Collaboration. Serendipity. Diversity. These are the qualities that come to mind when I think about this year’s OCLC quilt and the community that created it. The OCLC Quilters, a group of current and …
This is the first installment of a three-part series on global library leadership engagement, contributed by Ellen Hartman, OCLC Leaders Council Manager. We’re grateful to Ellen for sharing her perspe…
We’re delighted to welcome Ann McCranie, PhD, who joins OCLC on June 8 as our new Director of Research Insights. Ann joins OCLC at an important moment as OCLC Research advances Research Reimagined, a …
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Digital content is evolving quickly, and so are expectations for inclusive access. Libraries are being asked to deliver e-books, audiobooks, and streaming media in ways that work for everyone. But the…
We are grateful to our colleague and guest author Omar Farhoud, Sales Manager in the EMEA region, for sharing his perspective on how AI might benefit Arabic-language metadata workflows, as well as ris…
Having recently released a Data Insights briefing on the Italian presence in the global published record, I’m inspired to introduce our latest OCLC Research report with a quote from Machiavelli: Men i…
What is collaboration? I prompted ChatGPT to create an image illustrating collaboration, and this is what it produced: I would guess that most people would conjure up something similar if asked to men…
Funding and resourcing, technology, staffing, community needs and expectations—the pace of change library leaders now need to navigate and lead their organizations through is nothing short of breathta…
民進黨新竹市議員鄭美娟今表示，新竹市政府教育處所使用的同意書，要求學生臉部影像「無限期使用」、「不限區域（全球）」，且未提供不同意的選項，她已第一時間要求教育處立即停止使用該份同...…
CBS News Shutters Radio Service After Nearly a Century https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/03/20/2052214/cbs-news-shutters-radio-service-after-nearly-a-century?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
Imagine a newspaper publisher refusing to let libraries keep copies of its paper. That’s effectively what’s starting online, as big publishers block the Internet Archive from preserving news sites. ht…
日本索尼集團（Sony）正積極應對生成式 AI 的版權保護議題，近期被日媒曝光一項具備版權保護機制的 AI 新技術，直指當前網路上氾濫的「吉卜力風格」模仿內容，據稱該技術不僅要阻止 AI 生成侵權作品，還進一步構想分潤概念，讓原創作者在作品被拿去 AI 訓練時能獲得合理報酬。 英文版Automaton根據日本經濟新聞報導，AI 保護版權技術由索尼旗下專責人工智慧研發的 Sony AI 部門主導開發…
新聞大英百科全書（Encyclopedia Britannica）出版商Britannica及旗下字典編輯商Merriam-Webster公司本周控告OpenAI、OpenAI控股公司等相關組織運用其內容來訓練模型、核對事實，以及提供給終端用戶，已侵害其版權，而且還生成錯誤內容破壞其名譽。 Britannica擁有10萬篇線上文章及紙本新大英百科全書的版權。而其下Merriam-Webster公司…
Encyclopedia Britannica is suing OpenAI for allegedly ‘memorizing’ its content with ChatGPT https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/895372/encyclopedia-britannica-openai-lawsuit
When international ILL shipping faced an unprecedented disruption, the OCLC RLP SHARES community turned confusion into collaboration, crafting creative solutions to keep library materials moving acros…
Facing cataloging backlogs, legacy metadata issues, and language challenges, libraries are exploring how AI may offer practical support—while keeping human expertise central. The post Backlogs and bey…
Learn how archives and special collections are exploring using AI responsibly to meet accessibility requirements and improve access to unique resources. The post Exploring AI uses in archives and spec…
Can AI help to manage institutional repository metadata? From improving deposit workflows to cleaning up legacy data, explore how AI might support IRs while keeping human expertise front and center. T…
AI can enhance metadata work—but only with care. Learn how libraries can balance innovation with quality and ethical practice. The post Striking the right balance: Opportunities and challenges of AI i…
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