Please join us for the August MetaChat (Thursday, 8/7, 3-4PM EST) a follow up to our lively Annual Meeting program where we discussed the Re-Envisioning MDOS report.
The Metadata and Digital Object Section (MDOS) is the third largest section of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) with over 830 members as of June 2025. Despite this, MDOS experienced declining rates of involvement and engagement with its membership for a number of years.
To better understand the issues behind this low engagement and to determine how the section could better support both the needs of its members and SAA at large, the MDOS Steering Committee launched Re-Envisioning MDOS. This initiative had the following goals:
1-Better understand member perceptions of MDOS
2-Improve member engagement
3-Determine how the section can make significant contributions to members' professional engagement and development
From 2022-2025, members of the MDOS Steering Committee convened virtual focus group sessions, analyzed the results, and published a report analyzing the findings.
The discussion is open to all; please register here, if you can make it.
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Jaime Margalotti
Archival Metadata Librarian
University of Delaware
Newark DE
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