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Posted on 10th April 2012Comments Off
The Magic of Doing One Thing at a Time

HBR Blog Network
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March 14, 2012
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Find the off switch. Most of us already know this, but it’s worth repeating: multitasking lowers productivity. Check out Energy Project CEO T…

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Posted on 6th April 2012Comments Off
Behind the Research: Interview with OCLC Research Scientist Jean Godby Inaugurates new Series on OCLC Cooperative Blog

This series takes the opportunity to get to know a bit about the researchers themselves–what motivated them to get into the profession, what drives their curiosity, what inspires them.

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Posted on 4th April 2012Comments Off
VIAF (Virtual International Authority File) Transitions from OCLC Research Prototype to OCLC Service

OCLC will continue to make VIAF openly accessible and will also work to incorporate VIAF into various OCLC services.

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Posted on 3rd April 2012Comments Off
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Institutional Repositories Webinar Recording Now Available

This webinar provided SEO techniques for improving the indexing ratios of institutional repositories in Google Scholar.

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Posted on 2nd April 2012Comments Off
Shenghui Wang Named OCLC Research Scientist

OCLC Research is pleased to announce the appointment of Shenghui Wang, Ph.D., as a Research Scientist effective 1 May 2012. Dr. Wang will work from the OCLC European, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) headquarters office in Leiden, Netherlands.

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Posted on 2nd April 2012Comments Off
Innovation, Abundance and the Lesson of Aluminum

Innovation Tools
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March 14, 2012
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Compared to what. Check out this excerpt from Peter H. Diamandis’ and Steven Kotler’s Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think < htt…

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Posted on 30th March 2012Comments Off
Do E-Books Make It Harder to Remember What You Just Read?

Time Magazine
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March 14, 2012
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Un-stickiness. Anecdotal evidence points to the troubling possibility that information read on a screen just doesn’t register the same way it woul…

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Posted on 30th March 2012Comments Off