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  1. #OpenRepo2019 Glasgow School of Art as an example of a small specialist institution and how they address the issues of arts research in repositories (specifically non-text outputs). They're using the example of an exhibition by Nicky Bird called "Heritage Site" (2016).
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      #OpenRepo2019 Bird's personal website catalogues a lot of the exhibition and is one example of a research 'output' that is not a traditional publication nickybird.com/projects/heritage-site-2014-2016/
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        #OpenRepo2019 Back to the limits of language: the language of 'authors' and 'co-authors' doesn't work for artistic collaborations and doesn't get across the actual role of people working together on creative works.
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          #OpenRepo2019 Using @HaploRepo, Westminster were able to rename fields in order to better reflect how researchers view their research and the metadata for their research. This goes a long way to creating an inclusive environment for non-STEM research outputs.
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            #OpenRepo2019 As well as linguistic, there are technical problems around this area. Schemas are often not relevant for arts or not applied effectively. Subject categories and subject headings (specifically LCSH) also implicitly biased towards STEM rather than art.