2018 OCLC Research Presentations List

This webinar is first in a three-part series based upon The Realities of Research Data Management  series published by OCLC Research in 2017-18, and is of interest to library leaders and scholarly communications librarians. 

Topics: Research Data Management, Works in Progress

Learn about the Digital Visitors and Residents project, how research supporting the project was completed, results focused on digital literacy, and recommendations for libraries.

Topics: User Research, Information Literacy

Lynn Silipigni Connaway shares findings and recommendations from the ACRL funded project that created an action-oriented research agenda.

Topics: Research Agendas

Presented online to partner libraries to wrap-up the Linked Data Platform for Production Cataloging Workflows project

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Topics: Linked Data, Wikimedia

Watch this webinar recording to learn more about the London School of Economics and Political Science's approach to developing an integrated approach toward its collections, creating new roles to unify and lead the development and exploitation of unique and distinctive material across its collections on a thematic basis.

Topics: Works in Progress, Archives and Special Collections

Koopman and Wang describe semantic embedding and their work on the Ariadne random projection algorithm that attempts to predict the right mix of subject headings.

Topics: Semantic Embedding

Rachel Frick, Executive Director of the OCLC Research Library Partnership, hosts this webinar that provides an RLP program overview, information about RLP programs and events, and how the RLP is refining its focus.

Topics: Works in Progress

Libraries can address the loss of social capital as hubs of activities that bring people together physically for the kind human interaction that virtual connections and digital interfaces miss. This presentation focuses on the social possibilities, exploring ways to intentionally create social capital and amplify people's ties to each other and their community.

Topics: WebJunction

In this “office hours” style webinar, Chela Scott Weber gives an overview of the Research and Learning Agenda for Archives, Special, and Distinctive Collections in Research Libraries, and hosts a conversation for RLP members to ask questions and give input on where action from the RLP is most beneficial for their institutions.

Topics: Archives and Special Collections, Works in Progress

Watch this webinar recording to learn more about the University of Glasgow's Open Access journey.

Topics: Works in Progress, Open Access

OCLC Research has a long history of work in the area of archives, special, and distinctive collections in research libraries. Weber discusses the many areas of investigation we are doing in these areas and next steps for the work.

Topics: Archives and Special Collections

Learn about what OCLC Research has done since publishing the report Beyond the Silos of the LAMs: Collaboration Among Libraries, Archives and Museums and with connecting the concept of convergence to the more recent report Research and Learning Agenda for Archives, Special, and Distinctive Collections in Research Libraries.

Topics: Libraries, Archives and Museums, Research Agendas

This webinar is the second in a three-part series bringing together research and practice from across library sectors, covering the ins and outs of creating and implementing assessments that provide insightful, actionable data.

Topics: Assessment, WebJunction

OCLC is working with several member institutions on an experimental project to evaluate Wikibase as part of a new linked data ecosystem. This presentation given by Jean Godby summarizes the work in progress, provides demonstrations of a pilot system, and offers a discussion of the implications with those managing digital collections.

Topics: Linked Data

In this presentation, a cross-divisional team at OCLC describes their current work in IIIF and its usefulness with CONTENTdm.

Topics: IIIF

Dempsey describes how scaling and library leadership are areas to explore and the role OCLC plays in these areas.

Topics: Sourcing and Scaling

Learn all about OCLC's work with Wikpedia and the Wikipedia + Libraries project, which helps library staff leverage Wikipedia in their communities.

Topics: Wikimedia, WorldCat

Smith-Yoshimura details how experimentation with new models of description and access in a linked data environment and OCLC's full implementation of Unicode in WorldCat could lead to dramatic improvements of non-Latin script support in WorldCat in the near future.

Topics: Metadata

Changes to the evolving scholarly record are being driven by evolutions in technology. Tennant explores how interoperability is becoming a key priority with efforts to improve workflows for researchers and reduce admin burden, how research data management is growing in importance, and more.

Topics: IIIF

Learn how OCLC and the Wikimedia Foundation's Wikipedia Library are partnering to link citations in Wikipedia to millions of library materials represented in WorldCat, and the Wikipedia + Libraries project helping libraries leverage Wikipedia with their communities.

Topics: Wikimedia, WorldCat