This 90 minute workshop is part of the Careers in Library and Information Science week-long exploration held at Bryn Mawr College in May 2019. It is designed to be an introduction to the field of metadata librarianship. Participants will gain a basic understanding of what metadata is; what a metadata librarian does; and some of the major challenges and considerations surrounding metadata creation and use. The majority of time will be devoted to a hands-on training in basic cleaning and validation of metadata using OpenRefine.
After the workshop you can take a deeper dive into these concepts by reviewing the resources provided here.
| Time | Activity | Material |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 9:15 am | Presentation | Slides |
| 9:15 - 9:40 am | OpenRefine - Importing and Cleaning Data | Instructions |
| 9:40 - 10:00 am | OpenRefine - Validating and Exporting Data | Instructions |
| 10:00 - 10:30 am | Questions & Practice on your own | Practice exercise |
OpenRefine is a powerful tool that provides a graphical-interface for working with messy data, including tools for cleaning and enriching imported data; transforming data from one format into another; extending with web services; and connecting to external data. Please install OpenRefine on your laptop prior to the workshop. Follow the instructions here.
Parts of this workshop are borrowed from the DLF Metadata Analysis Workshop held during the 2018 DLF Forum and available here. These instructional materials are available under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Feel free to reuse these materials according to these license terms.