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Research
OCLC Research works with the community to collaboratively identify problems and opportunities, prototype and test solutions, and share findings through publications, presentations and professional interactions. Featured ActivitiesBorn Digital Special CollectionsEnhancing the effective management of born-digital materials as they intersect with special collections and archives practices in research libraries. experimental.worldcat.orgA place where experimental OCLC projects are shared with the community during their development and testing stages. WorldCat IdentitiesSummary pages for each of the 20 million "identities" in WorldCat, which are predominantly authors and people who are the subjects of published titles. ClassifyA FRBR-based prototype designed to support the assignment of classification numbers and subject headings for books, DVDs, CDs, and other types of materials. NewsNew Report: "Lasting Impact: Sustainability of Disciplinary Repositories"This report offers a quick environmental scan of the repository landscape and then focuses on disciplinary repositories--those subject-based, often researcher-initiated loci for research information. OCLC Researchers and Colleagues Garner Award for RUSQ Article"'Are We Getting Warmer?': Query Clarification in Live Chat Virtual Reference" has won RUSA's 2012 Reference Service Press Award. Issue 4 of OCLC Research Quarterly Highlights Now AvailableThis periodic bulletin gathers items from the previous quarter of work in OCLC Research, the OCLC Innovation Lab, and the OCLC Research Library Partnership. Meet With UsLibraries Rebound: Embracing Mission, Maximizing Impact Exclusively for OCLC Research Library Partners OCLC Research at the 2012 NASIG Annual Conference
8 June 2012 Read UsTaking Stock and Making Hay: Archival Collections Assessmentby Martha O'Hara Conway and Merrilee Proffitt OhioLINK-OCLC Collection and Circulation Analysis Project 2011by Julia Gammon and Edward T. O'Neill Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives, and Museums Part 2: Survey Analysisby Karen Smith-Yoshimura, Carol Jean Godby, Helice Koffler, Ken Varnum, and Elizabeth Yakel |
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