A collective perspective on print books in the US and Canada
According to a new study just released by the Pew Research Center, print books are still the most popular format for American readers. That’s good news, because according to a …
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Exploring Canadiana: A Use Case for Wikidata
My colleagues Jean Godby, Karen Smith-Yoshimura, and Bruce Washburn, along with a host of partners, have just released Creating Library Linked Data with Wikibase: Lessons Learned from Project Passage, a …
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RLP Research Data Management Interest Group: Acquiring RDM Services for Your Institution
The OCLC Research Library Partnership’s community exploration of research data management (RDM) concluded in December with the third and final installment of a three-part webinar series based on our Realities …
Read More RLP Research Data Management Interest Group: Identifying and Acting on Incentives When Planning RDM Services
The OCLC Research Library Partnership’s community exploration of research data management (RDM) continued with the second installment of a three-part webinar series based on our Realities of Research Data Management project. …
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Happy World Digital Preservation Day! (Research Data Edition)
Today is World Digital Preservation Day (WDPD), a cherished tradition since … 2017. As part of the festivities, a host of individuals with connections to the digital preservation community were …
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A few months ago, the OCLC Research Library Partnership launched a community exploration of research data management (RDM) services, featuring a three-part webinar series, an Interest Group, a set of …
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NEW: The Realities of Research Data Management: Part Three Now Available!
A new year heralds a new RDM report! Check out Incentives for Building University RDM Services, the third report in OCLC Research’s four-part series exploring the realities of research data …
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NEW: The Realities of Research Data Management: Part Two Now Available!
We are excited to announce the release of Scoping the University RDM Service Bundle, the second report in OCLC Research’s four-part series exploring the realities of research data management. This …
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On Librarians and RDM …
Discussions about libraries often elevate their subject to the status of an animate being, à la “libraries are expanding their range of research support services”, or “libraries must do a …
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The Realities of Research Data Management: Part One Now Available!
Check out the new OCLC Research report A Tour of the Research Data Management (RDM) Service Space, the first in a four-part series exploring the realities of research data management. …
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