I {heart} Meetings... (Don\u27t Stop Believin\u27)

A presentation given at the December meeting of the Five College Cataloging & Metadata Group, regarding running better and more effective meetings

Using Art to Advocate for Your Work

Art allows us to translate information into a format that others can engage with and understand creatively. I’ll discuss a library community-organizing embroidery project that I launched to share the experiences of catalogers and metadata professionals, with the goal to gain support and advocacy from our non-technical services colleagues. The pieces resulted in an exhibition, currently on display, which showcases the works of librarians from 20 states, Canada and the United Kingdom

Creating a Sustainable Workflow for Converting Online Finding Aids into MARC Records

Data regarding library collections exists in many locations. While this often works for those researchers who know what they\u27re looking for, one institution created a plan to convert online finding aids into MARC records for the discovery layer. The project makes additional avenues to discover unique collections but also gives opportunities to create Library of Congress name authority records for distinct entities or hidden individuals and groups. This project became a model for standardization of this work across the consortium, and brought together stakeholders from metadata, special collections, archives, digital collections and library IT

Unseen Labor: An ATG Interview with Ann Kardos and Gretchen Neidhardt

Ann Kardos, creator of the Unseen Labor project, sought to tackle the mysteries of metadata work in a visual way. She invited colleagues to visually illustrate the story of metadata labor through stitching. ATG occasional contributor, Ramune Kubilius, asked some questions in order to learn more about this interesting, multi-faceted project

OLAC Best Practices for Cataloging DVD-Video and Blu-ray Discs, Objects, Streaming Media, and Video Games Using the Original RDA Toolkit and MARC 21

The OLAC Unified Best Practices Guide brings together the current published best practice guides into a single best practices guide that incorporates Best Practices for Cataloging DVD-Video and Blu-ray Discs Using RDA and MARC21, Best Practices for Cataloging Objects Using RDA and MARC 21, Best Practices for Cataloging Streaming Media Using RDA and MARC21, and Best Practices for Cataloging Video Games Using RDA and MARC21

Full MARC Examples to Accompany OLAC Best Practices for Cataloging DVD-Video and Blu- ray Discs, Objects, Streaming Media, and Video Games Using the Original RDA Toolkit and MARC 21

Examples of MARC 21 catalog records to accompany the OLAC Best Practices for Cataloging DVD-Video and Blu-ray Discs, Objects, Streaming Media, and Video Games Using the Original RDA Toolkit and MARC 21

Volume 43, Number 2, June 2023 OLAC Newsletter

Digitized June 2023 issue of the OLAC Newsletter

A Consensus Molecular Classification of Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer

Background: Muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) is a molecularly diverse disease with heterogeneous clinical outcomes. Several molecular classifications have been proposed, but the diversity of their subtype sets impedes their clinical application. Objective: To achieve an international consensus on MIBC molecular subtypes that reconciles the published classification schemes. Design, setting, and participants: We used 1750 MIBC transcriptomic profiles from 16 published datasets and two additional cohorts. Outcome measurements and statistical analysis: We performed a network-based analysis of six independent MIBC classification systems to identify a consensus set of molecular classes. Association with survival was assessed using multivariable Cox models. Results and limitations: We report the results of an international effort to reach a consensus on MIBC molecular subtypes. We identified a consensus set of six molecular classes: luminal papillary (24%), luminal nonspecified (8%), luminal unstable (15%), stroma-rich (15%), basal/squamous (35%), and neuroendocrine-like (3%). These consensus classes differ regarding underlying oncogenic mechanisms, infiltration by immune and stromal cells, and histological and clinical characteristics, including outcomes. We provide a single-sample classifier that assigns a consensus class label to a tumor sample's transcriptome. Limitations of the work are retrospective clinical data collection and a lack of complete information regarding patient treatment. Conclusions: This consensus system offers a robust framework that will enable testing and validation of predictive biomarkers in future prospective clinical trials. Patient summary: Bladder cancers are heterogeneous at the molecular level, and scientists have proposed several classifications into sets of molecular classes. While these classifications may be useful to stratify patients for prognosis or response to treatment, a consensus classification would facilitate the clinical use of molecular classes. Conducted by multidisciplinary expert teams in the field, this study proposes such a consensus and provides a tool for applying the consensus classification in the clinical setting. An international consortium of bladder cancer expert teams establishes a consensus reconciling the diverse molecular classifications of muscle-invasive bladder cancer. This work offers a robust framework that will enable testing and validating predictive biomarkers in future prospective clinical trials

Unseen Labor

Unseen Labor is an international library community-organizing embroidery project created by Ann Kardos, a metadata librarian at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Ann conceived of the project to ask library cataloging and metadata professionals to examine their stories and experiences centering unseen labor, both physical and emotional. It was posted on three metadata and cataloging listservs in the fall of 2021 and received a great response. There are approximately 60 metadata creators following the project, from all over the United States (including Alaska and Hawaii), Canada and the United Kingdom. The group represents a wide variety of libraries and services, including academic, public and museum libraries, archives and non-profit library groups. Contributors were asked to create a cross stitch or embroidery piece that would share a story about unseen labor, experiences in our libraries, our work, projects we’re proud of and more