Research Collections and Support
Libraries are increasingly leveraging the raw materials of scholarship and knowledge formation by emphasizing the creation and curation of institutional research assets and outputs, including digitized special collections, research data, and researcher profiles. Our work informs current thinking about research collections and the emerging services that libraries are offering to support contemporary modes of scholarship. We are encouraging the development of new ways for libraries to build and provide these types of collections and deliver distinctive services. Our efforts are focused in the following three areas:
Presentations
Findings from the euroCRIS/OCLC Research Survey of Research Information Management Practices
Philadelphia, PA (USA)
Bryant goes over findings from an OCLC Research survey that gathered information from libraries around the world on their research information management/CRIS practices.
Topics: Research Information Management
Factors Influencing Research Data Management
Teramo (Italy)
Lynn Silipigni Connaway outlines research done through interviews and focus groups to understand what libraries are doing in the area of research data management (RDM) and the factors that influence their role in RDM.
Topics: Research Data Management
The OCLC RLP Special Collections and Archives Work Agenda
Washington, DC (USA)
OCLC Research has a long history of work in the area of archives, special, and distinctive collections in research libraries. Weber discusses the many areas of investigation we are doing in these areas and next steps for the work.
Topics: Archives and Special Collections
Preliminary Findings from the euroCRIS/OCLC Research Survey of Research Information Practices
Umeå University, Umeå (Sweden)
Bryant reviews findings from an OCLC Research and euroCRIS joint survey that gathered information from libraries around the world on their research information management/CRIS practices.
Topics: Research Information Management
The Changing Nature of Collections in a Network Environment
Toronto (Canada)
Dempsey explores concepts of the changing nature of collections. While collections remain central to research library services and mission, the concept of the collection has in fact changed, to the extent that boundaries between collections and other service areas are blurring.
Topics: Collection Management, Library Trends
The OCLC Mini-Symposium: Research Data Management
At this mini-symposium in Leiden, Rachel Frick shared details of recent collaborative work done in the area of research data management by OCLC Research and its network partners.
Topics: Research Data Management
The Realities of Research Data Management
At this mini-symposium in Leiden, Bryant shared findings from work OCLC Research is doing in the area of research data management with the report series The Realities of Research Data Management.
Topics: Research Data Management
Preliminary Findings from the Global Survey on Research Information Management Practices
Brussels (Belgium)
Bryant and fellow researchers provide an introduction of OCLC Research, euroCRIS, and their collaboration on the joint Survey of Research Information Management Practice, including and preliminary survey results and findings.
Topics: Research Information Management
The Realities of Research Data Management
Göttingen (Germany)
In recent years, research data management (RDM) has assumed an increasingly prominent place in scholarly communication, funder requirements, codes of academic practice, university research strategy, and even national policy. Learn about OCLC's research in RDM and the role of libraries in this work.
Topics: Research Data Management
Workflows in European CRIS Infrastructures: How Smart are Persistent Identifiers?
Learn about workflows in European CRIS infrastructures/research information management (RIM), including local variants of RIM, RIM at scale, and drivers for adoption of persistent identifiers.
Topics: Research Information Management