The community-informed Reimagine Descriptive Workflows project and resulting report was an opportunity for OCLC to reflect on our own role in repairing systems and workflows. During the development of OCLC’s linked data ecosystem, the WorldCat ontology, our teams conducted an internal diversity, equity, and inclusion review of the ontology prior to release. #OCLCresearch's Merrilee Proffitt reviews how our teams across the organization came together with library professionals to "dream and enact change." "As a result of this process, OCLC is making improvements to the WorldCat ontology," Merrilee writes. "This effort, working in community to ensure that the WorldCat ontology shifts away from systems and structures that were developed during the nineteenth century, demonstrates that this work is complex, nuanced—and worth undertaking." ⤵️ Click below to read more in this #HangingTogether blog. --- #OCLC #PublicLibrary #PublicLibraries #AcademicLibrary #AcademicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibraryLove
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In 2023, Brooklyn Public Library launched a research project to collect and study cardholder signup policies from public libraries across the US. The project aimed to identify the range of policies and procedures that govern cardholder access as well as the rationale used for establishing these policies. Join OCLC's WebJunction on Wednesday, 22 May, for a discussion about the inspiration for this study, how the research was conducted, and the key findings using data from 1,800 US public libraries. "Cardholder signup policies: Access in practice" is presented by: 🔵 Amy Mikel, Brooklyn Public Library 🟢 Emily Thomas, Avenue M Group ⤵️ Click below to register. #WJwebinar --- #OCLC #PublicLibrary #PublicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibraryLove
Cardholder signup policies: Access in practice
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#EngagedLibraries sow seeds of learning. 🪴 Today’s libraries continue to broaden their community impact both within and beyond the four walls of their physical locations. In a new article from OCLC’s WebJunction, discover how libraries worldwide are creating green spaces and gardening programs through the power of partnerships. Be inspired by libraries that offer their communities ways to contribute to a more sustainable future and get ideas from unique approaches with examples from Michigan, Canada, Ireland, and beyond. 📲 We want to know how your library is digging in on garden programming. Share your story on social media by including #EngagedLibraries and tagging OCLC in your post. You could be featured in an upcoming issue of Abstracts, on our community engagement hub, in an upcoming blog or video, or across our social media channels. ⤵️ Click below to explore resources to grow a library garden program. --- #OCLC #PublicLibrary #PublicLibraries #AcademicLibrary #AcademicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibraryLove
#EngagedLibraries sow seeds of learning through partnerships. How does your library nurture inspiring new ideas? | OCLC
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Interested in exploring, selecting, and implementing a new library system? Join us on 21 May for a one-hour virtual panel discussion to get tips from librarians who’ve recently implemented a new, cloud-based library system with OCLC's WorldShare Management Services. Our panelists will share what helped and hindered their search, questions that led them towards a decision, and what they wish they knew before they went through the process. ⤵️ Click below to register. #OCLCwms --- #OCLC #AcademicLibrary #AcademicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibrarianLife #LibraryLove
Exploring, selecting, and implementing a new library system | OCLC
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A new single sign-on feature connecting Comics Plus content to cloudLibrary allows library users to experience seamless access to more than 25,000 unlimited, simultaneous-use digital comics, manga, and picture books from the cloudLibrary app. Until now, cloudLibrary users had to log into the Comics Plus app separately; now they have access with one touch from the cloudLibrary app. The Comics Plus platform is powered by LibraryPass, which curates high-interest, immersive digital content that helps schools and libraries expand and diversify their collections—without breaking their materials budgets. cloudLibrary, recently acquired by OCLC, is a trusted platform for accessing eBooks, audiobooks, streaming video, digital magazines, digital newspapers, and digital comics. ⤵️ Click below to read more. #ReadAllTheComics #OCLCnews --- #OCLC #OCLCcloudlibrary #PublicLibrary #PublicLibraries #AcademicLibrary #AcademicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibraryLove
Comics Plus is now seamlessly integrated with cloudLibrary, elevating the reader's experience | OCLC
