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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI) / Metadata

Advancing IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, 11 July 2023

July 11, 2023July 11, 2023 - by Merrilee Proffitt

The following  post is one in a regular series on issues of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility. Until the end of June, this series was compiled by Jay Weitz. We now have …

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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI)

Inclusive subject headings: Reducing harm in library discovery

March 23, 2023March 23, 2023 - by Merrilee Proffitt

[This blog post was co-authored with Grace McGann, Associate Product Manager. Thanks to Erica Melko for giving valuable feedback on a draft of this post.] WorldCat Discovery is a discovery …

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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, 2023April 21, 2023 - by Merrilee Proffitt

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

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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