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Descubra cómo OCLC utiliza la IA para acelerar la deduplicación en WorldCat, combinando Aprendizaje Automático con supervisión humana. Este enfoque híbrido mejora la calidad de los metadatos en distintos idiomas y colecciones, garantizando una innovación responsable en la catalogación bibliotecaria.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Metadata

Efficiënt ontdubbelen in WorldCat: hoe AI en catalogiseerwerk elkaar versterken

June 30, 2025June 30, 2025 - by Bemal Rajapatirana

Ontdek hoe OCLC AI inzet om het ontdubbelen in WorldCat te versnellen, zonder de zorg en expertise van catalogiseerders te verliezen. Een hybride aanpak combineert machine learning met menselijke controle, verbetert metadata en zorgt voor verantwoorde innovatie in bibliotheekcatalogi.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Metadata

Scaling de-duplication in WorldCat: Balancing AI innovation with cataloging care

June 4, 2025June 4, 2025 - by Bemal Rajapatirana

Discover how OCLC uses AI to accelerate WorldCat de-duplication while preserving catalogers’ care and expertise. Learn how a hybrid approach blends machine learning with human oversight to improve metadata quality across languages and collections, ensuring responsible innovation in library cataloging.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Metadata / Research Library Partnership

Artificial intelligence to support metadata workflows: an OCLC RLP working group

May 14, 2025June 25, 2025 - by Merrilee Proffitt

Discover how an OCLC RLP working group is exploring the power of AI to streamline workflows, tackle backlogs, and enhance collection descriptions. This work includes exploring key challenges, best practices, and ethical approaches to integrating AI into metadata management.

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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI) / Metadata / Renovating Descriptive Practice / Research Library Partnership

Reimagine Descriptive Workflows in the UK and Ireland: An OCLC RLP community-informed discussion

May 6, 2025May 6, 2025 - by Merrilee Proffitt

OCLC RLP convenings illuminate how UK and Irish libraries are reimagining descriptive workflows to create welcoming spaces for all users.

Identifiers / Linked Data / Metadata / Research Library Partnership

Linked data for metadata operations: An RLP Product Insights session summary

April 10, 2025June 25, 2025 - by Annette Dortmund

In a OCLC RLP Products Insights session, metadata experts met to explore challenges, options and potential future scenarios for linked data in library workflows with an eye to improving metadata operations.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Linked Data / Metadata / Research Library Partnership

Activating URIs in linky MARC: an OCLC RLP discussion summary

March 20, 2025June 25, 2025 - by Annette Dortmund

As libraries work to a linked data future there are challenges in activating URIs within MARC records due to time constraints, tool limitations, and uncertainty about user needs. In a recent OCLC RLP discussion, metadata experts explored the technical, social, and AI-driven aspects of integrating linked data into library workflows.

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Archives and Special Collections / Metadata

Navigating the future of special collections metadata by using insights from the past

March 3, 2025March 3, 2025 - by Kate James - 1 Comment

Looking back on the report The Metadata IS the Interface, this post explores how user-centered metadata, linked data, and emerging technologies can bridge the gap between archival discovery and researcher expectations—making special collections more accessible than ever.

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Archives and Special Collections / Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Metadata / Research Library Partnership

Keeping up with next-generation metadata in archives and special collections

December 17, 2024February 6, 2025 - by Richard Urban

OCLC RLP Metadata Managers discussed next-generation metadata needs for those managing specialized collections and archives, including backlogs, staffing, and systems.