Getting ready for AI
The OCLC RLP Metadata Managers Focus Group met in April 2024 to discuss how they are getting ready for AI. Find out how they are learning collaboratively, engaging staff curiosity, and thinking responsibly.
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Breaking down succession planning challenges with Metadata Managers
The challenges of transitioning to new metadata workflows have long been a concern to OCLC RLP Metadata Managers Focus Group members (What should metadata managers be learning?, Filling the bench, …
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DATALIS: innovating professional education in LIS
DATALIS is a collaboration between UC San Diego, Drexel University, OCLC, and the University of New Mexico working to address “How might we help libraries collaborate to innovate professional education …
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Advancing IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, 6 September 2023
The following post is one in a regular series on issues of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility, compiled by a team of OCLC contributors. Let’s Talk Race with Richland Library The latest …
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What should metadata managers be learning?
The Metadata Managers Focus Group met for informal round-robin sessions on May 24 and June 1 to discuss the question: “What should metadata managers be learning?” I hoped this open-ended …
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Identity management beyond the LC/NACO Authority File
The OCLC RLP Metadata Managers Focus Group met in March 2023 to explore new developments in the shift from “authority control” towards “identity management.” Our discussion was facilitated by Charlene Chou …
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Filling the bench: Evolving roles in metadata job descriptions and hiring
In her post, Balancing the metadata portfolio, Kathryn Stine reported on discussions among the OCLC RLP Metadata Managers Focus Group members about how metadata services are changing. Inherent in changing …
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