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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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Reader advisory: I have retained British spelling as supplied by contributors. Some of the questions posed during the webinar have been edited for clarity. The CARE Principles for Indigenous Data …
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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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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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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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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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[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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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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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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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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