Jim Hahn: OCLC Entity Management Advisory Group
Jim Hahn, head of metadata research at the Penn Libraries, has been named to the OCLC Entity Management Advisory Group. OCLC is a global library cooperative that provides shared technology services, original research and community programs. This new group was created to support OCLC’s recently announced grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. OCLC will work with leading national libraries, federal agencies and research libraries to ensure that its infrastructure is sustainable and compatible with their efforts. Specifically, OCLC will engage with the LD4P community—libraries participating in the Linked Data for Production project, led by Stanford University Libraries and also funded by Mellon—to ensure that the system matches the evolution of the library linked data environment. Mr. Hahn will test tools and provide feedback as part of this group.