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Halloween WorldCat fun

October 26, 2023October 31, 2023 - by Kate James

Some people celebrate Halloween by watching scary movies. Others dress in costumes. As a cataloger, I celebrate by sharing my favorite Halloween-themed subject headings and genre/form terms from Library of …

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Digitization and access in archives

October 25, 2023November 7, 2023 - by Chela Scott Weber - 1 Comment

In my last Archives Month post, I reflected on the shift in practice related to allowing researchers to use cameras in special collections reading rooms, and what this has meant …

Photo of the Choska Talfa Room at the Bristow Public Library. A map of the state of Oklahoma is overlaid onto the photo with the words Choska Talfa Room. The emblem for the Bristow Public Library is in the lower left corner of the image.

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI)

Advancing IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, 24 October 2023

October 24, 2023October 24, 2023 - by Merrilee Proffitt

The following post is one in a regular series on issues of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility, compiled by a team of OCLC contributors. Supporting communities through library classification The Bristow Public …

Infrastructure and Standards Support / Library Futures

Multiple paths to Open library infrastructure

October 13, 2023November 27, 2023 - by Constance Malpas

This is the fourth in a series of blog posts exploring the Open landscape and OCLC’s place within it. This post presents some reflections on library management systems and different …

A color photograph of a researcher seated at a table in the archives reading room, looking at a manuscript that is resting in a foam book cradle. In the background is another researcher using a digital camera to photograph archival material.

Archives and Special Collections / User Behavior Studies and Synthesis

Cameras in the reading room and the arc of change in archival practice

October 11, 2023October 12, 2023 - by Chela Scott Weber

One of the cool things about reaching mid-career is that I’ve now been around long enough to see patterns of change in the profession. I’ve recently been working on a …

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Archives and Special Collections / User Behavior Studies and Synthesis

Science fiction, Smaug’s Lair, and the powerful skill of archivists

October 4, 2023November 7, 2023 - by Chela Scott Weber

October is Archives Month in the US. All month, lots of different archives will be highlighting the cool, the weird, the interesting, and the important things in their collections and …

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI)

Advancing IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, 3 October 2023

October 3, 2023October 12, 2023 - by Merrilee Proffitt

The following post is one in a regular series on issues of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility, compiled by a team of OCLC contributors. QUEERLIT Database The QUEERLIT Database is an ongoing …

Collaboration / Collective Collections / Evolving Scholarly Record

Collective discipline

September 25, 2023September 25, 2023 - by Brian Lavoie

Discipline-focused collective collections are important for stewardship strategies. Collaboration can help. So can data-driven analytics.

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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI)

Advancing IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, 19 September 2023

September 19, 2023October 3, 2023 - by Merrilee Proffitt

The following post is one in a regular series on issues of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility, compiled by a team of OCLC contributors. Orange Shirt Day / National Day for Truth …

Archives and Special Collections / Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI) / Renovating Descriptive Practice

Conference synthesis: one unifying idea of knowledge

September 7, 2023September 7, 2023 - by Titia van der Werf

A conference synthesis from the IFLA2023 satellite event in Leiden, on “Empire, Indigeneity, and Colonial Heritage Collections: Confronting Difficult Pasts, Enabling Just Futures”