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In research universities today, there is a growing need to provide an array of research support services such as research data management, research information management, open access repositories and monitoring, …
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My colleagues Jean Godby, Karen Smith-Yoshimura, and Bruce Washburn, along with a host of partners, have just released Creating Library Linked Data with Wikibase: Lessons Learned from Project Passage, a …
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Did my earlier posts summarizing the goals, content, and use cases and some of the lessons learned and reflections from our Project Passage experiences whet your appetite to read the …
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As diligent readers of Hanging Together likely already know, in October 2017, OCLC Research released the Research & Learning Agenda for Archives, Special, and Distinctive Collections. We created the agenda …
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Last week’s blog post summarized the goals and content of the OCLC Research linked data Wikibase prototype called “Project Passage” and the use cases described by the project participants. After …
Read More Last year we concluded a ten-month pilot, called “Project Passage”, using a Wikibase instance to create and edit library metadata in collaboration with 16 U.S. libraries. Our upcoming report documenting …
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On June 19th we held the third OCLC Research mini-symposium in Leiden. This time the topic was: “The discovery and use of open (digitized) collections.” The event attracted both library …
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Recently I hosted a virtual conversation, open to staff at all OCLC Research Library Partnership institutions about creating interactive digital exhibits that are accessible and inclusive. “Accessible and inclusive” in …
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In late April 2019 a group of librarians, technologists, and OCLC staff gathered in Dublin, Ohio to help shape an applied research agenda that charts a path for engagement with …
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At the 2019 OCLC RLP Research Retreat we heard many themes that will be familiar to those working in research libraries. As an affiliate group that seeks to return value …
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