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Introducing OCLC Meridian

Posted By Kate James May 09, 2024 10:08 AM
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Hello, I am sharing this message with you on behalf of my colleagues. We're excited to announce the availability of OCLC Meridian, 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 ...

Introducing OCLC Meridian

Posted By Kate James May 09, 2024 10:08 AM
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Hello, I am sharing this message with you on behalf of my colleagues. We're excited to announce the availability of OCLC Meridian, 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 ...

Introducing OCLC Meridian

Hello, I am sharing this message with you on behalf of my colleagues. We're excited to announce the availability of OCLC Meridian, 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 ...

OCLC May Virtual AskQC Office Hours: Who's Your Audience?

Posted By Kate James May 08, 2024 11:42 AM
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Sometimes it's not obvious when to record your audience. If this is a puzzle with which you struggle, please attend our VAOH session to answer the question "Who's Your Audience?" Join us either Tuesday, 14 May at 10:00 am EDT (UTC -4) or Thursday, 23 May at 4:00 pm EDT (UTC -4), whichever is more ...

OCLC May Virtual AskQC Office Hours: Who's Your Audience?

Sometimes it's not obvious when to record your audience. If this is a puzzle with which you struggle, please attend our VAOH session to answer the question "Who's Your Audience?" Join us either Tuesday, 14 May at 10:00 am EDT (UTC -4) or Thursday, 23 May at 4:00 pm EDT (UTC -4), whichever is more ...

OCLC May Virtual AskQC Office Hours: Who's Your Audience?

Posted By Kate James May 08, 2024 11:36 AM
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Sometimes it's not obvious when to record your audience. If this is a puzzle with which you struggle, please attend our VAOH session to answer the question "Who's Your Audience?" Join us either Tuesday, 14 May at 10:00 am EDT (UTC -4) or Thursday, 23 May at 4:00 pm EDT (UTC -4), whichever is more ...

WorldCat Validation release notes, April 2024

On April 25, 2024, OCLC expects to install changes to WorldCat Validation, including the following new features and enhancements: OCLC-MARC Validations of New MARC Codes Announced January 23-March 26, 2024 Decommission of encoding level (ELvl) values I and J WorldCat Entity duplicate check The ...

WorldCat Validation release notes, April 2024

Posted By Kate James Apr 19, 2024 09:51 AM
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On April 25, 2024, OCLC expects to install changes to WorldCat Validation, including the following new features and enhancements: OCLC-MARC Validations of New MARC Codes Announced January 23-March 26, 2024 Decommission of encoding level (ELvl) values I and J WorldCat Entity duplicate check The ...

WorldCat Validation release notes, April 2024

Posted By Kate James Apr 19, 2024 09:51 AM
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On April 25, 2024, OCLC expects to install changes to WorldCat Validation, including the following new features and enhancements: OCLC-MARC Validations of New MARC Codes Announced January 23-March 26, 2024 Decommission of encoding level (ELvl) values I and J WorldCat Entity duplicate check The ...

Recording & slides for "Metadata in Shared Digital Libraries," 2024 ALA Core Interest Group Week

Posted By Kate James Apr 05, 2024 01:28 PM
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The ALA Metadata Interest Group is pleased to share the recording and slides from our program for 2024 Core IG Week on "Metadata in Shared Digital Libraries." Presentations in this session included: Describing Our Members, Ourselves: Maintaining a Shared Controlled Vocabulary in Explore Chicago ...

Meet OCLC cataloging/metadata staff at PLA 2024

Posted By Kate James Mar 25, 2024 03:29 PM
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Are you attending PLA 2024 in Columbus, Ohio? If so, we hope to see you at OCLC's cataloging-related programing at the conference! We'll be doing cataloging office hours, booth demos, and OCLC's Dewey Senior Editor Alex Kyrios will be presenting at a program on Friday afternoon. Here is the listing of ...

OCLC introduces a new look for BFAS

We're pleased to introduce a new look for Bibliographic Formats and Standards (BFAS). What's new? · Improved navigation – navigate with greater ease and benefit from a search bar on every page · New homepage – personalized content, page updates, and news are available all in one place · ...

OCLC introduces a new look for BFAS

Posted By Kate James Mar 15, 2024 01:02 PM
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We're pleased to introduce a new look for Bibliographic Formats and Standards (BFAS). What's new? · Improved navigation – navigate with greater ease and benefit from a search bar on every page · New homepage – personalized content, page updates, and news are available all in one place · ...

RE: Comments requested: RSC/ORDAC/2024/1

Posted By Kate James Mar 14, 2024 04:04 PM
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Now for my third and final reply addressing Jeanette's comment. This is part of what Jeanette said, "I'd also note that the design of the Toolkit itself might be adding confusion because while it's clear for the contents at the top of preferred name of corporate body description that Names of corporate ...

RE: Comments requested: RSC/ORDAC/2024/1

Posted By Kate James Mar 14, 2024 03:46 PM
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These are my comments for the proposed change to the Corporate Body: preferred name of corporate body instructions... The existing Condition/Condition Option pairs seem to address the situation the proposed change wants to cover even though it does not directly that situation. I note that an instruction ...

RE: Comments requested: RSC/ORDAC/2024/1

Posted By Kate James Mar 14, 2024 03:19 PM
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I have a lot of comments about this proposal. I am not sure if this will make it better or worse, but I am going to send them as separate replies in the hope that they will be more digestible. I note that New Zealand already has policy statements at Place: preferred name of place that address this issue. ...

RE: Comments requested: RSC/TechnicalWG/2024/1

Posted By Kate James Mar 14, 2024 10:19 AM
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OCLC has no comments on this proposal. Kate ------------------------------ Kate James (she/her/hers) OCLC · Program Coordinator- Metadata Engagement, Membership & Research Division 6565 Kilgour Place, Dublin, Ohio, 43017 United States ------------------------------

Music Score Cataloging for the Uninitiated: OCLC March 2024 Virtual AskQC Office Hours

Posted By Kate James Mar 04, 2024 07:55 AM
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Do you have to catalog the occasional music score but are not a music cataloger? Do you have minimal experience cataloging music scores yet are expected to catalog a growing backlog of them? Are you intimidated by the thought of cataloging a score when you never learned to read music? Join us for Music ...

Music Score Cataloging for the Uninitiated: OCLC March 2024 Virtual AskQC Office Hours

Posted By Kate James Mar 04, 2024 07:54 AM
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Do you have to catalog the occasional music score but are not a music cataloger? Do you have minimal experience cataloging music scores yet are expected to catalog a growing backlog of them? Are you intimidated by the thought of cataloging a score when you never learned to read music? Join us for Music ...

Register Now! "Metadata in Shared Digital Libraries," ALA Core Virtual Interest Group Week, March 4th at 10:00 CST

Posted By Kate James Feb 20, 2024 07:25 AM
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The ALA Metadata Interest Group is pleased to host three presentations related to metadata in shared digital libraries during Core Interest Group Week. The program will take place on Monday, March 4, 2024, from 10:00-11:00 am Central Time. The session is free to attend and open to the public; ...