Advice from the Trenches: You’re Not Alone
Assessment projects can be intimidating and overwhelming. I have these same thoughts each time I begin a new project. I wonder if my data collection tools will be effective in …
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The rise of Wikidata as a linked data source
As I analyze the responses to the OCLC Research 2018 International Linked Data Survey for Implementers, I’m looking out for significant differences with the responses to the previous, 2015 survey. …
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Advice from linked data implementers
The 2018 International Linked Data Survey for Implementers (announced in this 17 April 2018 HangingTogether blog post) attracted responses from 81 institutions in 20 countries. Together they described 104 linked …
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Terms of use for finding aids: the time to open up has come!
Sometimes projects take a long time to come to fruition. An excellent (and recent) example of this is the Terms of Use and Re-Use for Finding Aid Metadata project which was launched …
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Evaluating and Sharing Library Impact–with the OCLC Research Library Partnership
The OCLC Research Library Partnership recently held the first virtual meetings of its newly-launched Library Assessment Interest Group, and engaged RLP members from locales worldwide, including the US, Canada, the …
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Mini-symposium on RDM in Leiden
Last month, OCLC Research organized a mini-symposium on Research Data Management (RDM) at OCLC’s European Headquarters in Leiden. Around twenty RDM experts from SURFsara, DANS, TU-Delft, Leiden University, Wageningen University …
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Representing works and their translations in Wikibase
The cream of the world’s culture and heritage is shared by being translated—it’s how we learn about other cultures and how other cultures learn about us. I’ve long been interested …
Read More What’s changed in linked data implementations in the last three years?
OCLC Research conducted an “International Linked Data Survey for Implementers” in 2014 and 2015, attracting responses from a total of 90 institutions in 20 countries. In the 2015 survey, 168 …
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What metadata managers expect from and value about the Research Library Partnership
That was the topic discussed recently by OCLC Research Library Partners metadata managers, initiated by Roxanne Missingham of Australian National University, John Riemer of University of California, Los Angeles, and …
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Are distributed models for vocabulary maintenance viable?
That was the topic discussed recently by OCLC Research Library Partners metadata managers, initiated by Steven Folsom of Cornell University and Stephen Hearn of the University of Minnesota. Metadata practitioners can …
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