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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Library collaboration: Three questions
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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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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Balancing the metadata portfolio
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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The REALM project: What we’ve learned and what’s next
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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Making strategic choices about library collaboration in RDM
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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Archives and Special Collections / Libraries Archives and Museums / Library Management / Research Library Partnership
Total Cost of Stewardship: a new publication from the OCLC RLP
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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Is Library IT on the Margins?
Recently Ithaka S+R published an Issue Brief entitled “Finding a Way from the Margins to the Middle: Library Information Technology, Leadership, and Culture,” by Dale Askey and Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe. …
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Upfront admission: I work from home more than I work in the office. Having said that, either what I say makes sense or it doesn’t — decide for yourself. Marisa …
Read MoreThe nextGen (or nowGen?) information professional
One of the blogs I read with great pleasure is David Ferriero’s AOTUS: Collector in Chief. A recent posting on how to prepare the next generation (or what I would …
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