Each year, OCLC Research hosts events where we exchange information, develop projects, and learn from each other and from outside experts. We engage staff from libraries, archives, and museums, and advance the work of the OCLC Research Library Partnership in Works in Progress Webinars to encourage and facilitate remote participation, and feature notable speakers in our Distinguished Seminar Series. Our staff also attend various meetings and conferences where they serve as speakers or panelists—view presentations from these engagements.
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events
Show details
27 July 2021
Works in Progress Webinar: Lighting the Way-- Improving discovery and delivery for archives and special collections
This webinar will be of interest to library and archive workers, those who manage and allocate resources to special collections, and those who are considering new modes of meeting facilitation and collaboration.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
This event has passed. View the archive.
Show details
16 November 2021
Works in Progress Webinar: Ngangaaanha (to care for)--Improving cultural safety at the University of Sydney Library
Attendees will learn about the development of University of Sydney Library’s approach to embedding cultural competence across collections, services and spaces, and the development of its Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Protocols.
- Time: 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
Recent Events
Show details
02 June 2021
Works in Progress Webinar: Corrective collecting—A practical, holistic, EDI-centered documentation strategy for community archives
Learn how a corrective collecting framework guides the Labor Archives of Washington’s efforts to build ongoing community collaborations and make its collections more reflective of the full spectrum of the region’s workers.
- Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
This event has passed. View the archive.
Show details
02 June 2021
The New Model Library presented by OCLC Research and the WMS Community Leadership team
The OCLC Research team and the WMS Community Leadership team will discuss emerging library models.
- Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
This event has passed. View the archive.
Show details
24 May 2021
SHARES Principles and Protocols for Sharing Special Collections – Discussion session for SHARES Members
Join us for a brief presentation followed by an open discussion of proposed protocols for sharing special collections materials among SHARES members.
- Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
This event has passed. View the archive.
Show details
12 May 2021
Total Cost of Stewardship (TCoS) Office Hours – open support sessions for the TCoS Tool Suite
Join us for open office hours to ask questions and get support for using and implementing the tools in your own work.
- Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
This event has passed. View the archive.
Show details
11 May 2021
Total Cost of Stewardship (TCoS) Office Hours – RLP support sessions for the TCoS Tool Suite
Join us for open office hours to ask questions and get support for using and implementing the tools in your own work.
- Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
This event has passed. View the archive.
Show details
06 May 2021
Total Cost of Stewardship (TCoS) Office Hours – open support sessions for the TCoS Tool Suite
Join us for open office hours to ask questions and get support for using and implementing the tools in your own work.
- Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
This event has passed. View the archive.
Show details
06 May 2021
Total Cost of Stewardship (TCoS) Office Hours – RLP support sessions for the TCoS Tool Suite
Join us for open office hours to ask questions and get support for using and implementing the tools in your own work.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
This event has passed. View the archive.
Show details
20 April 2021
Works in Progress Webinar: Total cost of stewardship – Tools and practices to support resource-sensitive collecting from the OCLC RLP Collection Building & Operational Impacts Working Group
This webinar will introduce OCLC’s new publication Total Cost of Stewardship: Responsible Collection Building in Archives and Special Collections and offer insights on building a resource-sensitive collecting program from Emory’s Rose Library.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
This event has passed. View the archive.
Show details
14 April 2021
Works in Progress Webinar -- Partnerships, pedagogy, and primary sources: Strategies for working with faculty to engage students with primary sources
This webinar will be of interest to those who teach with special collections, those who are developing teaching partnerships with faculty, and to archives and special library collections leaders interested in developing or expanding an instructional program.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
This event has passed. View the archive.
Show details
31 March 2021
Works in Progress Webinar: Implementing a digital pedagogy certificate program at Brandeis University
This webinar will be of interest to numerous stakeholders at research universities, including library leaders, graduate deans, and professionals working in writing centers, career centers, and teaching centers.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
This event has passed. View the archive.