Metadata advocacy
That was the topic discussed recently by OCLC Research Library Partners metadata managers, initiated by Sharon Farnel of the University of Alberta, Roxanne Missingham of Australian National University, and John …
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“MARC Must Die” 15 Years On
Fifteen years ago to the day I declared that “MARC Must Die” in Library Journal. It sparked a firestorm of criticism, mostly from the cataloging community, and several invitations to …
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Beyond the Authorized Access Point?
That was the topic discussed recently by OCLC Research Library Partners metadata managers, initiated by Stephen Hearn of the University of Minnesota. Can we still insist on using the authorized …
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Vocabulary control data in discovery environments
That was the topic discussed recently by OCLC Research Library Partners metadata managers, initiated by Steven Folsom (then at Harvard), Stephen Hearn of the University of Minnesota, and Melanie Wacker of …
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NEW: The Realities of Research Data Management: Part Two Now Available!
We are excited to announce the release of Scoping the University RDM Service Bundle, the second report in OCLC Research’s four-part series exploring the realities of research data management. This …
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Making a Book Open Access at HathiTrust.org
About thirteen years ago I compiled six years worth of my monthly “Digital Library” columns published by Library Journal, and edited, updated, and collected them into chapters that Library Journal …
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The Transformation of Academic Library Collecting
In October 2016, I was privileged to attend a seminal event, The Transformation of Academic Library Collecting: A Symposium Inspired by Dan C. Hazen, along with colleagues Lorcan Dempsey and Constance …
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A research and learning agenda for special collections and archives
As we previously shared with you, we have been hard at work developing a research and learning agenda for special collections and archives. Here’s what has happened since Chela’s last …
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Trust, sustainability, collaboration. . . and research libraries under the Greek sun
We recently returned from attending the LIBER annual conference, held in Patras, Greece. LIBER is the Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche – Association of European Research Libraries and serves …
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Visualizing Digital Humanities Workshop
Last month I and four OCLC colleagues—William Harvey, Rob Koopman, Shenghui Wang, and Jeff Young—participated in a “Visualizing Digital Humanities” workshop held at the Lorentz Center at the University of …
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