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!
Past Webinars
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01 October 2020
Works in Progress Webinar: This wasn’t for you yesterday, but it will be tomorrow—Digitization policy to counteract histories of exclusion
Join us as we explore the intersection of digitization policy and anti-racist action, using LSU Libraries’ experience as a lens to explore the state of the field.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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23 September 2020
Works in Progress Webinar: Implementing a shared GIS position at Rutgers University through cross-campus collaboration
In this webinar, representatives from Rutgers University will share how the Rutgers New Brunswick Libraries has partnered with the systemwide Office of Advanced Research Computing to develop a shared GIS specialist position.
- Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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10 September 2020
Works in Progress Webinar: Librarians on interdisciplinary research teams—a case study from the University of Miami
Learn about an innovative pilot program in which University of Miami librarians, as embedded team members, played a crucial role in interdisciplinary research projects.
- Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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26 August 2020
Works in Progress Webinar: Cross-campus partnerships, the library, and the university research enterprise
This webinar is the first in a series offered by the OCLC Research Library Partnership focusing on cross-campus collaboration in research support.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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11 August 2020
Works in Progress Webinar: Operationalizing the CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance
What are the CARE Principles? Learn how they work to address the historical legacy of data inequities that impact Indigenous Peoples. Presenters will also discuss how the CARE Principles promote a broader understanding of the FAIR Principles when applied to Indigenous data and collections.
- Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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09 July 2020
Works in Progress Webinar: Scaling research support services through a graduate specialist program at Rutgers University
Join this webinar to learn about an innovative program that expands research support services, fosters student career development, and enriches cross-campus relationships.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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22 June 2020
Works in Progress Webinar: Dynamics of change—continuing the conversation on library naming, finding, and relationship-building with Indigenous peoples
Participants will learn about how the University of Toronto Libraries is reckoning with both cultural change and the development of culturally appropriate metadata on a system-wide scale.
- Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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18 June 2020
Works in Progress Webinar: Better design -- tools for creating user personas
Learn about tools, questions, and methodologies for building user personas–which can help you better understand user needs and behaviors to create better design.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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03 June 2020
Works in Progress Webinar: Using Data to Advocate for the Preservation of Audiovisual Collections
This webinar will explain how data from a four-year project to survey and assess audiovisual collections across the Smithsonian Institution is being used to advance the preservation of those materials on a pan-institutional level.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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02 June 2020 - 02 June 2020
Works in Progress Webinar: Re-envisioning the fabric of the bibliographic universe - From promise to reality
In this session, we explore the experiences of national and research libraries in linked data exploration, looking at milestones over time.
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