Striking the right balance: Opportunities and challenges of AI in metadata workflows
AI can enhance metadata work—but only with care. Learn how libraries can balance innovation with quality and ethical practice.
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Archives and Special Collections / Library Management / Research Library Partnership / Research support
Leading through uncertainty: Fostering morale and connection in challenging times
Library leaders from RLP institutions share insights on navigating austerity and uncertainty, including effective planning, communications, morale-building strategies.
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Timeless lessons on collaboration from OCLC Research
Revisiting Beyond the Silos of the LAMS, a report that remains essential reading on library collaboration.
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Open research as a strategic priority: Insights from an OCLC RLP leadership roundtable
Is open research a strategic priority for research libraries? For their parent institutions? Learn what we heard from library leaders in a recent RLP leadership roundtable.
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Lessons learned from implementing a research support hub in the library
Implementing a cross-unit partnership is hard. This post shares lessons learned from operationalizing a multi-unit research support hub in the Montana State University Library.
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Examining library structures to scale research support services: Insights from an OCLC RLP leadership roundtable
Reflections from a roundtable discussion on the challenges research libraries face in resourcing and scaling research support services–and implications for library organizational structures.
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Implementing an AI reference chatbot at the University of Calgary Library
Lessons learned from the University of Calgary implementation of a multilingual AI chatbot that combines an LLM with RAG technology. The chatbot offers fast, consistent, 24/7 support to users and has increased library productivity.
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Library Futures / Metadata / Research Library Partnership / Research support / Social Interoperability
Futureproofing library teams
Library teams must adapt and “futureproof” in times of rapid change. Read about tested strategies that can help.
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Transforming the library into a research support hub
The Montana State University Research Alliance establishes the library as a central hub for research support, boosting collaboration, visibility, and access to resources across campus.
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Cross-campus collaboration in research support: Insights from an RLP leadership roundtable
Research libraries are providing research support in collaboration with other campus units. Learn more from an RLP roundtable discussion.
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