Events
27 January 2020
OCLC Research Update
Join OCLC Research at ALA Midwinter 2020 in Philadelphia, PA, for an overview of several active research projects.
Venue: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 122-A
Time: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
30 January 2020
Works in Progress Webinar: Reimagining digital data curation—New structured data approaches for digital collections
Join this webinar to learn about OCLC’s pilot project to improve discoverability of digitized cultural materials, magnify the impact of the work required to describe unique content, and prove the feasibility of a production linked data service.
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
05 February 2020
Works In Progress Webinar: Approaches to Preserving Private and Sensitive Data Managed by Digital Repositories
This webinar will focus on an exploration of the feasibility of a distributed digital preservation storage service for private and sensitive data held at libraries and archives in the US.
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
News
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OCLC Partners with Libraries on CONTENTdm Linked Data Pilot Project
Phase one achievements include migrating metadata, tools and features development, and planning for future automation.
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Register for Webinar on Improving Access to Civil Legal Justice
WebJunction will host a webinar on 11 February about the status of civil legal justice in our system, the vital role public libraries can play in reducing the justice gap, and about the upcoming course.
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WebJunction to Mentor 10 School Libraries for New IMLS Initiative
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has announced OCLC's WebJunction as Mentor Organization for a cohort of 10 small, rural U.S. school libraries that are participating in their Accelerating Promising Practices for Small Libraries initiative...
Publications
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Reflections on Collective Collections
Collective collections are the combined holdings of a group of libraries, analyzed and possibly managed as a unified resource. Constructing, understanding, and operationalizing collective collections is an increasingly important aspect of collection ...
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Exploring Models for Shared Identity Management at a Global Scale: The Work of the PCC Task Group on Identity Management in NACO
This paper discusses the efforts of the PCC Task Group on Identity Management in NACO to explore and advance identity management activities.
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Responsible Operations: Data Science, Machine Learning, and AI in Libraries
Responsible Operations is intended to help chart library community engagement with data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI) and was developed in partnership with professionals from universities, libraries, museums, archiv...