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What should metadata managers be learning?

June 22, 2023June 22, 2023 - by Richard Urban

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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Collaboration / Library Management

Library collaboration: Three questions

June 14, 2023June 14, 2023 - by Brian Lavoie

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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Library Management / Metadata / Research Library Partnership

Filling the bench: Evolving roles in metadata job descriptions and hiring

February 15, 2023February 21, 2023 - by Richard Urban - 1 Comment

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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Library Management / Metadata / Modeling new services / Research Library Partnership

Balancing the metadata portfolio

March 15, 2022March 15, 2022 - by Kathryn Stine

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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Libraries Archives and Museums / Library Management

The REALM project: What we’ve learned and what’s next

May 20, 2021May 19, 2021 - by Sharon Streams - 3 Comments.

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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Collaboration / Evolving Scholarly Record / Library Management / Research Data Management

Making strategic choices about library collaboration in RDM

March 29, 2021January 27, 2022 - by Brian Lavoie

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

March 16, 2021March 16, 2021 - by Chela Scott Weber - 1 Comment

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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Library Management

Is Library IT on the Margins?

June 15, 2017June 16, 2017 - by Roy Tennant - 1 Comment

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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Library Management

Supporting a Virtual Organization

March 20, 2013September 18, 2020 - by Roy Tennant - 2 Comments.

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 …

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Library Management

The nextGen (or nowGen?) information professional

February 16, 2012February 16, 2012 - by Merrilee Proffitt

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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