shigekisasagawa
@shigesasa.bsky.social
Library Consultant at OCLC. Ambassadoring anything Library, Books, Metadata, Poetry, Spanish language and Japanese culture.
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As Edith Cowan University Library (🇦🇺) gears up to move to its new campus, it's using the transition to find a smarter way to manage its collections.
⤵️ Ian Welch shares how #OCLCchoreo helped save time, simplify reviews, and make data-driven decisions. #OCLCmembers
@edithcowanuni.bsky.social
⤵️ Ian Welch shares how #OCLCchoreo helped save time, simplify reviews, and make data-driven decisions. #OCLCmembers
@edithcowanuni.bsky.social
Transform collection management by streamlining collection review processes | Edith Cowan University | OCLC
Learn how Edith Cowen University transformed their collection management processes efficiently using Choreo Insights.
www.oclc.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
As Edith Cowan University Library (🇦🇺) gears up to move to its new campus, it's using the transition to find a smarter way to manage its collections.
⤵️ Ian Welch shares how #OCLCchoreo helped save time, simplify reviews, and make data-driven decisions. #OCLCmembers
@edithcowanuni.bsky.social
⤵️ Ian Welch shares how #OCLCchoreo helped save time, simplify reviews, and make data-driven decisions. #OCLCmembers
@edithcowanuni.bsky.social
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Watch this 30-minute, on-demand Cool Trends & Hot Topics webinar to learn how OCLC's WorldShare Management Services—an advanced library services platform—can transform your e-resource management.
▶️⏺️ View the recording. #OCLCwms
▶️⏺️ View the recording. #OCLCwms
Cool Trends & Hot Topics: Identifying, acquiring, and describing e-resources through efficient workflows | OCLC
A 30-minute, on-demand webinar to learn how WorldShare Management Services (WMS)—an advanced library services platform—helps you efficiently manage e-resources.
www.oclc.org
August 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Watch this 30-minute, on-demand Cool Trends & Hot Topics webinar to learn how OCLC's WorldShare Management Services—an advanced library services platform—can transform your e-resource management.
▶️⏺️ View the recording. #OCLCwms
▶️⏺️ View the recording. #OCLCwms
Spat coffee on the title… but it’s deep when you read the article. Rather than self-deprecation, I see a struggle of a man who loves music and considers classical music as the music in its proper form, when film music feels like just a snippet (or puppet?) of it.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...
Composer John Williams says he ‘never liked film music very much’
Exclusive: The creator of some of cinema’s most memorable music says it pales in comparison to the great works
www.theguardian.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Spat coffee on the title… but it’s deep when you read the article. Rather than self-deprecation, I see a struggle of a man who loves music and considers classical music as the music in its proper form, when film music feels like just a snippet (or puppet?) of it.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...
Finally felt back home with a proper flat white, ahh.
August 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Finally felt back home with a proper flat white, ahh.
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Recharge with us during #ALAAC25! Visit booth #1147 to grab a refreshing beverage, relax, chat about the conference, and share ideas about supporting libraries. We will be there when the Library Marketplace opens Friday evening.
➡️ Learn more: oc.lc/3T4gaJM
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➡️ Learn more: oc.lc/3T4gaJM
@amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Recharge with us during #ALAAC25! Visit booth #1147 to grab a refreshing beverage, relax, chat about the conference, and share ideas about supporting libraries. We will be there when the Library Marketplace opens Friday evening.
➡️ Learn more: oc.lc/3T4gaJM
@amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
➡️ Learn more: oc.lc/3T4gaJM
@amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
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We’re thrilled to welcome the National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, to the OCLC Research Library Partnership! 🎉 Their renowned collections and expertise in art and design enrich our global network of research libraries. Welcome, NAL!
National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum joins the OCLC Research Library Partnership
The National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum (NAL) has joined the OCLC Research Library Partnership (RLP).
www.oclc.org
June 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We’re thrilled to welcome the National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, to the OCLC Research Library Partnership! 🎉 Their renowned collections and expertise in art and design enrich our global network of research libraries. Welcome, NAL!
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#EngagedLibraries empower their supporters. 🛠️ OCLC’s #WebJunction offers a range of resources for organizing a Friends group, training trustees, and recruiting volunteers, as well as best practices for working with these groups.
➡️ See the resources: oc.lc/3SVwpZi
➡️ See the resources: oc.lc/3SVwpZi
May 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
#EngagedLibraries empower their supporters. 🛠️ OCLC’s #WebJunction offers a range of resources for organizing a Friends group, training trustees, and recruiting volunteers, as well as best practices for working with these groups.
