Unseen Labor

Tuesday, April 11, 2023
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Memorial Library

Join us for this exhibit in the Memorial Library through May 23.

Reception April 11th, 2:00-4:00 pm (second floor by the Lass Center)

Unseen Labor is an international library community-organizing embroidery project created by University of Massachusetts Amherst librarian Ann Kardos. Metadata work is not typically seen as creative work, but work that is guided by national standards, best practices, policies and guidelines in order to produce and maintain standard records for library resources that can be shared between institutions and vendors. Metadata librarians and catalogers create and maintain millions of library resources for our patrons, with whom we may rarely (if ever) interact, and we provide valuable backend support for our front-facing colleagues.