Cursive cross-stich on gray background saying: "Metadata is a public service!" with "metadata" in green, "is a" in white, and "public service" in yellow. Top and bottom border of white rectangles and 2 orange books and 1 blue one in between them.
Art

Exhibit: “Unseen Labor”


                         

Event Details


Science and Engineering Library

740 North Pleasant Street

Amherst MA 01003



Free

Event Website


Contact

Ann Kardos

UMass Amherst Libraries

annk@library.umass.edu

413-545-6889

A library community-organizing art project created by UMass Amherst metadata librarian Ann Kardos. The exhibit consists of cross stitch and embroidery pieces that share stories about libraries, the theme of unseen labor, the work that metadata librarians do, projects they are proud of, and more. The project represents approximately 35 creators from a wide variety of libraries: academic, public, museum libraries, and archives, from all over the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom. The exhibition catalog can be viewed online at: bit.ly/UnseenLabor.

Reception: Friday, February 4, 2-4 p.m., Science and Engineering Library*

*Please click here for COVID event guidelines.