Standards and Metadata Symposium – 19 March 2025
Metadata Standards Matter: Building a Sustainable Future for Information
Session materials and slides available in the IFLA repository
Accessibility Matters
- Victoria Owen, Joseph Hafner, Lucia Sardo, Satu Niininen Moderator: Merideth Fletcher. Round Table Perspectives: Tamping Down Chaos on the Road to Accessibility
- Sadie Anderson, Sheila Laroque, Jessica Ye. Reparative Description for Indigenous-led Access in Collections: Devil is in the Dietz-tails
- Bemal Rajapatirana. Bridging Metadata Accessibility Standards: Challenges and Opportunities on a Global Scale
Technology Matters – Session 1: Linking and Sharing Metadata
- Imma Ferran, Marina Salse, Andreu Sulé Duesa. Transforming CANTIC for the Semantic Web: Enhancing Interoperability and Dissemination through Linked Open Data
- Crystal Yragui, Sofia Zapounidou, Ebe Kartus, Laura Akerman. Conversion of MARC21 Bibliographic to LRM/RDA/RDF: Setting the Stage and Creating the Tools
- Aida Slavić, Ana Vukadin. Managing Changes in Knowledge Organization Systems through Linked Data Technologies: the Case of the Universal Decimal Classification
- Xiaoli Li, Tiziana Possemato, Kalliopi Mathios. BIBFRAME Interoperability Group: Tackling Implementation Challenges Across Institutions
- Stephanie Luke, Regine Heberlein. The Missing Link: Where We Are with Linked Data
Competencies Matters
- Michalis Gerolimos, Sofia Zapounidou, Effie Koufakou. From AACR to the Official RDA: Managing Change and Reskilling
- Renate Behrens. Only What Changes Remains, or the Need for a Rethink
- Andreas Oskar Kempf. Applying Language Models for Knowledge Organization System Maintenance and Development – Approaching Roles and Competencies for Editorial Review Boards
- Karen Snow, Bobby Bothmann. Toward a Unified Framework of Global Cataloging & Metadata Competencies
- Ederina Demo. Educating Metadata Professionals – Albanian Case
Technology Matters – Session 2: AI, Tools, and Metadata Management
- Caroline Saccucci, Ted Westervelt. Metadata for Digital Serials & Books: Experiences at the Library of Congress and Lessons Learned
- Ying-Hsang Liu. Navigating the AI-Driven Metadata Landscape: A Human Centered Approach
- Hannes Lowagie. Designing RDA Application Profiles with Microsoft Power Apps: Streamlining Metadata Validation through SHACL4BIB
- Barbara Fischer. Sharing Authority: Expanding Access and Participation in Normdata Creation for Inclusive Knowledge Ecosystems
- Philip E. Schreur. Meaningful and Inclusive Access to Information: the Challenges Brought by the Brisbane Declaration to Standardized Metadata in the Context of Linked Data and AI