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OCLC brings libraries together. Those of us who work here think about how libraries and the people and services that make up libraries combine into networks and into communities to …
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Read about the collective thoughts of RDM professionals in 8 countries, collected in a facilitation discussion hosted by OCLC and LIBER.
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The following post is one in a regular series on issues of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility, compiled by a team of OCLC contributors. Guidelines for First Nations Collection Description Last week …
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In this edition: Describing Star Trek-related fanzines with Homosaurus; U. Calgary’s Indigenous Authors Collection; LGBTQ+ Read-Out at Mississippi State University; NNLM webinar on medical libraries’ role in racial science.
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Archives Month 2023 is coming to an end in the US. If you want to get caught up on our posts celebrating the interesting things we learned about archives and …
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The following post is part of an ongoing series about the OCLC-LIBER “Building for the future” program. We are living in an era of unprecedented change. In this challenging environment, research libraries …
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Some people celebrate Halloween by watching scary movies. Others dress in costumes. As a cataloger, I celebrate by sharing my favorite Halloween-themed subject headings and genre/form terms from Library of …
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In my last Archives Month post, I reflected on the shift in practice related to allowing researchers to use cameras in special collections reading rooms, and what this has meant …
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The following post is one in a regular series on issues of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility, compiled by a team of OCLC contributors. Supporting communities through library classification The Bristow Public …
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This is the fourth in a series of blog posts exploring the Open landscape and OCLC’s place within it. This post presents some reflections on library management systems and different …
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