Reimagine descriptive infrastructure: dreaming and enacting change together
Learn how OCLC has applied principles from Reimagine Descriptive Workflows project to reimagine components of the OCLC linked-data ecosystem.
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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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Identifiers / Infrastructure and Standards Support / Libraries / Linked Data / Metadata / Research Information Management / Research support
Taking research information to the next level
This post contextualizes the emergence of national persistent identifier (PID) roadmaps and points to the interoperability power of PIDs beyond research information management (RIM).
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La próxima generación de metadatos en el patrimonio cultural: continuando la conversación en España
Gracias a Francesc García Grimau, OCLC, que amablemente ha proporcionado la versión en español de esta entrada de blog. La versión en inglés está disponible aquí. Esta publicación es parte de una …
Read More Next generation of metadata in cultural heritage: continuing the conversation in Spain
This post is part of a series reporting back from conversations on transitioning to the next generation of metadata in Spain, this time focusing on cultural heritage. (A Spanish translation …
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Persistent identifiers in cultural heritage
Thanks to Liz Krznarich, Adoption Manager at DataCite & ROR, for contributing this guest blog post. Why do we need persistent identifiers for cultural heritage? This post is part of …
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How MARC can SPARQL!
The following post was written by Jeff Young with contributions from Jeff Mixter. Analyzing MARC data for quality assurance can be a challenging task. This problem becomes exponentially more difficult when …
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Collaboration / Identifiers / Infrastructure and Standards Support / Libraries / Linked Data / Research Information Management
Debates de seguimiento en España: sesión sobre RIM y comunicación científica
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.
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Follow-up discussion series in Spain: RIM and scholarly communications session
Reporting back from the Spanish presentations of REBIUN’s RDA application profile for registering researchers, Dialnet’s CRIS and Metricas projects, and project Hercules.
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Identifiers / Infrastructure and Standards Support / Linked Data / Metadata / Renovating Descriptive Practice
Next-generation metadata and the semantic continuum
Many thanks to Titia van der Werf, OCLC, for writing the majority of this blog post. On 13 April 2021, the Closing Plenary webinar took place to synthesize the OCLC Research Discussion …
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