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Bibliometrics and research impact (BRI) is an emerging area of interest for research libraries, as well as for their parent institutions. The OCLC Research Library Partnership (RLP) recently conducted a …
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This post is one in a series detailing the research work OCLC is contributing to the Building a National Finding Aid Project (NAFAN). You can see the rest of the …
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The following post is part of a series based upon the OCLC Research Information Management in the US reports. Research information management (RIM) is a rapidly growing area of investment in US …
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With a new year before us we’re drawing upon insights shared by the OCLC Research Library Partners Metadata Managers Focus Group last year to consider how and where the impact of the pandemic on typical metadata workflows may have lasting effects. It is important to note that though these …
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I’ve always worked from home. But since this COVID thing began, my human has, too. She used to leave in the morning and be gone all day, but she hasn’t …
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Are EAD content headings associated with controlled vocabularies, or can they be? For names of people, families, organizations, subjects, places, and genre forms, the EAD Tag Analysis conducted by OCLC …
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This blog post is jointly authored by Rebecca Bryant from OCLC Research and Jan Fransen from the University of Minnesota Libraries, and is part of a series based upon the OCLC Research Information Management in the US …
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The International ILL Toolkit is a freely available crowd-sourced tool, initiated by members of the OCLC SHARES resource sharing consortium and designed to make global resource sharing easier. The Toolkit’s …
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What are the ingredients of a successful collaboration? This blog shares wisdom from the library community.
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School libraries play a critically important role in the lives and education of children in their communities. Numerous studies over more than two decades clearly link student achievement with high-quality library programs and school librarians. After reviewing …
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