OCLC’s role in the Open Access ecosystem
This is the second in a series of blog posts exploring the vast terrain of ‘Open’ as it relates to libraries. The first post in this series provided a broad overview …
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Advancing IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, 2023 May 16
The following post is one in a regular series on issues of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility, compiled by Jay Weitz. Land Acknowledgement and Indigenous Metadata Resources The Program for …
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Addressing bias in research analytics: A call to action
The following guest post was co-authored by: Sheila Craft-Morgan, Research Impact Librarian at The Ohio State University and Allegra Swift, Scholarly Communications Librarian at the University of California San Diego. …
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Advancing IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, 2023 May 2
The following post is one in a regular series on issues of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility, compiled by Jay Weitz. Health information across the digital divide On May 12, …
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Collections as Data: Nascent progress and common need
Next week I’m headed to Vancouver to attend Collections as Data: State of the Field and Future Directions, a collaborative working summit designed to provide an opportunity to assess the …
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Open everything, everywhere, all at once
This is the first in a series of blog posts exploring the evolving Open landscape, library roles and OCLC’s place within it. This post provides a general overview of Open, …
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Advancing IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, 2023 April 18
The following post is one in a regular series on issues of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility, compiled by Jay Weitz. Right to Read Day Planned during 1957 and first …
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Advancing IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, 2023 April 4
The following post is one in a regular series on issues of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility, compiled by Jay Weitz. Stories Beyond Borders: A Chinese American and Disaporic Reading …
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Inclusive subject headings: Reducing harm in library discovery
[This blog post was co-authored with Grace McGann, Associate Product Manager. Thanks to Erica Melko for giving valuable feedback on a draft of this post.] WorldCat Discovery is a discovery …
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Advancing IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, 2023 March 21
Single stamp detail of “3c Utah plate proof,” Scott Catalogue USA 950 (1947). “Pioneers entering the Valley of Great Salt Lake,” designed by Charles R. Chickering. National Postal Museum. Image courtesy of Smithsonian Open Access, object number 0.242263.16002.
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