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Reimagine descriptive infrastructure: dreaming and enacting change together

May 13, 2024May 15, 2024 - by Merrilee Proffitt

Learn how OCLC has applied principles from Reimagine Descriptive Workflows project to reimagine components of the OCLC linked-data ecosystem.

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI)

Advancing IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, 30 April 2024

April 30, 2024April 30, 2024 - by Merrilee Proffitt

In this edition: Libraries Northern Ireland defends stocking LGBTQ+ children’s books; Using AI to create inclusive spaces; Support for menopause in the workforce.

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Research Library Partnership / Research support

Library support for bibliometrics and research impact: Insights from an RLP leadership roundtable

April 23, 2024October 7, 2024 - by Rebecca Bryant

Research libraries are supporting research impact activities for both researchers and campus units. Learn more from an RLP roundtable discussion.

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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI)

Advancing IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, 16 April 2024

April 16, 2024April 17, 2024 - by Merrilee Proffitt

In this edition: reclassification and religious equity; book censorship in academic, public, and school libraries; students passport assistance; reparative archival description.

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI)

Advancing IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, 2 April 2024

April 3, 2024April 3, 2024 - by Merrilee Proffitt

In this roundup of resources: webinar on inclusive design in cultural heritage and DEIA training materials for metadata.

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Archives and Special Collections / Born-Digital Special Collections

Advocacy, capacity, and program building: Stewarding born-digital archival collections in the RLP

April 1, 2024July 19, 2024 - by Chela Scott Weber - 1 Comment

Leaders in archives and special collections discuss building programs for born-digital materials, illuminating challenges, and the current state of work.

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI)

Advancing IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, 19 March 2024

March 19, 2024March 19, 2024 - by Merrilee Proffitt

The following post is one in a regular series on issues of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility, compiled by a team of OCLC contributors. Practical Approaches for Reparative Description workshop series DPLA’s …

Library Management / Research Library Partnership

Breaking down succession planning challenges with Metadata Managers

March 18, 2024March 18, 2024 - by Richard Urban

The challenges of transitioning to new metadata workflows have long been a concern to OCLC RLP Metadata Managers Focus Group members (What should metadata managers be learning?, Filling the bench, …

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Research Information Management / Research Library Partnership / Research support / Social Interoperability

A marathon, not a sprint: implementing research information management systems (RIMS) in the US

March 7, 2024July 9, 2024 - by Rebecca Bryant

Read a synopsis of the efforts of three US research libraries supporting research information management systems (RIMS), in support of institutional goals