Filling our cups at the home office water cooler
A few weeks ago I learned that Crystal, an OCLC colleague I barely knew, loves to play board games, that she and her husband just became empty nesters (like my …
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Working across campus is like herding flaming cats
Do you work at a university? If so, did you know that you work in a complex, adaptive system? And did you know that that makes it hard to build …
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The REALM project: What we’ve learned and what’s next
When the REALM project began in April 2020, little was known about the COVID-19 virus. Now, more than a year later, REALM has completed eight laboratory tests, synthesized emerging research …
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‘Reimagine Descriptive Workflows’ in libraries and archives
In the OCLC Research Library Partnership, we have a practice of “Learning Together” – we listen for issues that form a shared challenge space within our global partnership, then we …
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Join us for the Total Cost of Stewardship / #OCLC_TCoS Twitter Chat!
On May 20th from noon-1pm PDT / 3-4pm EDT / 8-9pm BST, we are hosting a Twitter chat inspired by our recent report Total Cost of Stewardship: Responsible Collection Building …
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Identifiers / Infrastructure and Standards Support / Linked Data / Metadata / Renovating Descriptive Practice
Next-generation metadata and the semantic continuum
Many thanks to Titia van der Werf, OCLC, for writing the majority of this blog post. On 13 April 2021, the Closing Plenary webinar took place to synthesize the OCLC Research Discussion …
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The Total Cost of Stewardship Tool Suite
I recently shared our excitement about a new publication from OCLC Research, Total Cost of Stewardship: Responsible Collection Building in Archives and Special Collections. The publication itself is not just …
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Nederlandse ronde tafel sessie over next generation metadata: Denk groter dan NACO en WorldCat
Met dank aan Ellen Hartman, OCLC, voor het vertalen van de oorspronkelijke Engelstalige blogpost. Op 8 maart 2021 werd een Nederlandse ronde tafel discussie georganiseerd als onderdeel van de OCLC …
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Recognizing bias in research data – and research data management
As the COVID pandemic grinds on, vaccinations are top of mind. A recent article published in JAMA Network Open examined whether vaccination clinical trials over the last decade adequately represented …
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Archives and Special Collections / Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI) / Linked Data / Metadata / Research Library Partnership / Research support / SHARES / Social Interoperability
Accomplishments and priorities for the OCLC Research Library Partnership
With 2021 well underway, the OCLC Research Library Partnership is as active as ever. We are heartened by the positive feedback and engagement our Partners have provided in response to …
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