(6 Mar 2025) In the 12 years that ORCID has been sharing the Public Data File, it has been downloaded more than 190,000 times, serving as a data source for a diverse range of projects such as the analysis of relationships and individual trajectories within the research community, scientific migrations, collaboration networks, and the adoption…
(5 Feb 2025) OCLC Metadata Quality teams implement a variety of measures—both manual and automated—to improve the quality and usefulness of WorldCat data. These extensive and ongoing efforts ensure that WorldCat data supports the needs of our membership and our global network of thousands of libraries across a wide range of services. As the technologies and…
(21 Aug 2024) OCLC is unlocking the power of the Dewey Decimal Classification system to build an increasingly robust linked data infrastructure by creating uniform resource identifiers (URIs) for Dewey numbers. As the foundation for “concept” entities, this Dewey linked data provides subject classifications to Works entities in WorldCat Entities, creating a layer of new relationships for knowledge…
(6 Aug 2024) Stanford University is one example of a university that chose to integrate ORCID into its centralized identity management system, which it did to comply with US research security directives issued by the National Security Presidential Memorandum-33, better known as NSPM-33. Stanford University offers an ideal case study for similar research institutions that already…
(2 Jul 2024) The recording and indexing of research plays a vital role in how it can be found and used, but what happens when the output from a research project is not a written document, but a performance, series of events or an artistic work? Holly Ranger, Jenny Evans andAdam Vials Moore discuss findings from…
(18 Jul 2024) From June 11-13, 2024, 175 persistent identifier (PID) enthusiasts from around the world gathered in Prague for the first PIDfest, with a further 100 joining virtually. Billed as “a three-day international summit of talks, activities and workshops focusing on how persistent identifiers can deliver world-class research infrastructure,” it was also something of a…
(27 Feb 2024) Outdated and offensive language haunts archival and library catalogues, potentially causing harm to those searching for and accessing the material these institutions hold. In other cases, there are silences — people can’t find material because the search terms they employ have not been used by the Library in the item’s descriptive record. These…
(Jan 2024) The IFLA Section on Management and Marketing is once again partnering with PressReader to launch the IFLA PressReader International Library Marketing Award for 2024. The IFLA PressReader International Marketing Award is given to the library that demonstrates the best marketing activity to increase awareness and usage of their offer or services, through creative,…
(30 Oct 2023) On October 30, the COAR Task Force on Supporting Multilingualism and non-English Content in Repositories published 15 recommended practices for repositories to support multilingual and non-English content in repositories. The recommendations identify good practices for repository managers and repository software developers, and focus on the topics of metadata, multilingual keywords, user interfaces,…
(13 Feb 2023) The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) today announced publication of its new Video and Audio Metadata Recommended Practice (NISO RP-41-2023), which establishes metadata guidelines for video and audio assets. Audio and especially video assets are growing in volume, popularity, and use in scholarly, scientific, and professional communities around the world. Libraries are…