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Libraries are being asked to do more with less, demonstrate results across new and changing areas of practice, and contribute more directly to institutional goals. Collaborative efforts with other libraries can be a great option to meet these goals. At this one-hour session, we will:

• Discuss his OCLC Research publication, “Library Collaboration as a Strategic Choice: Evaluating Options for Acquiring Capacity.” This work provides a framework for planning and evaluating cooperative efforts across libraries in order to develop new or expanded capabilities.
• Walk through the recent “Sustaining Art Research Collections: Using Data to Explore Collaboration” report as an example of how data analysis can help shape successful strategic collaboration.
• Introduce the new Choreo Insights analytics solution, showing how it can be used to help identify potential collaborative partners based on collections data, gaps, overlaps, and shared interests.

Taken together, you’ll learn how to create a high-level strategy for collaborative efforts and then develop data insights that can help ensure success.

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Working relationships are more effective—and less stressful—when people from different areas get along. This is especially true when we share overlapping goals. But there's a gap between the desire to improve complex working relationships and the reality of making it happen. 

Join us for a 60-minute webinar as we review the research report, Social Interoperability in Research Support: Cross-Campus Partnerships and the University Research Enterprise, within the context of library operations, discuss recent next gen metadata research within the context of change management and opportunities for increased campus interaction, and introduce Talis Aspire and how its integration of library management, learning management, list management, and discovery can help build bridges between libraries, faculty, and students. Finally, hear from Edge Hill University in the UK, whose team used Talis Aspire in just this way, building real-time channels between faculty and library staff.

Register to find out more about how a realistic model for campus cooperation can take you from soft goals to concrete plans.

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Join us as we explore why some library industry stakeholders seek to move e-resource access workflows away from IP authentication and toward federated access technologists like SAML. Learn:

• How SAML and other federated access technologies differ from IP authentication
• The implications for libraries who move toward these types of access models
• Why SAML is complex and a barrier to many libraries and content providers who adopt it

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Be the architect of your collections' future! By applying the OCLC Research Library Partnership's "Total Cost of Stewardship" framework and tools across multiple OCLC services, you can guarantee a strong foundation for your efforts. This report is a collection of resources designed to support libraries in making informed, shared collection building decisions.

The report's author, Chela Scott Weber, will introduce these findings and tools. She'll then be joined by OCLC product experts for WorldShare Management Services, GreenGlass, and CONTENTdm. They'll discuss how to apply her work across collection management and development areas in your library, while supporting communication between colleagues in curatorial, administrative, and technical services roles.

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How do you move staff from skeptics to champions when it comes to change? According to Tyler Ferguson, OCLC’s Director of Implementation, change always starts with a focus on people. Join Tyler along with Elyse Wampler and Kristy Carlson, two of OCLC’s organization and learning consultants, as they expand this insight with more about where change management ties into larger projects. Learn how to effectively help your staff navigate through change based on research and best practices.

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It has never been a better time to be a librarian—especially when we recognize and act on our power to help people in our communities build better lives through learning and literacy. To do that, our identity, our education, our organizations, and our work is changing. Learn how library staff are becoming change agents to help Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, the 2016 Gale/LJ Library of the Year, become an essential asset in its community.

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Discover how your library users' digital experiences can be as engaging as in-person interactions.  Take a look at how incorporating Web analytics into your decision-making strategies can create noticeable and measurable differences for your users. 

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It’s no secret that decisions you make for your library today will impact the probability of success tomorrow. If only we had a crystal ball to tell us what library users will need in five, 10 or even 20 years. With no means of predicting the future, library leaders must focus their resources on how to best remain relevant in an ever-evolving landscape.