5 Things Thursday: Vocabulary, Teens, Goodreads

Curated by Henrik de Gyor.

1. Registered Organization Vocabulary (RegORG) & Asset Description Metadata Schema (ADMS) http://bit.ly/174fJ6x

2. Teens and the Future of Libraries: Sharing Best Practices” Webinar Archives and My Questions for Thinking http://dlvr.it/3RVN5P

3. The Padagogy Wheel V2.0: It’s all about transformation and integration
http://tinyurl.com/padwheel2

4. Looking for a 'Good Read'?
http://infospace.ischool.syr.edu/2012/10/16/goodreads-and-social-cataloging/

5. How to separate fact and fiction online
http://www.ted.com/talks/markham_nolan_how_to_separate_fact_and_fiction_online.html

Thank you to Henrik for the amazing content curation!

5 Things Thursday: Metadata, Internet Archive, Wearable Computing

 Here are five things from guest contributor Henrik de Gyor:

1. From Cronkite to Couric: Internet Archive gets $1 million to expand TV news collection http://ht.ly/lg2Ll

2. BBC archives celebrating the beauty of steam locomotives http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/collections/p01277qd/steam-railways

3. Wearable Computing, Long Before Google Glass http://www.technologyreview.com/view/515006/from-our-archive-wearable-computing-long-before-google-glass/

4. How Inconsistent Metadata Impedes Music Industry Growth http://t.co/cdp2gJVsgu

5. “Metadata as the Cornerstone of Digital Archiving” seminar reports http://www.tameyourassets.com

5 Things Thursday: Archivists, Metadata and More!

Guest post by Henrik de Gyor

1. Digitizing history: 82,000-manuscript collection Vatican Library goes online http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/05/02/digitizing_history_82000manuscript_collection_vatican_library_goes_online.html

2. Leaving Cloister of Dusty Offices, Young Archivists Meet Like Minds
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/29/nyregion/archivists-bringing-past-into-future-are-now-less-cloistered.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0


3.Digital, Not Dusty: The Archivist’s Tale http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/04/opinion/digital-not-dusty-the-archivists-tale.html

4. 520,000 Pages of Parts Marked by Philharmonic Musicians http://archives.nyphil.org/

5. Metadata: the rise of data on the web and in search http://m.guardiannews.com/news/datablog/2013/may/14/metadata-rise-of-data-web-search

Bonus: support this important DAM project!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/anotherdampodcast/transcribing-another-dam-podcast

5 Things Thursday: Personal Digital Archiving, Copyright, RDA

Here are five things from guest contributor Henrik de Gyor:

1. Library of Congress ebook “Perspectives on Personal Digital Archiving” http://t.co/ktU6ikpXrC
2. Library of Congress: “Enhancing Access to the Library’s Collections” https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eujLEl2X4WE#!
3. "The Copyright Killings" webinar recording http://picturepark.com/copyright
4. Collection for metadata of 38,000 maps and images http://t.co/pPxzNoh9Ak
5. Deployment of RDA (Resource Description and Access) Cataloging and its Expression as Linked Data http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/dcmi/rda/#slides

Deaccessioning: Controversial Even in Tough Times for Cultural Institutions

I heard a great report on NPR this morning regarding the cash crunch affecting many cultural institutions like Chicago's Field Museum. The topic of deaccessioning collections has long been fraught with controversy for archives, museums and special collections. This story provides some context of the fiscal realities behind these decisions.

5 Things Thursday: DAM NY, Angry Photographers, Copyright

Here are five things from esteemed guest editor Henrik de Gyor:

1. Cataloging endangered languages http://t.co/L0QJSTJS
2. Copyright law: Five ways to protect authorship http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/copyright-law-5-ways-to-protect-authorship/s2/a552845/
3. Photographers' anger at law change over 'orphan works' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22337406
4. Google's Digital Asset Management Tool? http://lexne.ws/i99
5. Henry Stewart DAM NY conference this week http://www.henrystewartconferences.com/dam/damny2013/