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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. NewsOCLC Research to Host "Managing Collections in the Networked Environment: New Analytic Approaches" Webinar on 9 September 2010 at 2 p.m. EDT (UTC 18:00)Attend this free webinar to learn how staff from leading research institutions are putting aggregated library data to work in their daily operations. New Report, "Collaboration Contexts: Framing Local, Group and Global Solutions"This short report provides the scaffolding for the agenda of the upcoming "Yours, Mine, Ours: Leadership Through Collaboration" forum (20-21 September 2010 at the Smithsonian Institution) that will explore local, group and global collaboration contexts in greater depth. OCLC Research to Host Global Books Webinar on 16 September 2010 at 12 p.m. EDT (UTC 16:00)Join Post-Doctoral Researcher Timothy J. Dickey for an overview of an OCLC Research data mining project that looked at WorldCat data to reveal transnational patterns in literary publishing, the preservation of individual countries' literary heritage, and the cultural diversity present in the books. Meet With UsYours, Mine, Ours: Leadership Through CollaborationAll are welcome to attend this forum at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. 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 Read UsKeeping Research Data Safe (Phase 2)by Neil Beagrie, Brian Lavoie and Matthew Woolard The Digital Information Seeker: Report of Findings from Selected OCLC, RIN and JISC User Behaviour Projectsby Lynn Silipigni Connaway and Timothy J. Dickey Research Libraries, Risk and Systemic Changeby James Michalko, Constance Malpas and Arnold Arcolio |
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