Registration<https://oclcwebinar.webex.com/weblink/register/r95de75440a9929111d9961b9cafa595a> is still open for our next semi-annual cataloging community meeting on Friday, 2 February 2024, starting at 2 PM Eastern time



Join us for this free, virtual event and engage with panelists along with fellow cataloging community members about initiatives to increase diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in library metadata, and hear from OCLC staff about updates to our cataloging products and services.



Here's the planned agenda:



DEI in library metadata panel discussion:

  *   Treshani Perera (University of Kentucky Libraries) - Harmful Language in Transcribed Titles: A Case Study.

*        Sarah Hoover (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) - Prejudicial Materials Working Group of RBMS's Controlled Vocabularies Editorial Group



OCLC updates:

*        Linked data and the integration of WorldCat Entities URIs into WorldCat

*        Continuous efforts to enrich and improve WorldCat data and methods to update your local collection

*        Ways to optimize e-resource management, access, and visibility using Collection Manager

*        Reminders for users of Connexion browser and the WorldCat Metadata API


Can't attend? Register at this link<https://oclcwebinar.webex.com/weblink/register/r95de75440a9929111d9961b9cafa595a> to receive the full recording after the event.


Kate


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OCLC * Program Coordinator- Metadata Engagement, Membership & Research Division
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