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OCLC Research and RLUK report calls for transformation of special collections in U.K. and Ireland

Print challenges, digital boom for mags

Collaborating to tell the community’s story

“MOOCs and Libraries: Massive Opportunity or Overwhelming Challenge?” to be broadcast online

 
 

OCLC Research and RLUK report calls for transformation of special collections in U.K. and Ireland

The report provides institutional leaders, curators, special collections staff and archivists both evidence and inspiration to plan for much needed and deserved transformation of special collections.

Among the key findings:

  • The top challenges for archives and special collections in the U.K. and Ireland are outreach, born-digital materials and space.
  • Use of all types of special collections material has increased across the board.
  • Users expect everything in libraries and archives to be digitized.
  • One-third of archival collections are not discoverable in online catalogs.

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The percentage of respondents who reported increased use of special collections is dramatically higher than those who reported no change or decreased use.
 
 
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Print challenges, digital boom for mags

In the face of lowering circulation numbers for print magazines, digital versions are buoying the overall picture. According to the Alliance for Audited Media, which just released its report for the second half of 2012, overall paid and verified circulation was down just 0.3 percent while newsstand sales dropped 8.2 percent. Digital versions are still a very small part of that overall circulation, but it is the growing part. In the second half of 2012, digital versions made up 2.4 percent of the total industry’s circulation—up from 1.7 percent in the first half of the year. Digital versions more than doubled in the second half of 2012, from 3.2 million copies to 7.9 million. Nearly 65 percent of the magazines that report to the AAM now have digital editions.

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COMMUNITY

Collaborating to tell the community’s story

A case study from Geek the Library: Chelsea District Library

In bringing the Geek the Library campaign to the Chelsea District Library in the small community of Chelsea, Michigan, Library Director Bill Harmer saw it as an opportunity to hold a mirror to the community.

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RESEARCH

“MOOCs and Libraries: Massive Opportunity or Overwhelming Challenge?” to be broadcast online

If you’re unable to attend this March 18–19 event in person, view it live on the Web or watch the recording on YouTube at a later time.

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EVENTS

 
 

Webinar: Driven by Shared Data
February 22, 2013 | 1–2 p.m. Eastern Time

Join us for this online event, featuring Ted Fons, Executive Director, WorldCat Global Metadata, and Kathryn Harnish, Director, WorldShare Network Experience, who will lead an interactive discussion of key elements of Alistair Croll’s OCLC Symposium keynote address. Participants will brainstorm how libraries can collectively use shared data to gain greater insight and strengthen their services.
 
 

Conference: Computers in Libraries (CIL)
April 8–10, 2013 | Washington, D.C.

Going to CIL? Save $200 on your registration: simply enter 13OCLC in the priority code field when you register online by March 8.

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