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Hanging Together
the OCLC Research blog
	A research roadmap for Building a National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN)
I had the opportunity to develop and lead the OCLC project team in the user research design phase for the IMLS-funded project (grant number LG-246349-OLS-20), Building a National Finding Aid &#8230; 
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	How well does EAD tag usage support finding aid discovery?
In November, we shared information with you about the Building a&#160;National Finding Aid Network&#160;project (NAFAN). This is a&#160;two-year research and demonstration project to build the foundation for a (US) national &#8230; 
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	Social interoperability: Getting to know all about you
Building and sustaining productive cross-campus partnerships in support of the university research enterprise is both necessary and fraught with challenges. Social interoperability – the creation and maintenance of working relationships &#8230; 
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	Reimagine Descriptive Workflows: meeting the challenges of inclusive description in shared infrastructure
In a previous blog post, I told you about our Reimagine Descriptive Workflows project, and the path we took to get there. In that post, I shared the three objectives &#8230; 
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	Fill your social interoperability toolbox
Social interoperability – the creation and maintenance of working relationships across individuals and organizational units that promote collaboration, communication, and mutual understanding – is important. But it can be hard &#8230; 
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	Filling our cups at the home office water cooler
A few weeks ago I learned that Crystal, an OCLC colleague I barely knew, loves to play board games, that she and her husband&#160; just became empty nesters (like my &#8230; 
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	Working across campus is like herding flaming cats
Do you work at a university? If so, did you know that you work in a complex, adaptive system? And did you know that that makes it hard to build &#8230; 
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	The REALM project: What we’ve learned and what’s next
When the REALM project began in April 2020, little was known about the COVID-19 virus. Now, more than a year later, REALM has completed eight laboratory tests, synthesized emerging research &#8230; 
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	‘Reimagine Descriptive Workflows’ in libraries and archives
In the OCLC Research Library Partnership, we have a practice of “Learning Together” – we listen for issues that form a shared challenge space within our global partnership, then we &#8230; 
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	Join us for the Total Cost of Stewardship / #OCLC_TCoS Twitter Chat!
On May 20th from noon-1pm PDT / 3-4pm EDT / 8-9pm BST, we are hosting a Twitter chat inspired by our recent report Total Cost of Stewardship: Responsible Collection Building &#8230; 
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