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Linked data for metadata operations: An RLP Product Insights session summary

April 10, 2025June 25, 2025 - by Annette Dortmund

In a OCLC RLP Products Insights session, metadata experts met to explore challenges, options and potential future scenarios for linked data in library workflows with an eye to improving metadata operations.

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Identifiers / Linked Data / Metadata / Research Library Partnership

Identity management beyond the LC/NACO Authority File

May 24, 2023July 9, 2025 - by Richard Urban - 3 Comments.

The OCLC RLP Metadata Managers Focus Group met in March 2023 to explore new developments in the shift from “authority control” towards “identity management.” Our discussion was facilitated by Charlene Chou …

Collaboration / Identifiers / Infrastructure and Standards Support / Libraries / Metadata

Author identity management in the book chain

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 - by Titia van der Werf

Author identification is a recurring bottleneck across the trade book supply chain. Discussion participants agree about the importance of promoting the use of author identifiers like ISNI.

Collaboration / Identifiers / Infrastructure and Standards Support / Libraries / Metadata

Gestión de la identidad del autor en la cadena del libro

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 - by Titia van der Werf

La identificación del autor es un cuello de botella recurrente en la cadena de suministro de libros comerciales. Los participantes de la discusión están de acuerdo sobre la importancia de promover el uso de identificadores de autor como ISNI

Identifiers / Infrastructure and Standards Support / Libraries / Linked Data / Metadata / Research Information Management / Research support

Taking research information to the next level

April 8, 2022April 12, 2022 - by Titia van der Werf

This post contextualizes the emergence of national persistent identifier (PID) roadmaps and points to the interoperability power of PIDs beyond research information management (RIM).

Identifiers / Libraries Archives and Museums / Linked Data / Metadata

Persistent identifiers in cultural heritage

March 1, 2022March 9, 2022 - by Titia van der Werf

Thanks to Liz Krznarich, Adoption Manager at DataCite & ROR, for contributing this guest blog post. Why do we need persistent identifiers for cultural heritage? This post is part of …

Collaboration / Identifiers / Infrastructure and Standards Support / Libraries / Linked Data / Research Information Management

Debates de seguimiento en España: sesión sobre RIM y comunicación científica

November 22, 2021March 9, 2022 - by Titia van der Werf

Informe de las presentaciones en español del perfil de aplicación RDA de REBIUN para el registro de investigadores, los proyectos CRIS y Métricas de Dialnet y el proyecto Hércules.

Collaboration / Identifiers / Infrastructure and Standards Support / Libraries / Linked Data / Metadata / Research Information Management

Follow-up discussion series in Spain: RIM and scholarly communications session

November 22, 2021March 9, 2022 - by Titia van der Werf

Reporting back from the Spanish presentations of REBIUN’s RDA application profile for registering researchers, Dialnet’s CRIS and Metricas projects, and project Hercules.

Identifiers / Infrastructure and Standards Support / Linked Data / Metadata / Renovating Descriptive Practice

Next-generation metadata and the semantic continuum

May 3, 2021April 30, 2021 - by Annette Dortmund

Many thanks to Titia van der Werf, OCLC, for writing the majority of this blog post. On 13 April 2021, the Closing Plenary webinar took place to synthesize the OCLC Research Discussion …

Identifiers / Infrastructure and Standards Support / Linked Data / Metadata / Renovating Descriptive Practice

Nederlandse ronde tafel sessie over next generation metadata: Denk groter dan NACO en WorldCat

April 27, 2021April 27, 2021 - by Titia van der Werf

Met dank aan Ellen Hartman, OCLC, voor het vertalen van de oorspronkelijke Engelstalige blogpost. Op 8 maart 2021 werd een Nederlandse ronde tafel discussie georganiseerd als onderdeel van de OCLC …