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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI) / Research Library Partnership

Engaging in “Difficult Conversations” on race: lessons learned from an RLP team practice group

March 2, 2021March 2, 2021 - by Merrilee Proffitt - Leave a Comment

In June 2020, following the murder of George Floyd I felt overcome with sadness, anger, and a sense of powerlessness. Within my personal network I saw people reacting in a …

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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI) / Metadata

Towards respectful and inclusive description

December 17, 2020December 18, 2020 - by Merrilee Proffitt

Because of this and other learning opportunities, I have been reflecting on the land I live on, which is the unceded territory of the Chochenyo Ohlone. If you are curious …

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Archives and Special Collections / User Behavior Studies and Synthesis

OCLC Research and the National Finding Aid Network project

November 10, 2020November 10, 2020 - by Merrilee Proffitt

We are very pleased to share details about our involvement in the Building a National Finding Aid Network project, which has received funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. OCLC will be working with the University …

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Linked Data / Research Library Partnership / Wikimedia

Wikidata, Wikibase and the library linked data ecosystem: an OCLC Research Library Partnership discussion

September 17, 2020September 17, 2020 - by Merrilee Proffitt

In late July the OCLC Research Library Partnership convened a discussion that reflected on the current state of linked data. The discussion format was (for us) experimental — we invited …

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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI) / Wikimedia

Libraries think they are notable: Using WorldCat holdings data to fill gaps in Wikipedia

September 9, 2020September 11, 2020 - by Merrilee Proffitt

[This post was co-authored by Chris Cyr, Associate Research Scientist, OCLC Research] It is well established that there are gaps in coverage in Wikipedia. In response, a number of efforts …

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Archives and Special Collections / Linked Data / Research Library Partnership

Advancing linked data for archives and special collections: a new publication from the OCLC RLP

July 28, 2020July 27, 2020 - by Merrilee Proffitt

When we think about work in OCLC Research and in the OCLC Research Library Partnership, we take a number of different things into consideration. We think about how we are …

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WebJunction

Online training prepares library staff to address the civil legal justice gap

May 27, 2020September 3, 2020 - by Merrilee Proffitt

This blog post was contributed by WebJunction team members Brooke Doyle, Betha Gutsche and Dale Musselman. The WebJunction team of OCLC’s Research and Membership Division recently completed a very successful …

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Metadata

Кириллица в WorldCat

April 15, 2020April 15, 2020 - by Merrilee Proffitt

This post was written by OCLC staff members Jenny Toves, Bryan Baldus, and Mary Haessig. The title of the post is “Cyrillic alphabet in WorldCat”. Karen Smith-Yoshimura had an idea: …

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Miscellaneous

All of a sudden, I’m working from home. Now what do I do?

April 1, 2020April 1, 2020 - by Merrilee Proffitt - 1 Comment

Working from home is a new experience for many of us in the library community, and we are collectively facing challenges while not only “working from home” but also “homing …

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Wikimedia

WikiConference North America 2019: Reliability

November 13, 2019September 3, 2020 - by Merrilee Proffitt

Over the weekend I attended WikiConference North America in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This was my fourth time participating in this meeting, which is a wonderful gathering for Wikimedians as well as …

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