February 6, 2019 MDOS Steering Committee Meeting

MDOS Steering Committee Meeting

2019-02-06

Present:

Agenda items/notes:

• Special Election

  • Is it possible to select two co-chairs, one to take the position immediately and one to take the position that Blake will vacate this summer?  Blake will check with SAA.

• Finalizing metadata resources page

  • Aaron will work on updating resources page - perhaps add a downloadable link to the legacy spreadsheet. Will send to Blake once finished for approval.

• Collaborating with WAS for a 2-part event (proposal has changed since last message):

• From WAS steering committee:

• One idea that we discussed was hosting a debate on a topic related to both sections.  Our secretary, Kelsey has proposed the following: For the Annual Meeting, let's host a debate between 2-4 panelists who take a position about descriptive metadata and web archives. Possible prompts include:

  • Each web archives' seed should/should not have a full descriptions at item-level.

  • Defend your metadata standard of choice for describing web archives (Dublin Core, VRA, local, etc.)

  • The OCLC's Descriptive Metadata for Web Archiving does/does not provide sufficient descriptive practices and standards for web archiving.

  • We should/should not standardize descriptive accessioning practices for web archives.

• Panelists will be assigned a "pro" or "con" position and encouraged to strongly state their case (even if they personally/professionally don't agree with it) using a logical argument

• MDOS agreed on having a 1.5hr debate event, with one additional comment: the organizing team should consider narrowing the topics or questions to ensure that the discussion is guided in the right direction. Another idea: leaving some time at the end for open forum, where audience members can participate in the debate or share a dilemma/issue related to the subjects covered.

• Organizing group for the annual meeting debate event: Courtney, Elisa, and Blake (minor tasks as assigned).

Next meeting: March 11, 2019 @3pm central