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The benefits of volunteering as a #CityLIS student – an insight into my experience working with ISKO UK

This post is primarily aimed at fellow #CityLIS students but may also be useful for anyone with an interest in knowledge organisation (KO), especially taxonomy.  MSc Information Science students at #CityLIS are regularly offered the opportunity to volunteer for various...

What else can we do with data?

The Digital Information Technology and Architectures 2016 module at #citylis is drawing to a close.  As I reflect on all of the interesting topics that we have covered this term, it is difficult to select just one to focus on. ...

Linked Data and how it relates to LIS

Welcome Back!  In my last post "Demystifying Metadata" I introduced the basics of metadata covering the history, usage, various types and extent to which it is analysed today. Our classes over the past few weeks have been building on these...

Demystifying Metadata

“Metadata is a map.  Metadata is a means by which the complexity of an object is represented in a simpler form.” Jeffrey Pomerantz, Metadata 2015 (page 12) Welcome to this Digital Technology & Architecture blog.  Why have I chosen to...