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Library leaders from RLP institutions share insights on navigating austerity and uncertainty, including effective planning, communications, morale-building strategies.

Miscellaneous

World of cats meets real cat: My thoughts on the ultimate library quilt

June 9, 2025June 5, 2025 - by Chobe - 4 Comments.

Feline blogger Chobe is back to share about a purr-fect quilt made by OCLC quilters–just in time for ALA

A cluttered office storage room filled with tall cabinets and shelves overflowing with stacks of colorful paper folders in pink, green, and yellow. The papers are piled on top of cabinets, spilling out of shelves, and scattered on the floor, creating a chaotic and disorganized environment. Bright fluorescent lighting illuminates the space, emphasizing the abundance of materials.

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.

A close-up view of a keyboard illuminated by vibrant, multicolored LED backlighting. The keys display a range of bright hues, including red, green, blue, and purple, creating a striking contrast against the dark background. The focus is on specific keys, such as "Alt" and symbols, with the lighting emphasizing their contours and making them visually prominent. The scene conveys a modern and tech-oriented aesthetic.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Metadata / Research Library Partnership

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

May 14, 2025October 10, 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.

Collaboration / Libraries Archives and Museums / Research Library Partnership / Research support

Timeless lessons on collaboration from OCLC Research

May 12, 2025May 19, 2025 - by Rebecca Bryant

Revisiting Beyond the Silos of the LAMS, a report that remains essential reading on library collaboration.

Silver skeleton keys on a brown wooden table

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.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Open Access / Research Library Partnership / Research support

Open research as a strategic priority: Insights from an OCLC RLP leadership roundtable

April 14, 2025June 30, 2025 - by Rebecca Bryant

Is open research a strategic priority for research libraries? For their parent institutions? Learn what we heard from library leaders in a recent RLP leadership roundtable.

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.