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The ALCTS Metadata Interest Group seeks presentation proposals for the
program “Assessing Metadata Staffing and Workflows” during the ALCTS
Virtual Preconference "Planning for the Evolving Role of Metadata
Librarians" prior to the 2015 ALA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA. This
program is scheduled to take place during the week of June 1st (specific
days during the week of June 1st will be determined at a later date in
consultation with speaker availability). Presentations are 30 minutes in
total -- 20 minutes for the presentation, 10 minutes for questions.
Many metadata programs have moved beyond the beginning stages of developing
workflows for digital library content. Planning for future development
requires analyzing current costs and workflows. This program will discuss
ways in which metadata creators and coordinators gather, assess, and report
metrics in order to evaluate staffing and workflows.
Potential topics could include:
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determining adequate staffing needs
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allocating staff time for current and new initiatives (such as data
management or linked data projects)
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conducting cost analysis for metadata creation
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streamlining and automating workflows.
Participants will be able to find practical ways to assess staffing needs,
to calculate metadata creation costs, and to track and measure workflows.
The deadline for proposals is December 5, 2014. Proposals may be submitted
through this form: http://goo.gl/forms/WmW2ImBg64
If you have any difficulties with this form, please feel free to submit
your proposals directly by email to sathompson3_at_uh.edu
Thank you!
ALCTS Metadata Interest Group Programming Chairs:
Santi Thompson, University of Houston
Liz Woolcott, Utah State University
Received on Tue Nov 04 2014 - 17:51:06 EST