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Library leaders from RLP institutions share insights on navigating austerity and uncertainty, including effective planning, communications, morale-building strategies.
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Moving the library beyond the library is an evolutionary, not revolutionary, process. But first steps can have impactful results.
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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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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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OCLC Research has published a new report on library collaboration: Sustaining Art Research Collections: Case Studies in Collaboration. The report describes three examples of art libraries partnering with academic libraries, …
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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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As research libraries play an increased role in supporting scholarly communications and digital scholarship, the remit of metadata management units is adapting to include emerging services that increase discovery and …
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When the REALM project began in April 2020, little was known about the COVID-19 virus. Now, more than a year later, REALM has completed eight laboratory tests, synthesized emerging research …
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The following post is part of a series highlighting an OCLC Research project entitled Library Collaboration in Research Data Management. Academic libraries are responding to a host of disruptions – emerging technologies, changing user …
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I am very excited to announce the release today of Total Cost of Stewardship: Responsible Collection Building in Archives and Special Collections. The report and accompanying suite of tools is …
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