Jeffrey Pomerantz

Information scientist, founder, recovering academic. Author of Metadata and Standards, both from @mitpress. @[email protected]

[Jeffrey Pomerantz @jpom]

My recent article with @griffey was translated into Dutch. Zeker een primeur voor mij! https://t.co/lUIjPuvDLU

[Jeffrey Pomerantz @jpom]

@griffey and I have published a follow-up piece to our @mitpress book Standards. It’s… let’s just say it’s strongly worded. Three cheers for the press, for being so supportive. https://t.co/ZtMTPRdQ8x

[Jeffrey Pomerantz @jpom]

I’m really bad at self-promotion because so far all I’ve done is repost @griffey but today was the official release date of my our new book from @mitpress! https://t.co/NINtDzBkT5

[The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social @mitpress]

@letterlocking 📘 Standards
✍ Jeffrey Pomerantz (@jpom) & Jason Griffey

An engaging introduction to standards, the invisible infrastructure that shapes the built and digital environments of the modern world:
https://t.co/HvbqJjM735

[Jeffrey Pomerantz @jpom]

Hey Librarians! @griffey & I have a new book coming out March 2025 called _Standards_ from @mitpress
https://t.co/NINtDzBkT5
We think we've managed to write something fun & educational & even a bit provocative. Hoping it fits into your collection and is worth a pre-order!

[Jeffrey Pomerantz @jpom]

Taylor & Francis has a long history of contempt for authors & copyright-related greed. My own sorry little tale of getting scrod by T&F, from 2011 https://t.co/XXzEdHLmcA

[RD Pohl @RDPohl1]

Academic publisher Taylor & Francis, which owns Routledge, has sold access to its authors’ research as part of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) partnership with Microsoft—a deal worth almost £8m ($10m) in its first year. No compensation for the scholars

https://t.co/oHiROYiiRW

[Jeffrey Pomerantz @jpom]

@depthsofwiki MIT continuing the proud Boston tradition of throwing things into water that shouldn’t be there

[Jeffrey Pomerantz @jpom]

@lionel_trolling What are you trying to do with your custom domain? If you want to forward users from there to your newsletter, these instructions might be clearer https://t.co/oi1qkZ8eKH

[Jeffrey Pomerantz @jpom]

I wrote a long-form piece about communities migrating between online services. I wrote it a decade ago but it never got published. It seems relevant again, so I've resurrected it. A little dated but hopefully interesting. https://t.co/1H4MD8N38R

[Jeffrey Pomerantz @jpom]

@timelfen @csugimoto At a certain point it just doesn’t make sense to use the word metadata anymore. Anything & everything can be metadata if it refers to something else. Anything can be data if something else refers to it. This isn’t a problem of metadata, it’s a problem of language.

[Jeffrey Pomerantz @jpom]

@timelfen @csugimoto This is where user-generated metadata is useful, in this case, reviews. A bibliographic record is by design judgment-free. A record for Snakes on a Plane contains all the same data types as a record for Citizen Kane.

[Jeffrey Pomerantz @jpom]

@timelfen @csugimoto Thanks @csugimoto. Short answer @timelfen: No. Longer: Metadata is very trusting. Most schemas assume both the truth of the values & truthfulness of the source. The most suspicious any schema gets is a "literary warrant" element, eg, Term Source & Name Source in CDWA.

[Jeffrey Pomerantz @jpom]

@petersuber Also give to small local orgs, your $ will generally go further than to large orgs. E.g., https://t.co/16LIu8idAX

[Jeffrey Pomerantz @jpom]

@petersuber The organizations that received MacKenzie Scott's recent philanthropy were heavily vetted by Bridgespan, so you could do worse than to follow her lead.

[Jeffrey Pomerantz @jpom]

@petersuber https://t.co/pFFKbDzo4C has a star rating system

[Jeffrey Pomerantz @jpom]

What @griffey said! I’ve been wanting to have a reason to write with him for years. And thanks so much to @sylviamath and @mitpress

[Jeffrey Pomerantz @jpom]

@DCBPhDV2 The bee guy who removed a yellowjacket nest from our house this summer called wasps "jerks with wings."

[Jeffrey Pomerantz @jpom]

@ACMcCosker @BenMorgan47 Thanks for reading! I use "use" in that context because I'm using it as an adjective modifying "data." But I've seen "usage" used that way too. Mostly just trying to keep it simple. My editor also had a say too of course.

[James DeVaney @DeVaneyGoBlue]

"This situation (#COVID19) makes clear the potential of #XR for teaching and learning, but it also makes clear the fact that not all of the tools are in place for XR to be as useful in education as it could be." -@jpom @rodeworks @educause

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