Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate what metadata elements for access
points currently exist to represent diverse library reading materials, either in libraries or from …

Archives are responsible for presenting historical materials to users while also placing them
in context. Historical individuals and their identities pose specific challenges for the archive …

This paper reports on the application of entification to collections of archival metadata.
Entification refers to the identification of the entities described in information objects and …

Introduction: Topical metadata for historical digital collections is primarily generated using
contemporary terminologies. One key challenge with these controlled vocabulary terms is …

This research explores temporal concept drift and temporal alignment in knowledge
organization systems (KOS). A comparative analysis is pursued using the 1910 Library of …

This paper presents a use case exploring the application of the Archival Resource Key
(ARK) persistent identifier for promoting and maintaining ontologies. In particular we look at …

While historical cultural materials inform users of the past, they may also contain language
that perpetuates long-entrenched patterns of discrimination. In organizing and providing …

Collections of digitized, historical images serve as rich primary sources for digital humanities
research, though access to these resources has been hindered by inadequate subject …