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New Data, Same Skills: Applying Core Principles to New Needs in Data Curation
Warsaw (Poland)
In this presentation, Silipigni Connaway describes how core roles of data curation can be applied to new areas librarianship in research data management.
Topics: Research Data Management
Libraries and Wikipedia: Learning from Outreach with US Public Libraries
Montréal, Québec (Canada)
Learn how public libraries are leveraging Wikipedia to connect with their communities and connect reliable information to their patrons.
Topics: Wikimedia
Best Practices for Descriptive Metadata for Web Archiving
Portland, Oregon (USA)
Dooley and colleagues share their work into best practices for metadata when archiving online materials, drawing from a report that comprehensively advises on these best practices.
Topics: Web Archiving, Metadata
Policy Realities in Research Data Management
This webinar complements the four-part series of reports by OCLC Research titled The Realities of Research Data Management, in which findings are based on case studies of four institutions, including the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Wageningen University & Research.
Topics: Research Data Management, Works in Progress
We Have Never Been Neutral: Search, Discovery, and the Politics of Access
Dr. Christen addressed the concept that library and archive practices are neutral and non-biased, traced the often violent histories of collecting and the construction of the public domain, unpacked their connections to the foundations of libraries and archives, and opened a space to provide a framework for ethical engagements and reciprocal practices through culturally responsive tools and engagements.
Topics: Distinguished Seminar Series
More Accurately Measuring Item Downloads from Institutional Repositories (video)
Researchers from Montana State University, OCLC Research, the University of New Mexico, and the Association of Research Libraries have developed a new web service that accurately measures item downloads from institutional repositories. In this webinar, presenters provide a look at the web service called RAMP (Repository Analytics and Metrics Portal), which represents a dramatic improvement in web analytics.
Topics: Research Data Management, Works in Progress
BIBFRAME and OCLC Works: Defining Models and Discovering Evidence
Chicago, Illinois (USA)
Find out how OCLC researchers are acting on a request from the Library of Congress to align OCLC Works with BIBFRAME works within the larger context of two Program for Cooperative Cataloging Task Groups.
Topics: Linked Data
Academic Library Impact: Improving Practice and Essential Areas to Research
Chicago, Illinois (USA)
An OCLC Research team shares their work on exploring how academic libraries demonstrate alignment with and impact on institutional outcomes.
Topics: Student Support, Research Agendas
Communicating Library Impact Beyond Library Walls: Findings from an Action-oriented Research Agenda
Chicago, Illinois (USA)
Learn about a project initiated by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and led by OCLC Research to identify specific themes and trends related to the current state of library value studies and connect them to student learning and success, create a research agenda, and more.
Topics: Student Support, Research Agendas
FAST Update
Chicago, Illinois (USA)
In this presentation, Childress provides an update on FAST and WorldCat.
Topics: FAST