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Author: Merrilee Proffitt

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

Casting a different net: Diversifying print monograph collecting in research libraries

March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 - by Merrilee Proffitt - Leave a Comment

This blog post is co-authored by Mercy Procaccini. Thanks to team members Constance Malpas and Claire Holloway who helped develop research questions and gave useful feedback as this project developed …

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Museums / Research Library Partnership

Celebrating Museum Library Week with the OCLC RLP

January 26, 2023January 26, 2023 - by Merrilee Proffitt - Leave a Comment

In case you missed it, it is #MuseumLibraryWeek, hosted on social media by Thomas J. Watson Library (at the Metropolitan Museum of Art) and at Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. Both …

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Research Library Partnership

Welcome to Richard Urban!

August 25, 2022August 25, 2022 - by Merrilee Proffitt - 2 Comments.

Please join me in giving a warm welcome to our newest team member, Richard Urban! Richard joins OCLC from the Corning Museum of Glass, Rakow Research Library where he served …

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Archives and Special Collections / User Behavior Studies and Synthesis

Encoded Archival Standards: a view from ArchiveGrid and NAFAN research

August 24, 2022August 24, 2022 - by Merrilee Proffitt

On August 3, Chela Weber and I had an opportunity to participate in the joint annual (and this year virtual) meeting of the Society of American Archivists Encoded Archival Standards …

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Metadata / Research Library Partnership

Welcome to OCLC, Kathryn Stine!

November 30, 2021December 1, 2021 - by Merrilee Proffitt

We are very excited to introduce new team member, Kathryn Stine, Senior Program & Engagement Officer, Data Science & Next-generation Metadata. Kathryn comes to OCLC from the California Digital Library where she worked as …

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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI) / Metadata

Reimagine Descriptive Workflows: meeting the challenges of inclusive description in shared infrastructure

July 22, 2021August 4, 2021 - by Merrilee Proffitt - 1 Comment

In a previous blog post, I told you about our Reimagine Descriptive Workflows project, and the path we took to get there. In that post, I shared the three objectives …

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

‘Reimagine Descriptive Workflows’ in libraries and archives

May 6, 2021May 5, 2021 - by Merrilee Proffitt

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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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI)

The CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance: overview and Australian activities

March 3, 2021March 4, 2021 - by Merrilee Proffitt

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

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

March 2, 2021March 15, 2021 - by Merrilee Proffitt - 2 Comments.

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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