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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21 October 2025
Works in Progress Webinar: Building effective workflows for oral history projects - collaboration, structure, and innovation
Join us to explore strategies for structured processes that improve project outcomes, including insights on AI's complementary role and when it is—or isn't—appropriate for specific tasks and projects.
- Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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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]
Past Webinars
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15 May 2024
Works in Progress Webinar: Gears and gigabytes—Preserving multimodal robotics collections
View this webinar to learn about Carnegie Mellon University’s work to establish a robotics collecting program and the best practices developed to support it.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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23 April 2024
Works in Progress Webinar: Diversifying library collections through student-led collection development
This webinar outlines a library-run student internship aimed at promoting diversity in the Bryn Mawr College Libraries’ collections. The program empowers students with the knowledge and budget to select and purchase diverse popular reading material from independent bookstores.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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09 April 2024
Works in Progress Webinar: Will our future selves thank us? Examining born-digital curation practices at the University of Kentucky Libraries
During this webinar, archivists and librarians from the University of Kentucky Libraries share recent challenges, successes, and practical tips for stewarding born-digital collections.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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12 March 2024
Works in Progress Webinar: LC Labs AI Planning Framework in action—Understand, experiment, and implement AI tools that support catalogers
Hear about what shaped the Artificial Intelligence Planning Framework and how it is being applied at the Library of Congress to explore computational description.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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05 March 2024
Works in Progress Webinar: Towards diversifying collections—implementing strategies
In this webinar, colleagues from University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and South Puget Sound Community College (SPSCC) discuss their ongoing efforts to identify and implement sustainable practices for building diverse collections, including work at SPSCC to utilize reparations-informed practices.
- Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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29 February 2024
Works in Progress Webinar: Lessons learned from implementing research information management systems (RIMS) in the US
This webinar features examples of RIMS implementations at three US research universities. The presenters share project goals, drivers, products, and scope, as well as the significant and ongoing challenges of securing researcher and campus buy-in.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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13 February 2024
Works in Progress Webinar: Operationalizing open at Syracuse University Libraries
View this webinar to hear about how Syracuse University Libraries leverages its digital library as part of a broader narrative about library support for open research.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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18 January 2024
Works in Progress Webinar: Supporting campus goals through a library-led Office for Open Research at the University of Manchester
The University of Manchester launched the Office for Open Research in April 2022, an ambitious effort to enable and embed open and reproducible research practices in alignment with institutional goals.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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19 October 2023
Works in Progress Webinar: Princeton’s Personal Librarian Program—building relationships across campus
View this webinar to learn how Princeton University Library leveraged campus relationships and technology to develop its Personal Librarian Program, an outreach initiative to connect with all undergraduates.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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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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