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OCLC-LIBER Open Science Discussion on Citizen Science

November 11, 2020November 12, 2020 - by Titia van der Werf

Thanks to Sarah Bartlett, technology writer, for contributing this guest blog post. How is Citizen Science—the active contribution of the general public in scientific research activities—developing, and what should research …

Archives and Special Collections / User Behavior Studies and Synthesis

OCLC Research and the National Finding Aid Network project

November 10, 2020August 9, 2021 - by Merrilee Proffitt

We are very pleased to share details about our involvement in the Building a National Finding Aid Network project, which has received funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. OCLC will be working with the University …

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI) / Open Access / Research support

OCLC-LIBER Open Science Discussion on Research Integrity

November 6, 2020November 6, 2020 - by Titia van der Werf

What does research integrity mean in an ideal open science ecosystem and how can libraries contribute to heighten professional ethics and standards required by open science? The sixth session of …

Open Access / Research Library Partnership / Research support

OCLC-LIBER Open Science Discussion on Skills

October 29, 2020November 4, 2020 - by Ixchel M. Faniel

I had the pleasure of attending the OCLC-LIBER Open Science Skills discussion. Before sketching the landscape of the ideal future state, one of the participants suggested we start with a …

Open Access / Research support

OCLC-LIBER Open Science Discussion on Metrics and Rewards

October 22, 2020February 7, 2022 - by Titia van der Werf

What is the role of metrics and rewards in an ideal open science ecosystem? What are the challenges in getting there? What would collective action look like? The fourth session …

Open Access

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 …

Open Access / Research Library Partnership / Research support

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 …