A Dream of a Thousand Library Cats
“Little one, I would like to see anyone – prophet, king, or God – persuade a thousand cats to do anything at the same time.” Neil Gaiman, from The Sandman: …
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Print Redux?
The pandemic experience underscores that print collections still are highly valued, and will continue to have a significant role in library futures.
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Collaborating to better understand collaboration
The following post is part of a series highlighting the OCLC Research project Library Collaboration in Research Data Management. A successful collaboration depends on surrounding yourself with good partners. We took this …
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The interoperability imperative: Separated by a common language?
This blog is part of a series related to the Library Collaboration in RDM research project at OCLC Research. In a recent post, I described the interoperability imperative as a key element …
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The interoperability imperative in research support
The “dictionary definition” of interoperability is the “ability of a system … to work with or use the parts or equipment of another system.” Boiling this definition down to its …
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OpArt: The Art Research Collective Collection in Motion
Optical art – Op Art for short – explores the illusion of movement in two-dimensional spaces. To create the impression that the images on a canvas are in motion – …
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Social interoperability: Getting to know all about you
Building and sustaining productive cross-campus partnerships in support of the university research enterprise is both necessary and fraught with challenges. Social interoperability – the creation and maintenance of working relationships …
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Fill your social interoperability toolbox
Social interoperability – the creation and maintenance of working relationships across individuals and organizational units that promote collaboration, communication, and mutual understanding – is important. But it can be hard …
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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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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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