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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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Archives and Special Collections / User Behavior Studies and Synthesis

OCLC Research and the National Finding Aid Network project

November 10, 2020August 9, 2021 - by Merrilee Proffitt

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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Linked Data / Research Library Partnership / Wikimedia

Wikidata, Wikibase and the library linked data ecosystem: an OCLC Research Library Partnership discussion

September 17, 2020September 17, 2020 - by Merrilee Proffitt

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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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI) / Wikimedia

Libraries think they are notable: Using WorldCat holdings data to fill gaps in Wikipedia

September 9, 2020March 16, 2021 - by Merrilee Proffitt

[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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Archives and Special Collections / Linked Data / Research Library Partnership

Advancing linked data for archives and special collections: a new publication from the OCLC RLP

July 28, 2020July 27, 2020 - by Merrilee Proffitt

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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