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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><a href="https://oc.lc/reimagine-workflows-report">Reimagine Descriptive Workflows: A new report from OCLC Research</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">The
<b>Reimagine Descriptive Workflows project</b> convened a group of experts, practitioners, and community members to determine ways of improving descriptive practices, tools, infrastructure, and workflows in libraries and archives.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">The newly published report<b>
<i>Reimagine Descriptive Workflows: A Community-informed Agenda for Reparative and Inclusive Descriptive Practice</i></b><i>
</i>synthesizes the findings from this convening, related research, and ongoing operational work in the field to help chart a path forward in this work. This report contextualizes the challenges facing the library and information field in inclusive and reparative
metadata work and offers a framework of guidance that suggests actions and exercises that can help frame institutions’ local priorities and areas for change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Read the community agenda at
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Explore more from this project at
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