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I had the opportunity to develop and lead the OCLC project team in the user research design phase for the IMLS-funded project (grant number LG-246349-OLS-20), Building a National Finding Aid …
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In November, we shared information with you about the Building a National Finding Aid Network project (NAFAN). This is a two-year research and demonstration project to build the foundation for a (US) national …
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Building and sustaining productive cross-campus partnerships in support of the university research enterprise is both necessary and fraught with challenges. Social interoperability – the creation and maintenance of working relationships …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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