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Current Reports

Extracted from our complete list of publications and published by OCLC Research, many of these reports were produced in support of the OCLC Research Library Partnership.

Date Reports Related Activity
16 December 2011 Karen Smith-Yoshimura, Carol Jean Godby, Helice Koffler, Ken Varnum, and Elizabeth Yakel. Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives, and Museums Part 2: Survey Analysis. Sharing and Aggregating Social Metadata
3 October 2011 Karen Smith-Yoshimura and Cyndi Shein. Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives, and Museums Part 1: Site Reviews. Sharing and Aggregating Social Metadata
26 September 2011 Martha O'Hara Conway and Merrilee Proffitt. Taking Stock and Making Hay: Archival Collections Assessment. Develop a Holistic Approach to Archival Collections Assessment
21 September 2011 OhioLINK Collection Building Task Force, Julia Gammon, and Edward T. O'Neill. OhioLINK-OCLC Collection and Circulation Analysis Project 2011. OhioLINK Collection and Circulation Analysis
22 August 2011 Prescott, Leah and Ricky Erway. Single Search: The Quest for the Holy Grail. Single Search for Library, Archive and Museum Collections
23 June 2011 MacColl, John, and Michael Jubb. Supporting Research: Environments, Administration and Libraries Support for Research Workflows
03 May 2011 Erway, Ricky. Rapid Capture: Faster Throughput in Digitization of Special Collections Rapid Capture: Mass Digitization of Special Collections
13 April 2011 Schaffner, Jennifer, Francine Snyder, and Shannon Supple. Scan and Deliver: Managing User-initiated Digitization in Special Collections and Archives Streamlining Photography and Scanning
6 January 2011 Malpas, Constance. Cloud-sourcing Research Collections: Managing Print in the Mass-digitized Library Environment (.pdf: 3.4MB/76 pp.)

Read the report release announcement.		 Shared Research Collections
16 November 2010 Erway, Ricky. Defining "Born Digital" (.pdf: 35.1K/4 pp.) Survey of Special Collections and Archives in the US and Canada
27 October 2010 Dooley, Jackie M., and Katherine Luce. Taking our Pulse: The OCLC Research Survey of Special Collections and Archives (.pdf: 1.5MB/153 pp.) Survey of Special Collections and Archives in the US and Canada
25 August 2010 Waibel, Günter. Collaboration Contexts: Framing Local, Group and Global Solutions (.pdf: 84K/8 pp.) Yours, Mine, Ours: Leadership Through Collaboration Forum
16 June 2010 Kroll, Susan, and Rick Forsman. A Slice of Research Life: Information Support for Research in the United States (.pdf: 1.1MB/24 pp.) Support for Research Workflows
17 May 2010 Massie, Dennis. Greening Interlibrary Loan Practices (.pdf: 833K/64 pp.).
9 April 2010 Godby, Carol Jean. Mapping ONIX to MARC (.pdf: 190K/32 pp.). Associated crosswalk available online at http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2010/2010-14a.xls (.xls: 180K/14 sheets). Metadata Schema Transformation Services
25 March 2010 Michalko, James, Constance Malpas and Arnold Arcolio. Research Libraries, Risk and Systemic Change (.pdf: 579K/20 pp.).  
13 March 2010

Smith-Yoshimura, Karen, Catherine Argus, Timothy J. Dickey, Chew Chiat Naun, Lisa Rowlinson de Ortiz, and Hugh Taylor. Implications of MARC Tag Usage on Library Metadata Practices (.pdf: 771K/72 pp.).

A set of data tables too extensive for inclusion in the body of this report are available as an Excel spreadsheet workbook (.xls: 2.2MB/12 sheets).

