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2024 Webinar Schedule


  • Fields of Dreams: Best Practices for Metadata Management

    Oct 10, 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM (ET)
    Presentation: Developing Metadata Standards with BACKER Speaker: Taylor Chase, Processing Archivist, Nevada State Archives Summary: This presentation will cover the accessioning and processing processes for the standardization of metadata of born-digital records at the Nevada State Archives as created through the BACKER project. These workflows were created in consideration of the challenges of limited staff and resources available to work with digital records. Presentation: Metadata for Electronic Records at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission Speaker: Brian Thomas, Electronic Records Archivist, Texas State Library and Archives Commission Summary: Discovery in the Texas Digital Archive is built upon robust and highly standardized metadata, but sometimes standardized doesn't cover it. In this presentation Brian will discuss the method by which standardized and agency-provided metadata is handled to maximize discoverability and contextualization of records Presentation: NARA’s Metadata Guidance Summary: Four experienced NARA professionals will discuss four key parts of NARA’s metadata strategy: Transfer metadata guidance; digitization standards; guidance on metadata for classified records; and NARA’s approach to metadata guidance for other federal agencies. Speakers: Kevin De Vorsey (He, Him), Senior Digital Records Policy Analyst Michael Horsley (He, Him), Senior Digital Records Policy Analyst Anne Mason (She, Her), Senior Digital Records Policy Analyst John Martinez (He, Him), Supervisory Digital Records Policy Analyst The webinar will also feature moderator Nick Connizzo (CoSA, BACKER Grant Administrator) and the unveiling of the annual Electronic Records Day poster from SERI Tools and Resources Chair Josh Hackel (Illinois State Archives). #SERIWebinar #CoSAWebinar #ERDayEvents