Implications of BIBFRAME Authorities
That was the topic discussed recently by OCLC Research Library Partners metadata managers, initiated by Philip Schreur of Stanford. We were fortunate that several staff from the Library of …
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New Scholars’ Contributions to VIAF: Syriac!
We have just loaded into the Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) the second set of personal names from a scholarly resource, the Syriac Reference Portal hosted by Vanderbilt University. Syriac …
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Infrastructure and Standards Support / Libraries Archives and Museums / Metadata / Modeling new services
Another Step on the Road to Developer Support Nirvana
Today we released a brand spanking new web site for library coders. It has some cool features including a new API Explorer that will make it a lot easier for …
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Top 10 Love Stories in Libraries
Folks may already have seen the list of top love stories we put out yesterday for St. Valentine’s day. It was pulled together very quickly by JD Shipengrover and Diane …
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The Most Edited Book Records in WorldCat
In my last post I identified the most edited records in WorldCat, which, no surprise, were all serials. Someone who read the post asked about this information by format (e.g., …
Read MoreDoes technical services still have a distinct role?
That was the topic discussed recently by OCLC Research Library Partners metadata managers from seven countries. It was initiated by Philip Schreur of Stanford (and recently Chair of the Program …
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FAST on the street
I’m pleased to say that today OCLC Research released FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) as linked data under an Open Data Commons Attribution license. FAST has been a multi-year …
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This week I spoke at an OCLC Member Services event called “Good Practices for Great Outcomes: Cataloging Efficiencies that Make a Difference.” It was held at The Huntington, one of …
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