Presentations

Scaling Software Preservation and Emulation Services - Introduction to the EaaSI Program of Work
This presentation provides an overview of the EaaSI project goals and outcomes; technological, legal, and inter-institutional challenges encountered; organizational capacity-building activities; and a look ahead at the EaaSI roadmap for the coming year.
Topics: Data Science, Metadata, Works in Progress

Amplifying Metadata as Entities to Support Multilingualism
Karen Smith-Yoshimura provides an overview of the "Project Passage" linked data Wikibase prototype and a dive into use cases using the prototype for multilingualism.
Topics: Linked Data, Metadata

Non-Latin Script Access: Past, Now, Future
New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)
Smith-Yoshimura details how experimentation with new models of description and access in a linked data environment and OCLC's full implementation of Unicode in WorldCat could lead to dramatic improvements of non-Latin script support in WorldCat in the near future.
Topics: Metadata

Data Science Research and Development at OCLC
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)
Godby shares what OCLC Research is currently doing in the area of data science research and development.
Topics: Metadata

Outcomes from the OCLC Research Library Partnership Web Archiving Metadata Working Group (video)
In this webinar, members of the OCLC Research Library Partnership Web Archiving Metadata Working Group focus on their recently issued recommendations for descriptive metadata that uniquely meet the needs of web content.
Topics: Metadata, Web Archiving, Research Library Partnership, Works in Progress

Best Practices for Descriptive Metadata for Web Archiving
Portland, Oregon (USA)
Dooley and colleagues share their work into best practices for metadata when archiving online materials, drawing from a report that comprehensively advises on these best practices.
Topics: Web Archiving, Metadata

Best Practices for Descriptive Metadata
London (UK)
Learn about how web archives are being used, the issues with discoverability, and best practices for web archiving descriptive metadata that are community-neutral and standards-neutral.
Topics: Metadata, Web Archiving