What’s new at OCLC Research
OCLC Research exists to produce knowledge, evidence, and models that can accelerate and expand library learning, innovation, and collaboration. What's new at OCLC Research offers a quick review of the latest OCLC Research publications, projects, and resources.
News
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The National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum joins the OCLC Research Library Partnership
The National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum (NAL) has joined the OCLC Research Library Partnership (RLP).
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OCLC publishes research on art library collaborations in Art Libraries Journal
Art libraries play a vital role in building, managing, and sustaining collections to support art scholarship. Ensuring that these valuable collections remain available long into the future requires innovative thinking about collection development, re...
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New research analyzes shared print retention data to support collective collection stewardship
Analyzes shared print retention data from the OCLC Shared Print Registry and OCLC WorldCat to support collective collection stewardship. This report was written in collaboration between OCLC and the Partnership for Shared Book Collections.
Publications
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The Importance of Being Ernest Hemingway: Measuring Literary Popularity and Impact with WorldCat Data
Ernest Hemingway is the most famous 20th-century American novelist, according to a recent article in The Economist. What is the evidence? Among other things, the article cites Wikipedia traffic data, noting that Hemingway’s page has accumulated more ...
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Making Shared Print Work: Insights on Workflows, Data, and Tools
Libraries have invested deeply in building and sustaining collective collections that safeguard access to the scholarly and cultural record. But sustaining those investments requires more than shared infrastructure; it requires a shared sense of purp...
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From Marco Polo to Gladiator: Italy’s Influence on the Published Record
Library collections globally are vast, and the collective collection of libraries around the world—the combined collecting activity of libraries everywhere—can help us understand the complete published record, from classic works to the latest contemp...
Hanging Together: the OCLC Research blog
For information and insights on the topics and challenges faced by the library, archive, and museum communities check out the OCLC Research blog, Hanging Together.


