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OCLC, the nonprofit research organization that produces and maintains WorldCat, has a new podcast series that records impromptu interviews in which the question, "What's keeping you awake at night?" is asked to leaders in the library profession who are thinking ahead, worrying about big issues, or imagining the next big thing.  

In a new podcast, Research Libraries Group (RLG) Program Officer Merrilee Proffitt talks with Jenn Riley, Metadata Librarian in the Digital Library Program at Indiana University, about how the library catalog has not traditionally been an encyclopedia, but moving forward it could act more like one, at least in the way that it ties in with other systems to provide seamless access between users. The interview, "Why shouldn't the library catalog be an encyclopedia?", is now available online.

This is the third podcast in a continuing series. Additional interviews will be recorded and added to the Programs and Research podcast page in the near future. Visit the OCLC Programs and Research podcast page to hear all of the interviews in the series.