➡️ See the resources: oc.lc/3SVwpZi
➡️ See the resources: oc.lc/3SVwpZi
made a PA.E.LLA for mother’s day for my daughter’s mom
May 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM
made a PA.E.LLA for mother’s day for my daughter’s mom
Am I alone to think that we can use the ‘white smoke / black smoke’ analogy from the papal election to our everyday sales activity? As in ‘do you have your white smoke weapon for your decision-making’?
May 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Am I alone to think that we can use the ‘white smoke / black smoke’ analogy from the papal election to our everyday sales activity? As in ‘do you have your white smoke weapon for your decision-making’?
I didn’t know Sydney has this beautiful gothic cathedral. Next time I plan to visit inside (especially as I’m reading a book about the cathedral in Burgos right now)
May 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I didn’t know Sydney has this beautiful gothic cathedral. Next time I plan to visit inside (especially as I’m reading a book about the cathedral in Burgos right now)
Good morning Sydney
May 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Good morning Sydney
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OCLC’s Advocacy for a Greener Environment and our employees celebrated #EarthDay throughout April with learning, sustainability, and giving back activities.
▶️⤵️ Check out some of the highlights and see the results of our collective efforts in the 🧵 below. 1/4 #LifeAtOCLC
▶️⤵️ Check out some of the highlights and see the results of our collective efforts in the 🧵 below. 1/4 #LifeAtOCLC
May 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
OCLC’s Advocacy for a Greener Environment and our employees celebrated #EarthDay throughout April with learning, sustainability, and giving back activities.
▶️⤵️ Check out some of the highlights and see the results of our collective efforts in the 🧵 below. 1/4 #LifeAtOCLC
▶️⤵️ Check out some of the highlights and see the results of our collective efforts in the 🧵 below. 1/4 #LifeAtOCLC
That moment you’re going to play a lacrosse game and feel supported by your employer
May 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
That moment you’re going to play a lacrosse game and feel supported by your employer
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江戸時代の言葉を話すAIチャット「からまる」 Sakana AIが公開 古文書の2500万文字を学習
https://www.itmedia.co.jp/aiplus/articles/2504/01/news152.html
https://www.itmedia.co.jp/aiplus/articles/2504/01/news152.html
江戸時代の言葉を話すAIチャット「からまる」 Sakana AIが公開 古文書の2500万文字を学習
AIベンチャーのSakana AIは、江戸時代の古文風テキストで会話できるAIチャットbot「からまる」を公開した。
www.itmedia.co.jp
April 1, 2025 at 10:07 PM
江戸時代の言葉を話すAIチャット「からまる」 Sakana AIが公開 古文書の2500万文字を学習
https://www.itmedia.co.jp/aiplus/articles/2504/01/news152.html
https://www.itmedia.co.jp/aiplus/articles/2504/01/news152.html
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Have you heard of WorldCat? WorldCat is the world's largest library catalog. It's great for finding everything but especially rare materials and where they're held. I used it a lot in college for undergrad and my PhD. search.worldcat.org
WorldCat.org
WorldCat.org is a global catalog of library materials. You can search for books, music, video, articles and much more at libraries near you.
search.worldcat.org
April 15, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Have you heard of WorldCat? WorldCat is the world's largest library catalog. It's great for finding everything but especially rare materials and where they're held. I used it a lot in college for undergrad and my PhD. search.worldcat.org
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Hoy, 23 de abril, celebramos y recordamos a Miguel de Cervantes, también a William Shakespeare y al inca Garcilaso. Marta Vizcaíno habla en @euronewsespanol.bsky.social de las ediciones del Quijote de la @bne.es y de otras curiosidades. #DíadelLibro
es.euronews.com/cultura/2025...
es.euronews.com/cultura/2025...
La Biblioteca Nacional custodia la primera edición de 'El Quijote'
La Biblioteca Nacional de España, con 35 millones de documentos, preserva joyas como la edición príncipe de 'El Quijote' de Cervantes y celebra el Día del Libro este 23 de abril, honrando a Cervantes ...
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April 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Hoy, 23 de abril, celebramos y recordamos a Miguel de Cervantes, también a William Shakespeare y al inca Garcilaso. Marta Vizcaíno habla en @euronewsespanol.bsky.social de las ediciones del Quijote de la @bne.es y de otras curiosidades. #DíadelLibro
es.euronews.com/cultura/2025...
es.euronews.com/cultura/2025...
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The Bowdoin College Library has transformed its interlibrary loan home page into a captivating visual experience, showcasing the global reach of its ILL services.
⤵️ Check out the interactive map.
@bowdoin-college.bsky.social
⤵️ Check out the interactive map.
