Tag: metadata
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Digital Archiving Tip: How to Extract Embedded Media from PowerPoints
November 07, 2017
Converting PowerPoint presentations into PDFs will provide a better format for long-term preservation in digital archives. However, this will lose any animations, transitions, and embedded...
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Whitewashing Cultural Heritage Collections
September 12, 2017
Is there a word for something that you don’t know, but you really do know? That’s how I felt during Dr. Kimberly Christen’s webinar hosted...
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Linked Data: What New Catalogers Need to Know
June 11, 2016
This post focuses on linked data and what new catalogers need to know. Catalogers working in technical services now are expected to adapt to changing...
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Library Metadata Specialist – Accidental Computer Programmer
June 16, 2015
So by accident or design you found yourself in a position that involves computer programming. A common situation for library metadata specialists. I recall projects...