« Research information management (RIM) is a rapidly growing area of investment in US research universities, capable of advancing research, supporting strategic decision making, and streamlining administrative workflows. In 2020-21, OCLC Research convened a team of current and past RIM system managers to examine the RIM practices at US institutions. (…) »
« A partnership between OCLC and Europeana has now made millions of open cultural heritage resources easily accessible through WorldCat, the world’s most comprehensive database of information about library collections.
Europeana works with thousands of European archives, libraries, museums and audio-visual collections to share cultural heritage for…
« On 13 April 2021, the Closing Plenary webinar took place to synthesize the OCLC Research Discussion Series on Next Generation Metadata. Senior OCLC colleagues Andrew Pace (Technical Research), Rachel Frick (Research Library Partnership), and John Chapman (Metadata Services) were invited to respond and react to the findings.
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« As part of the OCLC Research Discussion Series on Next Generation Metadata, this blog post reports back from the French language round table discussion held on March 3, 2021. Attendees – with backgrounds in bibliographic control, cataloging services, research information management (RIM), archival and heritage collections. (…) »
« Research Information Management (RIM) is an area of rapid growth and change in the United States. (…) In the absence of national research assessment requirements in the United States, RIM practices at US research universities have taken a different—and characteristically decentralized—course. A complex variety of stakeholders have responded to a…
« This report shares the CONTENTdm Linked Data Pilot project findings. In this pilot project, OCLC and five partner institutions investigated methods for—and the feasibility of—transforming metadata into linked data to improve the discoverability and management of digitized cultural materials. (…) »
« How is Citizen Science—the active contribution of the general public in scientific research activities—developing, and what should research library involvement look like? This final session of the OCLC/LIBER Open Science Discussion series brought together research librarians with a range of viewpoints and practical experiences of this…
« 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 the OCLC/LIBER Open Science Discussion series brought together a small group of engaged participants focusing on…
« OCLC is supporting libraries, researchers, educators and students with high-quality open access content that is discoverable and freely accessible through WorldCat Discovery and WorldCat.org. (…) »
« 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 of the OCLC/LIBER Open Science Discussion series, which brought together a group of participants from universities…
