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OCLC-LIBER Open Science Discussion on Research Infrastructures and the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC)

October 20, 2020November 11, 2020 - by Rebecca Bryant

Thanks to Astrid Verheusen, Executive Director of LIBER, for contributing this guest blog post. What is the ideal future vision for the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) in the global …

OCLC-LIBER Open Science Discussion on the FAIR Principles

October 8, 2020October 22, 2020 - by Brian Lavoie

What is the ideal future vision of an open science ecosystem supporting FAIR data? What are the challenges in getting there? These were the topics of the second installment of …

Open Access / Research Library Partnership / Research support

OCLC-LIBER Open Science Discussion on Scholarly Publishing

October 7, 2020October 21, 2020 - by Rebecca Bryant

Recently OCLC Research and LIBER (the Association of European Research Libraries) hosted the first of seven small group discussions comprising the OCLC-LIBER Open Science Discussion Series. This discussion series, which …

Linked Data / Metadata / Research Library Partnership

Transitioning to the Next Generation of Metadata

October 1, 2020September 30, 2020 - by Karen Smith-Yoshimura

For years I’ve been blogging summaries of the OCLC Research Library Partners Metadata Managers Focus Group discussions. I have now synthesized the last six years (2015-2020) of discussions in the …

Open Access

Charting a path to a more open future. . . together

September 28, 2020September 25, 2020 - by Rebecca Bryant

Last week, representatives from OCLC Research and LIBER (the Association of European Research Libraries) presented a webinar to kick off the OCLC-LIBER Open Science Discussion Series. This discussion series, which …

Linked Data / Research Library Partnership / Wikimedia

Wikidata, Wikibase and the library linked data ecosystem: an OCLC Research Library Partnership discussion

September 17, 2020September 17, 2020 - by Merrilee Proffitt

In late July the OCLC Research Library Partnership convened a discussion that reflected on the current state of linked data. The discussion format was (for us) experimental — we invited …

Research Library Partnership / Resource Sharing / SHARES

Managing interlibrary loan returns and overdues during the pandemic: emerging consensus from the SHARES resource sharing consortium

September 14, 2020October 7, 2020 - by Dennis Massie

Since March 2020, when COVID-19 forced most libraries to shut down, send staff home to work remotely, and focus on providing all services digitally, I’ve been bringing together members of …

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI) / Wikimedia

Libraries think they are notable: Using WorldCat holdings data to fill gaps in Wikipedia

September 9, 2020March 16, 2021 - by Merrilee Proffitt

[This post was co-authored by Chris Cyr, Associate Research Scientist, OCLC Research] It is well established that there are gaps in coverage in Wikipedia. In response, a number of efforts …

Research support / Social Interoperability

Social interoperability builds a stronger three-legged stool

August 31, 2020June 14, 2022 - by Brian Lavoie

My work over the years has led me to witness or participate in the expansion of library interests in areas like digital preservation, preservation metadata, collective collections, shared print, and …

Research Library Partnership / Research support

Upcoming RLP webinar series on cross-campus collaboration in research support

August 4, 2020August 4, 2020 - by Rebecca Bryant

The OCLC Research Library Partnership is offering an upcoming series of webinars focusing on cross-campus collaboration in research support, in conjunction with the forthcoming OCLC Research report, Social Interoperability in …