Dr. John Collins, Librarian and Member of the Faculty, Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Carole Myles, OCLC Member Services Consultant, welcomed more than 156 guests to Good Practices for Great Outcomes: Cataloging Efficiencies that Make a Difference, generously co-hosted by Harvard University's Gutman Library on November 30, 2011. Eric Childress, Consulting Project Manager, OCLC Research, provided the opening keynote, where he discussed, “A success unexpected in common hours.” We also featured several speakers from our member community, including Diane Baden, Head of Monographic Services, Boston College, Hillary Corbett, Scholarly Communication Librarian, Northeastern University, and Christopher Cronin, Director of Metadata and Cataloging Services, University of Chicago.

Resources from this event:

• Opening Keynote: “A success unexpected in common hours” [ PDF, 28 slides] [ Streaming Video, 45 minutes]
  
  Eric Childress, Consulting Project Manager, OCLC Research
• “RDA: Where we are and where we need to go” [ PDF, 25 slides] [ Streaming Video, 58 minutes]
  
  Christopher Cronin, Director of Metadata and Cataloging Services, University of Chicago
• “Piloting E-Books: Why, How, Who, and other Questions” [ PDF, 17 slides] [ Streaming Video, 30 minutes]
  
  Diane Baden, Head of Monographic Services, Boston College
• “New Roles for Technical Services Staff in Supporting a Digital Repository” [ PDF, 16 slides] [ Streaming Video, 26 minutes]
  
  Hillary Corbett, Scholarly Communication Librarian, Northeastern University
• Panel Discussion [ Streaming Video, 38 minutes]
• Roundtable Discussion Results [ PDF, 3 pages]
• One Thing to Explore Further [ PDF, 2 pages]

Learn more about the Good Practices for Great Outcomes event series