Eric Childress

Work at OCLC Research, Editor for @dublincore, Curious about the world

[Eric Childress @echildress]

@OCLC @btwashburn @btwashburn is the gentle giant of so many RLG and @OCLC projects that a tweet can't list them all. I call out especially his work on Missing Materials https://t.co/ck5XvsQqbR which was a project that I had the pleasure to be part of. Thank you, Bruce!

[lorcan dempsey @lorcanD]

“When libraries closed their doors abruptly, they immediately opened their digital communications, collaborations, and creative activity to reach their public in ways as novel as the virus that forced them into it.” https://t.co/Sev50rPN5Z

[Mahnaz Dar @DibblyFresh]

Hey folks. I'm writing a @LibraryJournal piece on remote reference (primarily in academic libraries)--if you're a librarian doing remote ref, please @ me!

[Library Journal @LibraryJournal]

Columbia University #Librarians Provide Guide and Design for 3D-Printable Face Shields https://t.co/mfkFe2AlYO

[Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe @lisalibrarian]

This is the message. Academic libs have been building up a parallel digital services, content, and infrastructure for two decades. We are not moving online from in-person. We are online. We're just suspending in-person for now.

We've got this. Indiv+cooperatively. #CovidLibrary

[WebJunction @WebJunction]

As COVID-19 increasingly impacts communities, here is a collection of resources on how libraries are supporting information needs and making decisions about policies and services. https://t.co/7wA0LkNgGk (Photo: Malaka Gharib/ NPR https://t.co/ZPrNfDoaCH) #libs4health

[Eric Childress @echildress]

Ann E. Todd, child actress (nearly 40 films) and accomplished librarian (Music Library Assoc lifetime achievement citation) died on 7 Feb. Farewell, gentle lady. https://t.co/fFtYWrKFY6

[Eric Childress @echildress]

Why America isn’t equipped for the new rules of war / @janinedigi | @techreview https://t.co/Sgut1mYM3C “...Russia, China, Iran … [are] fighting these things called shadow wars, and they’re very effective,” says an ex-paratrooper and academic.

[Eric Childress @echildress]

Why the U.S. Sent Librarians Undercover to Gather Intelligence During World War II / Kathy Peiss | @TIME https://t.co/KzbYpmOwqH #librarians "...the ordinary activities of librarianship—acquisition, cataloguing, and reproduction—became fraught with mystery ."

[Eric Childress @echildress]

Time for the Human Screenome Project / @byronreeves Thomas Robinson & Nilam Ram | @nature https://t.co/fcJ0KzLfkQ To understand how people use digital media, researchers need to move beyond screen time and capture everything we do and see on our screens. #screenomics

[Eric Childress @echildress]

It’s Not What Libraries Hold; It’s Who Libraries Serve - Seeking a User-Centered Future for Academic Libraries / @Litslibrarian (@OhioLINK) @rschon (@IthakaSR) - new (January 2020) whitepaper from OhioLink https://t.co/eTcIv7LGGU ht @ConstanceM

[Eric Childress @echildress]

The library is a smart city's 'hub for digital intelligence' / @CailinCrowe | @smartcitiesdive https://t.co/Ma2XOuRoJF "As one of the most trusted spaces and sources...libraries are playing an increasingly important role in smart city initiatives." ht @lorcanD

[Eric Childress @echildress]

Eleven tips for working with large data sets: Big data are difficult to handle. These tips and tricks can smooth the way / @AnnaNowo | @nature
https://t.co/nyVtdwA1t1 ht @strnr

[James Baker Battles the Pink SPARQL and QS Robots @j_w_baker]

I've successfully taken metadata from three museum collections and federated them, using Dublin Core as my schema (that each DC element is optional & repeatable makes DC a total winner for me) and OpenRefine - what else - as my interim data wrangler. Project Achievement Unlocked.

[Eric Childress @echildress]

Russia plans to replace “unreliable” Wikipedia with its own version / @techreview https://t.co/hNdKUvnfLE "The announcement can be seen as part of a wider push by the Russian government to exert more control over what its citizens see and do online."

[Eric Childress @echildress]

Open Access pilot for Latin American monographs / @jstor https://t.co/gtdzt5tjMA "A partnership ... is working toward introducing a sustainable Open Access model for monographs to be developed and supported by the library community."

[Eric Childress @echildress]

Building the library of the future: Leveraging OCLC research models / @cmkeithw https://t.co/JuhO8J0hcF [keynote address to the OCLC Library Futures Conference, - Oct 2019] the future for academic libraries is to be woven more deeply into the scholarly process.

[Eric Childress @echildress]

For China to realise its research and innovation potential the government may have to place greater trust in the academic community / @XueyingHan & Applebaum | @LSEImpactBlog https://t.co/FbBwGGtN9T

[Eric Childress @echildress]

Publication is not enough, to generate impact you need to campaign / @TobyABGreen | @LSEImpactBlog https://t.co/EszhTEoEY1 "Being able to demonstrate the impacts of research outside of academia has become a standard requirement of a range of research funders."

[Eric Childress @echildress]

Google wins landmark right to be forgotten case / @LeoKelion | @BBCWorld https://t.co/4a2SQFCGN6 Court agrees with Google that the domain Google must address under European law is Europe only.