U.S. Intellectual History Blog

The Idea of…Metadata?

Greetings S-USIH! I’m Katherine Jewell, the recently appointed new blog editor. You might also know me as the recent co-chair of S-USIH 2022 in Boston, with Ben Alpers. After taking the helm at the blog, I launched into conference planning, but we have been engaged in many discussions behind the scenes about our metadata at the blog.

We have…a lot of tags and categories! In consultation with publications chair Robert Greene, and with help from a content strategist, I’ve come up with a plan to help feature — and find (!) — all of the rich content produced in ten+ years of blogging at S-USIH. I am currently working on putting this plan into action, alongside some new ideas resources.

All of our content will remain on the blog, but you may see some changes to navigation as we implement this new system Since I’m a radio scholar, it seems right to say STAY TUNED for more announcements and some calls for content after the changes are complete! And if you have content to contribute, please reach out to me at [email protected].

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