Works in Progress Webinars
Exclusively for OCLC Research Library Partners
What are we working on? What are you working on? OCLC Research Library Partnership members are invited to participate in this webinar series to talk about work happening in OCLC Research – we'd like to present our work informally and get feedback from you, our Partners. We'd also like this to be a venue for Partner institutions. What are you working on that everyone should know about? What input would help you move forward? Attend these webinars to let us know!
Upcoming Webinars
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19 November 2025
Works in Progress Webinar: Realigning library services to scale research support—A case study of changes at Monash University
Discover how Monash University Library strategically realigned its services to better support research at scale. In this webinar, Gary Pearce shares a compelling case study of organizational transformation, offering practical insights for library leaders navigating evolving institutional priorities.
- Time: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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04 December 2025
Works in Progress Webinar: Bridging the gap between availability and discoverability – how academic libraries are supporting open access discovery
Explore how academic libraries can address the challenges of discovering scholarly peer-reviewed open access (OA) publications through the OA Discovery project. Learn about effective strategies for integrating OA publications into user workflows and improving discovery experiences.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
Past Webinars
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01 August 2023
Works in Progress Webinar: Building a National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN) research findings—Archivist focus group interviews and EAD analysis
In this webinar, members of the OCLC Research team review findings from focus group interviews with archivists and review overall project recommendations.
- Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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25 July 2023
Works in Progress Webinar: Why don't research impact LibGuides include bias-related resources?
In this presentation, Sheila Craft-Morgan shares insights from her recent investigation into the content of LibGuides on research impact topics at ARL institutions.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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11 July 2023
Works in Progress Webinar: Building a National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN) research findings—End user survey and interviews
In this webinar, members of the OCLC Research team reviewed findings from quantitative and qualitative research on end users of archival aggregation discovery platforms.
- Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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13 June 2023
Works in Progress Webinar: Building a National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN) research findings—Introduction and project recommendations
In this webinar, members of the OCLC Research team give an overview of the NAFAN project, methodologies used, and overall recommendations.
- Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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11 May 2023
Works in Progress Webinar: Sustaining art research collections—Identifying and building strong library collaborations
Learn about OCLC Research findings that support identifying, building, and sustaining partnership opportunities.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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24 January 2023
Works in Progress Webinar: Developing a trusted research impact team at Virginia Tech
In this webinar, the research impact team at the Virginia Tech University Libraries shares about their work—and how they have grown their service offerings.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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18 October 2022
Implementing the SHARES Sharing Special Collections Principles and Protocols: Overview
View this webinar for an introduction to the Principles and Protocols for Sharing Special Collections through Interlibrary Loan.
- Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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06 October 2022
Works in Progress Webinar: Supporting research analytics at University of Pennsylvania libraries
In this webinar, librarians from the University of Pennsylvania offer compelling examples of the evolving role of the library in providing research analytics services to support both researchers and broader institutional goals.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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15 September 2022
Works in Progress Webinar: Cross-library learning and knowledge sharing—Metadata Community of Practice at Notre Dame
In this webinar, learn how and why University of Notre Dame developed a Metadata Community of Practice.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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17 May 2022
Works in Progress Webinar: Developing research impact services–Perspectives from three OCLC Research Library Partnership institutions
In this webinar, librarians from three research universities describe the services, collaborations, and strategies they are employing to develop research impact services at their institutions.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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