Presentations

Open for All, Reusable for Whom?: A Review of What Data Reusers Want and How Data Repositories Can Deliver
virtual
Drawing from data reuse studies, we create a feature set to assess how data repositories are meeting data reuse needs. We use our findings to showcase desirable features in use to prototype the design of a reuser-oriented data repository that developers can use to improve their data repository interface.
Topics: Open Access, Research Data Management
Open for all. Reusable for whom? A review of what data reusers want and how data repositories can deliver
virtual
Presenters review past studies of data reusers, specifically a qualitative study of 105 researchers from three disciplinary communities: quantitative social science, archaeology, and zoology.
Topics: Research Data Management
Transitioning to the Next Generation of Metadata
virtual
Titia van der Werf and Ellen Hartman presented on the findings from the RLP Metadata Managers Focus Group discussions (as published in Karen Smith-Yoshimura's Report) and the OCLC Research round table discussions (held in March 2021) on the Next Generation of Metadata.
Topics: Metadata

Corrective collecting: A practical, holistic, EDI-centered strategy for community archives
This webinar will be of interest to administrators, curators, collection managers, and anyone working to steward, administer, and provide access to archives, and special and distinctive collections.
Topics: Works in Progress, Archives and Special Collections, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion

New Model Library
During this session, the OCLC Research team and the WMS Community Leadership team discuss emerging library models. This session includes immediate and long-term considerations for library leaders and library staff as a result of changing practices and environments.
Topics: New Model Library

SHARES Sharing Special Collections: draft principles and protocols
These draft Principles and Protocols are meant to reflect the SHARES philosophy of liberal lending policies which promote access, enrich research, and support a collaborative environment between partner libraries.
Topics: SHARES, Archives and Special Collections

Social Interoperability Workshop 3: Making Your Plan for Developing Cross-Functional Relationships at Our Institution
virtual
In this final workshop, the trainers offer some additional resources to support participants. Participants share what they’ve learned, describe what tactics they will adapt, and develop a list of activities they plan to adopt.
Topics: Research Data Management, Research Support, Research Information Management

Social Interoperability Workshop 2: Case Studies in Successful Social Interoperability
virtual
The second workshop examines strategies and tactics that can support successful social interoperability. Participants discuss several case studies that exemplify successful cross-institutional collaboration.
Topics: Research Data Management, Research Support, Research Information Management
Social Interoperability Workshop 1: Understanding Social and Structural Norms That Shape Academic Institutional Collaboration
virtual
This first session explores the social and structural norms that shape academic institutional collaboration, particularly examining the model of universities as “complex, adaptive systems.”
Topics: Research Data Management, Research Support, Research Information Management

Facilitating Successful Cross-Campus Partnerships to Further the University Research Enterprise
virtual
This presentation provides an introduction to the recent OCLC Research report, Social Interoperability in Research Support: Cross-Campus Partnerships and The University Research Enterprise.
Topics: Research Information Management, Research Support, Research Data Management