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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 ActivitiesClassifyA FRBR-based prototype designed to support the assignment of classification numbers and subject headings for books, DVDs, CDs, and other types of materials. 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. Missing Materials Beta ProcedureRegister missing materials within WorldCat and then broadcast to other collecting institutions, the bookseller community and law enforcement agencies. NewsMichelle Alexopoulos to Present 4 February on Library Collections as Indicators of Economic ChangesThe public is invited to attend this free presentation in person or remotely via WebEx; slides and audio will be available online afterward. New Report, "Research Assessment and the Role of the Library"This report was written as a companion report to "A Comparative Review of Research Assessment Regimes in Five Countries and the Role of Libraries in the Research Assessment Process," a report commissioned by OCLC Research and produced by Key Perspectives Ltd, a UK library and scholarly publishing consultancy. New Report, "A Comparative Review of Research Assessment Regimes in Five Countries and the Role of Libraries in the Research Assessment Process"This report examines the role of research libraries in research assessment regimes in five different countries and helps establish a new set of responsibilities that is emerging for research libraries. Meet With UsUndue Diligence: Balancing Rights and Risk to Increase Access to Unpublished MaterialsOCLC Research staff and RLG partners will convene in San Mateo, California 2010 RLG Partnership European Meeting, Moving the Past into the Future: Special Collections in a Digital AgeOCLC Research staff and RLG partners will convene at Oxford University 2010 RLG Partnership Annual Meeting and SymposiumOCLC Research staff and RLG partners will convene in Chicago Read UsCatalyzing Collaboration: Seven New York City Librariesby Günter Waibel and Dennis Massie Beyond 1923: Characteristics of Potentially In-copyright Print Books in Library Collectionsby Brian Lavoie and Lorcan Dempsey Support for the Research Process: An Academic Library Manifesto.by Chris Bourg, Ross Coleman and Ricky Erway |
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