@bowdoin-college.bsky.social
Bowdoin College Library introduces innovative ILL map to highlight global research | OCLC
The Bowdoin College Library in Brunswick, Maine, has transformed its interlibrary loan home page into a captivating visual experience, showcasing the global reach of its ILL services. A dynamic digita...
www.oclc.org
April 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The Bowdoin College Library has transformed its interlibrary loan home page into a captivating visual experience, showcasing the global reach of its ILL services.
⤵️ Check out the interactive map.
@bowdoin-college.bsky.social
⤵️ Check out the interactive map.
@bowdoin-college.bsky.social
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ICYMI: OCLC's #CloudLibraryApp, the platform that offers access to a wide variety of digital content, is now integrated with #OCLCworldcat, making libraries with OCLC cataloging subscriptions more visible and discoverable.
⤵️ Read more. #OCLCnews
⤵️ Read more. #OCLCnews
OCLC's CloudLibrary is now integrated with WorldCat, making digital content more visible, discoverable for users | OCLC
OCLC's CloudLibrary, the platform that offers access to a wide variety of digital content, is now integrated with WorldCat, making this content more visible and discoverable through libraries with OCL...
www.oclc.org
April 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
ICYMI: OCLC's #CloudLibraryApp, the platform that offers access to a wide variety of digital content, is now integrated with #OCLCworldcat, making libraries with OCLC cataloging subscriptions more visible and discoverable.
⤵️ Read more. #OCLCnews
⤵️ Read more. #OCLCnews
ChatGPT action figure creation is so much fun! Prompt I used is in the comment. (Let’s discuss bias and hallucination offline😀)
April 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
ChatGPT action figure creation is so much fun! Prompt I used is in the comment. (Let’s discuss bias and hallucination offline😀)
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Exploring, selecting, and implementing a new library system can seem overwhelming. That's why we invited librarians who’ve recently implemented the cloud-based #OCLCwms to share tips on the process from start to finish.
▶️⏺️ Watch our on-demand webinar.
▶️⏺️ Watch our on-demand webinar.
Exploring, selecting, and implementing a new library system: A panel discussion with librarians | OCLC
A one-hour virtual panel discussion to get tips from librarians who’ve recently implemented a new, cloud-based library system—OCLC's WorldShare Management Services
www.oclc.org
April 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Exploring, selecting, and implementing a new library system can seem overwhelming. That's why we invited librarians who’ve recently implemented the cloud-based #OCLCwms to share tips on the process from start to finish.
▶️⏺️ Watch our on-demand webinar.
▶️⏺️ Watch our on-demand webinar.
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
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Various agencies had been investigating Japanese American communities for nearly a decade prior to WWII, leading to the creation of custodial detention lists of Issei—as well as immigrant Germans, Italians and other Europeans—to be picked up if and when war broke out.
April 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Various agencies had been investigating Japanese American communities for nearly a decade prior to WWII, leading to the creation of custodial detention lists of Issei—as well as immigrant Germans, Italians and other Europeans—to be picked up if and when war broke out.
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Donald Trump’s recent attempt to invoke the Alien Enemies Act has sparked much interest in the roundup and internment of Issei during WWII, the most recent use of this 1798 law. So here is a brief outline of what our Issei leaders experienced the last time the Alien Enemies Act was invoked.
April 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Donald Trump’s recent attempt to invoke the Alien Enemies Act has sparked much interest in the roundup and internment of Issei during WWII, the most recent use of this 1798 law. So here is a brief outline of what our Issei leaders experienced the last time the Alien Enemies Act was invoked.
Hello #metadata lovers, #linkeddata fans, #OCLC members, #ResearchInformation readers, and all #librarians. Don't miss the chance to meet the best and the brightest!
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Live webcast: Unlocking the Power of Linked Data
Wed 7 May 2025 – 2.00pm… | Research Information
Live webcast: Unlocking the Power of Linked Data
Wed 7 May 2025 – 2.00pm BST / 3.00pm CEST / 09.00am EST
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Join Research Information Magazine, OCLC, and West Virginia University...
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April 9, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Hello #metadata lovers, #linkeddata fans, #OCLC members, #ResearchInformation readers, and all #librarians. Don't miss the chance to meet the best and the brightest!
www.linkedin.com/posts/resear...
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In a letter to Congress, four of the Big Five publishers are urging Congress to restore the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which has been targeted for closure by a Trump administration executive order. via @naypinya.bsky.social
Four of the Big Five Publishers Sign Letter Urging Congress to Restore IMLS
Shuttering IMLS would be "an act of monumental neglect, violating the very foundation of America and what it stands for as a country," the publishers assert.
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April 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
In a letter to Congress, four of the Big Five publishers are urging Congress to restore the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which has been targeted for closure by a Trump administration executive order. via @naypinya.bsky.social