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Author: Annette Dortmund

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Identifiers / Linked Data / Metadata / Metadata Managers / Research Library Partnership

Linked data for metadata operations: An RLP Product Insights session summary

April 10, 2025April 11, 2025 - by Annette Dortmund - Leave a Comment

In a OCLC RLP Products Insights session, metadata experts met to explore challenges, options and potential future scenarios for linked data in library workflows with an eye to improving metadata operations.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Linked Data / Metadata / Metadata Managers / Research Library Partnership

Activating URIs in linky MARC: an OCLC RLP discussion summary

March 20, 2025March 20, 2025 - by Annette Dortmund - Leave a Comment

As libraries work to a linked data future there are challenges in activating URIs within MARC records due to time constraints, tool limitations, and uncertainty about user needs. In a recent OCLC RLP discussion, metadata experts explored the technical, social, and AI-driven aspects of integrating linked data into library workflows.

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OCLC metadata discussion series
Identifiers / Infrastructure and Standards Support / Linked Data / Metadata / Renovating Descriptive Practice

Next-generation metadata and the semantic continuum

May 3, 2021April 30, 2021 - by Annette Dortmund

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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OCLC metadata discussion series
Infrastructure and Standards Support / Linked Data / Metadata / Renovating Descriptive Practice

Deutschsprachige Gesprächsrunde zu Metadaten der nächsten Generation: Formate, Kontexte und Lücken

March 26, 2021April 13, 2021 - by Annette Dortmund

Vielen Dank an Petra Löffel, OCLC, für die Übersetzung dieses im Original englischsprachigen Blogposts. Im Rahmen der Diskussionsserie zu Metadaten der nächsten Generation berichtet dieser Blogpost von der deutschen Gesprächsrunde …

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OCLC metadata discussion series
Infrastructure and Standards Support / Linked Data / Metadata / Renovating Descriptive Practice

German round table on next-generation metadata: Formats, contexts and deficits

March 26, 2021March 25, 2021 - by Annette Dortmund

As part of the discussion series on Next Generation Metadata, this blog post reports back from the German language round table discussion held in the morning of March 10, 2021. (A …

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OCLC metadata discussion series
Infrastructure and Standards Support / Linked Data / Metadata / Renovating Descriptive Practice

Tavola rotonda italiana sui metadati di nuova generazione: interoperabilità, sostenibilità e molto altro

March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 - by Annette Dortmund

Grazie a Sabrina Masoli, OCLC, per la traduzione del post originale in lingua inglese. Nell’ambito della serie di discussioni sui metadati di nuova generazione, questo post presenta i temi affrontati …

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OCLC metadata discussion series
Infrastructure and Standards Support / Linked Data / Metadata / Renovating Descriptive Practice

Second English round table on next generation metadata: Silos and other challenges

March 22, 2021March 23, 2021 - by Annette Dortmund

As part of the discussion series on Next Generation Metadata, this blog post reports back from the second English language round table discussion held in the afternoon of March 10, …

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OCLC metadata discussion series
Infrastructure and Standards Support / Linked Data / Metadata / Renovating Descriptive Practice

Italian round table on next generation metadata: Interoperability, Sustainability and More

March 19, 2021March 25, 2021 - by Annette Dortmund

As part of the discussion series on Next Generation Metadata, this blog post reports back from the Italian language round table discussion that took place on March 2, 2021.  (Edit: An …

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