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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI) / Metadata

Reimagine Descriptive Workflows: meeting the challenges of inclusive description in shared infrastructure

July 22, 2021August 4, 2021 - by Merrilee Proffitt - 1 Comment

In a previous blog post, I told you about our Reimagine Descriptive Workflows project, and the path we took to get there. In that post, I shared the three objectives …

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Research support / Social Interoperability

Fill your social interoperability toolbox

June 21, 2021June 22, 2021 - by Brian Lavoie

Social interoperability – the creation and maintenance of working relationships across individuals and organizational units that promote collaboration, communication, and mutual understanding – is important. But it can be hard …

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Data Science

Filling our cups at the home office water cooler

June 15, 2021June 21, 2021 - by Andrew K. Pace - 6 Comments.

A few weeks ago I learned that Crystal, an OCLC colleague I barely knew, loves to play board games, that she and her husband  just became empty nesters (like my …

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Research support / Social Interoperability

Working across campus is like herding flaming cats

June 2, 2021June 2, 2021 - by Brian Lavoie

Do you work at a university? If so, did you know that you work in a complex, adaptive system? And did you know that that makes it hard to build …

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Libraries Archives and Museums / Library Management

The REALM project: What we’ve learned and what’s next

May 20, 2021May 19, 2021 - by Sharon Streams - 3 Comments.

When the REALM project began in April 2020, little was known about the COVID-19 virus. Now, more than a year later, REALM has completed eight laboratory tests, synthesized emerging research …

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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI) / Research Library Partnership

‘Reimagine Descriptive Workflows’ in libraries and archives

May 6, 2021May 5, 2021 - by Merrilee Proffitt

In the OCLC Research Library Partnership, we have a practice of “Learning Together” – we listen for issues that form a shared challenge space within our global partnership, then we …

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Archives and Special Collections

Join us for the Total Cost of Stewardship / #OCLC_TCoS Twitter Chat!

May 5, 2021May 4, 2021 - by Chela Scott Weber

On May 20th from noon-1pm PDT / 3-4pm EDT / 8-9pm BST, we are hosting a Twitter chat inspired by our recent report Total Cost of Stewardship: Responsible Collection Building …

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OCLC metadata discussion series
Identifiers / Infrastructure and Standards Support / Linked Data / Metadata / Renovating Descriptive Practice

Next-generation metadata and the semantic continuum

May 3, 2021April 30, 2021 - by Annette Dortmund

Many thanks to Titia van der Werf, OCLC, for writing the majority of this blog post.   On 13 April 2021, the Closing Plenary webinar took place to synthesize the OCLC Research Discussion …

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Archives and Special Collections / Libraries Archives and Museums

The Total Cost of Stewardship Tool Suite

April 28, 2021April 28, 2021 - by Chela Scott Weber

I recently shared our excitement about a new publication from OCLC Research, Total Cost of Stewardship: Responsible Collection Building in Archives and Special Collections. The publication itself is not just …

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OCLC metadata discussion series
Identifiers / Infrastructure and Standards Support / Linked Data / Metadata / Renovating Descriptive Practice

Nederlandse ronde tafel sessie over next generation metadata: Denk groter dan NACO en WorldCat

April 27, 2021April 27, 2021 - by Titia van der Werf

Met dank aan Ellen Hartman, OCLC, voor het vertalen van de oorspronkelijke Engelstalige blogpost. Op 8 maart 2021 werd een Nederlandse ronde tafel discussie georganiseerd als onderdeel van de OCLC …

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