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The opioid crisis continues to rage unabated in our communities and worsened in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic. Public libraries have a critical opportunity to support the information needs of patrons dealing with and impacted by substance misuse. Join WebJunction on 16 May to learn about the new “Opioid Crisis Support Kit for Public Libraries” with information and strategies for library staff to support individuals and families affected by substance misuse. "Supporting healthy communities: Public library responses to the opioid crisis" is presented by: 🔵 Drea Douglas, North Bend Public Library 🟢 Karen Wilson, Charles County Public Library 🟠 Kendra Morgan, WebJunction ⤵️ Click below to learn more and register. #WJwebinar --- #OCLC #PublicLibrary #PublicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibraryLove
Supporting healthy communities: Public library responses to the opioid crisis
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#EngagedLibraries celebrate unsung heroes. 👏 Community partnerships play an important role in empowering libraries’ great work, and Berks County Public Library in Pennsylvania is no exception. For 21 years, the library has honored individuals and groups who demonstrate outstanding leadership, innovation, and dedication to library service in the community. In this WebJunction article, Noah Lenstra, Associate Professor of Library and Information Science at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, interviewed Emily Orischak, Community Relations Coordinator at the library, to learn more about running the awards program and celebration. 📲 We want to know how your library recognizes those making local impacts. Share your story on social media by including #EngagedLibraries and tagging OCLC in your post. You could be featured in an upcoming issue of Abstracts, on our community engagement hub, in an upcoming blog or video, or across our social media channels. ⤵️ Click below to read the article. --- #OCLC #PublicLibrary #PublicLibraries #AcademicLibrary #AcademicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibraryLove
#EngagedLibraries celebrate unsung heroes. How does your library recognize those making local impacts? | OCLC
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Whether it's on our work or coming together in other ways, OCLC's employees love to collaborate. We've recently done just that by: 🌎 Giving back on Earth Day — Our Advocacy for a Greener Environment working group hosted a book and media drive with employees donating new and gently used books, audiobooks, and DVDs to the Columbus Metropolitan Library. Our employees also planted a tree at our headquarters. ⚙️ Putting unique talents on display — Our employees organized an OCLC Maker Fair with products made by their colleagues for sale, including handcrafted jewelry, 3D printed items, books by OCLC authors, baked goods, plants and upcycled planters, art, and more. 💧 Celebrating Employee Appreciation Day — With wellness and sustainability in mind, our employees recieved a stylish and eco-friendly water bottle with 100% post-consumer recycled aluminum and a bamboo lid. Want to be part of the part of OCLC’s #TechnologyWithAPurpose? ➡️ Click here to learn about the impacts we make, our company culture, and available opportunities here: oc.lc/careers --- #OCLC #OCLCemployees #LifeAtOCLC #BestPlacesToWork #Jobs #Hiring #Technology #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibraryLove
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Putting the pieces together with OCLC's WorldShare Management Services and Choreo Insights: Join us on 14 May to learn how our an advanced library services platform and extensive library analytics solution together align library collections to academic curriculum using WorldCat holdings data. When combined, these two services inform thoughtful, data-driven decisions through: 🔵 Comparison of both print and electronic resources with other libraries 🟢 Academic program alignment 🟠 Collection building 🔵 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion analysis 🟢 Joint borrowing comparison ⤵️ Click below to learn more and register. --- #OCLC #OCLCwms #OCLCchoreo #LibraryAnalytics #LibraryCollections #AcademicLibrary #AcademicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibraryLove
Putting the pieces together with WMS and Choreo Insights: Aligning library collections with institutional goals and priorities
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Introducing #OCLCmeridian, a web application and set of APIs that libraries and other organizations that manage metadata for knowledge collections can use to create, curate, and connect linked data entities, making it easier to integrate library data into wider information streams. Meridian represents another fundamental step forward in the transition to linked data. Libraries of all types and sizes—as well as organizations managing metadata for knowledge collections—can benefit from and contribute to a scalable, sustainable network of authority linked data without disruption to current workflows. ⤵️ Click below to learn more. #OCLCnews --- #OCLC #LinkedData #Metadata #OCLCresearch #EngagedLibraries #PublicLibrary #PublicLibraries #AcademicLibrary #AcademicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibraryLove
OCLC Meridian makes it possible for libraries to create linked data that connect resources to the wider web | OCLC
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