Libraries Archives - Hanging Together

Cuaderno de bitácora: Entre el espacio físico y virtual en España

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 - by Titia van der Werf

Un diario de viaje de OCLC Research con impresiones de visitas a bibliotecas en España. Describiendo la tensión entre las fuerzas que impulsan la virtualización y el espacio, y que conducen a experiencias híbridas.

Libraries / New Model Library

In between virtual and physical spaces in Spain: a short travelogue

October 21, 2022November 2, 2022 - by Titia van der Werf

An OCLC Research travelogue with impressions from library visits in Spain. Describiendo the tension between the forces driving virtualization and space, and leading to hybrid experiences.

Collaboration / Identifiers / Infrastructure and Standards Support / Libraries / Metadata

Author identity management in the book chain

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 - by Titia van der Werf

Author identification is a recurring bottleneck across the trade book supply chain. Discussion participants agree about the importance of promoting the use of author identifiers like ISNI.

Collaboration / Identifiers / Infrastructure and Standards Support / Libraries / Metadata

Gestión de la identidad del autor en la cadena del libro

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 - by Titia van der Werf

La identificación del autor es un cuello de botella recurrente en la cadena de suministro de libros comerciales. Los participantes de la discusión están de acuerdo sobre la importancia de promover el uso de identificadores de autor como ISNI

Identifiers / Infrastructure and Standards Support / Libraries / Linked Data / Metadata / Research Information Management / Research support

Taking research information to the next level

April 8, 2022April 12, 2022 - by Titia van der Werf

This post contextualizes the emergence of national persistent identifier (PID) roadmaps and points to the interoperability power of PIDs beyond research information management (RIM).

Collaboration / Identifiers / Infrastructure and Standards Support / Libraries / Linked Data / Research Information Management

Debates de seguimiento en España: sesión sobre RIM y comunicación científica

November 22, 2021March 9, 2022 - by Titia van der Werf

Informe de las presentaciones en español del perfil de aplicación RDA de REBIUN para el registro de investigadores, los proyectos CRIS y Métricas de Dialnet y el proyecto Hércules.

Collaboration / Identifiers / Infrastructure and Standards Support / Libraries / Linked Data / Metadata / Research Information Management

Follow-up discussion series in Spain: RIM and scholarly communications session

November 22, 2021March 9, 2022 - by Titia van der Werf

Reporting back from the Spanish presentations of REBIUN’s RDA application profile for registering researchers, Dialnet’s CRIS and Metricas projects, and project Hercules.

Libraries / Supporting Scholarship

Visualizing Digital Humanities Workshop

July 10, 2017July 7, 2017 - by Karen Smith-Yoshimura

Last month I and four OCLC colleagues—William Harvey, Rob Koopman, Shenghui Wang, and Jeff Young—participated in a “Visualizing Digital Humanities” workshop held at the Lorentz Center at the University of …

Libraries

Combating fake news through “credibility standards”

May 25, 2017April 29, 2019 - by Merrilee Proffitt

Unless you’ve been hiding in a remote location with no access to news or social media, you know that the topic of and discussions around “fake news” have been top …

Libraries

A story about the spirituality of libraries

May 31, 2016May 31, 2016 - by Titia van der Werf

At the AMICAL 2016 conference, I heard an inspiring story about the cyclical destruction and revival of libraries. Dr. Richard Hodges, President of the AU of Rome, began his welcome …