The Caring Library: championing carers in the workplace, community and collections, Tim Buckle, Durham University https://nag.org.uk/development/caring/

"The Caring Library" - recording now up!

The recording for yesterday's webinar is now live open access at:
nag.org.uk/development/...
Many thanks to everyone who came and contributed to the discussion and of course to our speaker @timbuckle.bsky.social for a great session!

#NAGWebinarWeek 📚

We'll be starting our rescheduled #NAGWebinarWeek session "The Caring Library" very shortly. If you can't join, stay tuned to this thread!

And the recording of the #NAGWebinarWeek presentation on #Metadata in #Partnership is now available! nag.org.uk/development/...

My first post... And first time presenting for @uklibrariesnag.bsky.social!
It was lovely to talk about our work with such a positive, supportive group of people (with so many questions! 😂).
And a special thanks to Jennie at NAG for all of her amazing help before/during the session.
#NAGWebinarWeek

"Reading between the lines - promoting diversity and inclusion through curated book displays" with Dean Brown, Beth Lanigan and Cameron Fragoso, University of Salford with picture of the team and their book display on the right.

Q&A document, purchases list and EDI calendar now added to the recording page for "Reading Between the Lines" from last week's #NAGWebinarWeek with @salforduni.bsky.social
Open access for all at:
nag.org.uk/development/...
Huge thanks to Dean, Beth and Cameron for their extra work on this!

Map with a pin on Nottingham titled "Save the Date NAG Seminar 2026" 20 and 21 May, Albert Hall Nottingham more info https://nag.org.uk/2026-seminar/

That's a wrap! Thank you to everyone who attended or contributed to #NAGWebinarWeek 2025 and we hope to see lots of you in person at NAG Seminar and Forum in Nottingham in May 2026!
- 20th and 21st May 2026
- Albert Hall, Nottingham

More info: nag.org.uk/2026-seminar/
📚 #NAGcd16 #NAGplf26

For truly equitable metadata perhaps we need to look beyond ROI and catalogue the obscure titles with content outside of the mainstream first - personally that as a reader is the stuff I’m looking for! #NAGWebinarWeek

If more practical help from @annewelsh.bsky.social going through record examples would be popular let us know and it could be a future Forum session #NAGWebinarWeek

For copy cataloguing - if you find a similar seeming record - check the 130 field for alternative titles and the 300 for pagination - and compare to see if its your edition #NAGWebinarWeek

Small presses and diverse authors often lose out from discoverability in shelf ready metadata supply, NAG's own @stuhennigan.bsky.social given a shout out for his work with small presses and library catalogues #NAGWebinarWeek

Staff can analyse backlogs by keeping a photo of a title page with notes on challenges within the processes #NAGWebinarWeek

Often the person very good at cataloguing in a team is stereotyped as "the grumpy cataloguer" who are overworked - all libraries have backlogs! The average can be a third of the size of the collection #NAGWebinarWeek

Public libraries which wish to catalogue bibles - it can be hard to distinguish for copy cataloguing the correct edition and colleagues can get stuck! #NAGWebinarWeek

Example of Ben Johnson, a researcher expert could help Anne with knowing the extensive back catalogue to help her with cataloguing a backlog with expert knowledge #NAGWebinarWeek

@annewelsh.bsky.social estimate for an average catalogue record creation speed is 7 minutes per record! That's not counting subject headings or classification #NAGWebinarWeek

Where do library teams look for copy cataloguing outside of shelf ready? Going through other library discovery systems websites (through Worldcat or JISC library discover) for good practice. Eg. specialist art libraries will have good standards #NAGWebinarWeek

In library supply, titles can be split up by cataloguers or require a cataloguer with specialist subject knowledge. A mainstream record has better return on investment for supplier than an obscure item which may be acquired by just one library #NAGWebinarWeek

Due to popular demand and many queries @annewelsh.bsky.social is going to talk us through this issue! Intro: Shelf ready standards from suppliers work for most or all, but what are the local issues? Most items published in the UK with an ISBN can be shelf ready #NAGWebinarWeek

Starting now! Time to logon... What doesn't come shelf-ready and what do cataloguers do with it? #NAGWebinarWeek - We will be live posting so follow along and join the conversation

Here's the thread 🧵 from the joint @uomlibrary.bsky.social and @manchesterup.bsky.social presentation for #NAGWebinarWeek on #Metadata in Partnership

What Doesn’t Come Shelf-Ready and What Do Cataloguers Do With It? – National Acquisitions Group

Really looking forward to more from #NAGWebinarWeek tomorrow w/ What Doesn’t Come Shelf-Ready and What Do Cataloguers Do With It? w/ @annewelsh.bsky.social from Beginning Cataloguing.
booking info: nag.org.uk/event/welsh/ - free & open to all
I feel like it might open a can of shelf un-ready worms!

NAG Webinar Week:Beyond the Stacks: A Sneak Peek into Library Staff Engagement with Job Shadowing with Ayesha Thompson, Chris Addleton and Cristina Rusu Thursday 20 Nov 2pm Book now: https://nag.org.uk/event/shadowing/ Free webinar #NAGWebinarWeek Image of hands holding jigsaw pieces

Tomorrow: NAG Webinar Week-
Beyond the Stacks: A Sneak Peek into Library Staff Engagement with Job Shadowing with Ayesha Thompson, Chris Addleton and Cristina Rusu
Thursday 20 Nov 2pm
Book now: nag.org.uk/event/shadow...
Free and open to all!
#NAGWebinarWeek

A lot of appreciation from the "MARC nerds" in the room at the quality of metadata shared in the demonstration #NAGWebinarWeek

Demystification from librarians on how authority control identifiers can we added within catalogue records during #NAGWebinarWeek

A question from the audience - where can linked data be within a record? Within 710 tag the authority name and URLs can be included #NAGWebinarWeek

Metadata is no longer done, locked and finished, it needs engagement and reviewing, publishers who in the past may have just looked at the start, the Library can review and show how the discoverability end reaches end users #NAGWebinarWeek

Investigations into how generative AI can contribute to metadata creation, with caution about hallucinations can be explored by @manchesterup.bsky.social and the Library together #NAGWebinarWeek

Content aggregators and bibliographic data aggregators in the supply chain from external publishers can lead to metadata be locked and restricted for reuse, or even be unclear on openness #NAGWebinarWeek

Metadata from conversion can lack elements and interoperability if standards change or files are converted rather than library quality metadata isn't controlled #NAGWebinarWeek

@manchesterup.bsky.social MARC21 records come linked data ready with ISNI, VIAF and Worldcat identifiers in all records as standard. Accessibility notes meeting recent legislation are being added about the accessibility quality of content listing WCAG standards #NAGWebinarWeek