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Weaving the fabric of library collaboration: Reflections on recent OCLC Research findings
Los Angeles, California, USA
Collaboration can be an important strategy for libraries as they seek to reduce redundancies, leverage complementarities, highlight their strengths, and find pathways through emerging facets of the library mission. OCLC Research has built an extensive body of work on library collaboration that explores this topic from a range of perspectives, including collaboration across institutions and within institutions; collaboration in key areas of library strategic interest, including research data management, specialized collections, and public librarianship; data-driven analysis to support identifying and managing collaborative opportunities; and collaboration as a key pillar for visions of the a New Model Library of the future. This presentation will weave together findings from these studies to offer a foundation for a deeper understanding of the strategic decision of choosing collaboration, how to make it successful and sustainable, and its enduring relevance for 21st century libraries.
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.
Topics: Works in Progress, Research Support, Open Access
Stewarding the Monographic Collective Collection: Charting the Present
Virtual
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.
Topics: Works in Progress, Open Access, Research Support
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.
Topics: Works in Progress, Student Support
Transforming Metadata: Valuing metadata in changing environments
OCLC Research hosted researchers from Ithaka S+R and MoreBrains Cooperative to discuss the challenges and opportunities of communicating the value of metadata throughout complex research lifecycles. Learn about the forces inside and outside the library shaping scholarly communications and metadata ecologies.
Topics: Metadata, Transforming Metadata
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.
Topics: Works in Progress, User Research, Archives and Special Collections
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.
Topics: Works in Progress, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Research Support
Works in Progress Webinar: Building a National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN) research findings—End user survey and interviews
Building a National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN) was an Institute of Museum and Library Services-funded research and demonstration project with the goal of providing inclusive, comprehensive, and persistent access to descriptions of archival collections, or "finding aids." Members of the OCLC Research NAFAN project shared our findings related to end users—those gleaned from survey data as well as from individual semi-structured interviews.
Topics: Works in Progress, User Research, Archives and Special Collections
OCLC Research Update: Partner with Purpose for Greater Impact
Chicago, Il
This presentation shares recent and planned activities from OCLC Research and WebJunction supporting libraries as they seek to increase their reach and impact. This session covers learning tools, strategic frameworks, and updates on ongoing and planned research that can help library staff collaborate with their community, partners, and networks with purpose.