend, how you would use your attendance to highlight or promote MDG’s areas of interest, and why you would not be able to attend without MDG sponsorship.