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DPLAfest 2015 took place on April 17-18, 2015 in Indianapolis, bringing together over 300 to discuss everything from technology and development, to (e)books, law, genealogy, and education. The annual DPLAfest celebration will appeal to teachers and students, librarians, archivists, museum professionals, developers and technologists, publishers and authors, genealogists, and members of the public alike who are interested in an engaging mix of interactive workshops, hands-on activities, hackathons, discussions with community leaders and practitioners, and more. To join the conversation on Twitter, check out #dplafest

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Saturday, April 18 • 11:15am - 12:00pm
Can Metadata be Quantified? -- Analytics for Libraries

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This presentation will summarize preliminary results of research into a quantitative analysis of metadata quality, using DPLA metadata as a test case. Data pre-processing, including converting metadata into a numeric representation of "completeness" and merging with Google Analytics data, will be discussed. Visualizations will be demonstrated, including representations of "usage" drawn from Google Analytics, comparison of metadata characteristics across hubs, and identification of unusual, "outlier" values. Finally, the presentation will outline next steps and initial work on analyzing and visualizing the content of metadata fields, applying natural language processing techniques, and evaluating that content's relationship to Google Analytics usage.

Visual accompanyment to Corey's presentation: http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/chrpr/dpla-analytics/blob/master/nltk/demo.ipynb

Notes available at https://drive.google.com/open?id=17CV6JHXhArzw6B8WUdAsuUXlFGpiVouSB-1Ttw241H0&authuser=1


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Corey Harper

Metadata Services Librarian, New York University
Corey Harper is a Metadata Services Librarian at New York University.



Saturday April 18, 2015 11:15am - 12:00pm EDT
IUPUI University Library: UL Room 1126 755 W Michigan St, Indianapolis, IN 46202

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