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Summary of MDG Session, 03-10-11

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Jennifer A. Liss

Articles discussed:

Doctorow, Cory. (2001) “Metacrap: putting the torch to seven straw-men of the meta-utopia.” Available online at http://www.well.com/~doctorow/metacrap.htm
Ardö, Anders. (2010) “Can We Trust Web Page Metadata?” Journal of Library Metadata, 10: 1, 58-74. Available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19386380903547008.

Moderator: Dot Porter, Associate Director for Digital Library Content & Services, Digital Library Program

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Summary of MDG Session, 02-03-11

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Jennifer A. Liss

Article discussed: Ascher, James P. (Fall 2009) “Progressing toward Bibliography; or, Organic Growth in the Bibliographic Record.” RBM: a Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage vol. 10, no. 2. Available online at http://progressivebibliography.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/95.pdf.

Moderators: Lori Dekydtspotter, Rare Books and Special Collections Cataloger, Lilly Library and Whitney Buccicone, Literature Cataloger, Lilly Library

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