Mashcat holds a Twitter chat on the #mashcat hashtag every month or so.
If you would like to suggest a topic for the chat and/or moderate one, please edit this document. If you have questions about the chat, you can also contact Galen Charlton (@gmcharlt on Twitter and in the Slack).
Here is a list of the past and future chats:
| Date | Moderator | Summary | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 March 2015 | Galen Charlton (@gmcharlt) | Storify | Inaugural chat |
| 23 April 2015 | Erin Leach (@erinaleach) | Storify | How catalogers and library technologists can build better relationships |
| 21 May 2015 | Alison Hitchens (@ahitchens) | Storify | Discovery layers and metadata |
| 23 June 2015 | Becky Yoose (@yo_bj) | Storify | Linked open data |
| 22 July 2015 | Christina Harlow (@cm_harlow) | Storify | Systems migrations |
| 20 August 2015 | Dorothea Salo (@LibSkrat) | Storify | Metadata/libtech training and education |
| 17 September 2015 | Laurel Narizny (@ekelistic) | Storify | Critical approaches to library data and systems (AKA #critlib meets #mashcat) |
| 22 October 2015 | Christina Harlow (@cm_harlow) and Steven Folsom (@sf433) | Storify | Future of library authorities |
| 19 November 2015 | Mary Jinglewski (@mjingle) | Storify | Developing Skills past Library School |
| 17 December 2015 | Christine Schwartz (@caschwartz) | Storify | Use Cases: What exactly are the problems catalogers and metadata librarians want to solve with code? |
| 19 January 2016 | @chiuchiutrain | Storify (by @thomthomthom) | #mashcat crossover [with #critlib]: communication |
| 21 January 2016 | Dorothea Salo (@LibSkrat) | Storify | Data licensing and open data |
| 18 February 2016 | John Fink (@adr) | Storify | Communicating requirements and detecting IT brushoffs |
| 12 May 2016 | Galen Charlton (@gmcharlt) | Storify | Cataloging and coding as applied empathy |
| 16 June 2016 | Ethan Fenichel (@EthanDF) and Allison Jai O’Dell (@AllisonJaiODell) | Storify | Project management |
| 26 July 2016 | Violet Fox (@violetbfox) and Netanel Ganin (@OpOnions) | Storify | The inevitability of library authorities |
| 18 October 2016 | Dorothea Salo (@LibSkrat) | Storify | How public and academic libraries tackle metadata and IT |
| 13 December 2016 | Becky Yoose (@yo_bj) | Storify | Acquiring IT and data and the RFP/RFI process |
| 24 January 2017 | Erin Leach (@erinaleach) and Galen Charlton (@gmcharlt) | Current pressing concerns at the intersection of technology and library data. | |
| 28 February 2017 | Kathryn Lybarger (@zemkat) | Storify | Research data |
| 21 March 2017 | Christina Harlow (@cm_harlow) | Storify | Data modeling across bibliographic and digital data — where do BIBFRAME and PCDM (Portland Common Data Model) clash and what do we do |
| 16 May 2017 | Kate Deibel (@metageeky) | Storify | Metadata and accessibility |
| 18 July 2017 at 12:00 PDT / 15:00 EDT / 19:00 UTC | @dejah_thoris | Talent Funnels and the Changing Nature of Paraprofessional Labor |
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