Gather Evidence to Inform Changes Needed in MARC Metadata Practices
26 Februrary 2010 Combs, Michele, Mark A. Matienzo, Merrilee Proffitt, and Lisa Spiro. Over, Under, Around, and Through: Getting Around Barriers to EAD Implementation (.pdf: 646K/44 pp.). Barriers to Using EAD Project
23 February 2010 Miller, Lisa, Steven K. Galbraith, et al. "Capture and Release": Digital Cameras in the Reading Room (.pdf: 133K/16 pp.). Streamlining Photography and Scanning
11 February 2010 Waibel, Günter, Ralph LeVan and Bruce Washburn. Museum Data Exchange: Learning How to Share (pdf: 2MB/50 pp.). Museum Data Exchange Project
07 January 2010 MacColl, John. Research Assessment and the Role of the Library (.pdf: 267K/13pp.). Survey of Current Practice in Research Assessment
17 December 2009 Key Perspectives Ltd. A Comparative Review of Research Assessment Regimes in Five Countries and the Role of Libraries in the Research Assessment Process (.pdf: 292K/51 pp.). Survey of Current Practice in Research Assessment
01 December 2009 Waibel, Günter and Dennis Massie. Catalyzing Collaboration: Seven New York City Libraries (.pdf: 974K/49 pp.).  
11 November 2009 Bourg, Chris, Ross Coleman, and Ricky Erway. Support for the Research Process: An Academic Library Manifesto Report (.pdf: 57K/2 pp.). Research Information Management Roadmap
18 May 2009 Schaffner, Jennifer. The Metadata is the Interface: Better Description for Better Discovery of Archives and Special Collections, Synthesized from User Studies (.pdf: 191K/18 pp.). Archives and Special Collections
30 April 2009 Smith-Yoshimura, Karen. Networking Names (.pdf: 135K/25 pp.). Prototype a Cooperative Identities Hub
11 March 2009 Erway, Ricky. Impact of the Google Book Settlement on Libraries (Revised Version) (.pdf: 65K/7 pp.). Public/Private Mass Digitization Agreements
22 January 2009 Malpas, Constance. RLG Partnership Shared Print Collections Working Group Shared Print Policy Review Report (.pdf: 161K/23 pp.). Analyze Current Shared Print Policy Frameworks Project
20 January 2009 Ayers, Leighann, Beth Picknally Camden, Lisa German, Peggy Johnson, Caroline Miller and Karen Smith-Yoshimura. What We've Learned from the RLG Partners Metadata Creation Workflows Survey (.pdf: 173K/23 pp.). Share Best Practices for Metadata Creation Workflows Project
20 January 2009 Palmer, Carole L., Lauren C. Teffeau and Carrie M. Pirmann. Scholarly Information Practices in the Online Environment: Themes from the Literature and Implications for Library Service Development (.pdf: 412K/59 pp.). Scholarly Information Practices Project
26 September 2008 Zorich, Diane, Günter Waibel and Ricky Erway. Beyond the Silos of the LAMs: Collaboration Among Libraries, Archives and Museums (.pdf: 334K/59 pp.). Library, Archive and Museum Collaboration Program
18 July 2008 Proffitt, Merrilee and Jennifer Schaffner. The Impact of Digitizing Special Collections on Teaching and Scholarship: Reflections on a Symposium about Digitization and the Humanities (.pdf: 70K/10 pp.). RLG Programs Digitization and the Humanities Symposium
27 May 2008 Erway, Ricky. Seeking Sustainability (.pdf: 87K/15 pp.). Bringing Special Collections into the Large-Scale Digitization Milieu Project
2 May 2008 Lavoie, Brian and Günter Waibel. An Art Resource in New York: The Collective Collection of the NYARC Art Museum Libraries (.pdf: 136K/18 pp.). Prepare Collection Analysis of Four Art Libraries as Intelligence for Collaborative Agreements Project
27 March 2008 Proffitt, Merrilee, Arnold Arcolio, and Constance Malpas. Copyright Investigation Summary Report(.pdf: 35K/6 pp.). Contribute to the Develpoment of a Registry of Copyright Evidence Project
27 November 2007

Smith-Yoshimura, Karen. RLG Programs Descriptive Metadata Practices Survey Results (.pdf: 99K/13 pp.).

Smith-Yoshimura, Karen and Diane Cellentani. RLG Programs Descriptive Metadata Practices Survey Results: Data Supplement (.pdf: 258K/46 pp.).

 Establish a baseline understanding of metadata practices Project
15 November 2007 Kaufman, Peter and Jeff Ubois. "Good Terms—Improving Commercial-Noncommercial Partnerships for Mass Digitization; A Report Prepared by Intelligent Television for RLG Programs, OCLC Programs and Research." D-Lib Magazine, 13,11/12. Mass Digitization Partnerships Project
2 November 2007 Payne, Lizanne. Library Storage Facilities and the Future of Print Collections in North America (.pdf: 227K/ 35pp.). Shared Print Collections Program
19 October 2007 Erway, Ricky and Jennifer Schaffner. Shifting Gears: Gearing Up to Get Into the Flow (.pdf: 86K/ 11pp.). Bringing Special Collections into the Large-scale Digitization Milieu Project