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.
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13 June 2019
Works in Progress Webinar: OCLC RLP SHARES Policy Rethink: Outcomes and Next Steps
In this webinar, representatives of the SHARES resource sharing consortium will highlight outcomes from recently concluded activities aimed at rethinking SHARES policies and values.
- Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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18 June 2019
Works in Progress Webinar: Case Studies from Project Passage Focusing on Wikidata’s Multilingual Support
This presentation highlights some key lessons from our experiences in the OCLC Research’s Linked Data Wikibase Prototype (“Project Passage”) regarding Wikidata’s multilingual support. It will focus on two case studies from the upcoming report on the pilot: Chinese descriptions and representing works and their associated translations.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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19 June 2019
OCLC Research Mini-symposium on the Discovery and Use of Open Collections
Join this mini-symposium in Leiden, The Netherlands, to learn about research & development work done in the area of IIIF, corpus-building, and deep interactions with open collections by OCLC Research and its network partners.
- Location: Leiden, Netherlands
- Time: 09:30 – 14:00 Central European [Summer] Time [UTC +2]
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24 June 2019
OCLC Research Update: Active Engagement
Join OCLC Research at ALA Annual 2019 in Washington, DC, for an overview of several active research projects.
- Location: Washington, DC, USA
- Venue: Room 151A in the Washington Convention Center
- Time: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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27 June 2019
Works in Progress Webinar: The Shift to Open at University and Research Libraries Worldwide
Join this webinar to learn about the findings of the OCLC survey on “Access to Open Content” and what they tell us about how university and research Libraries are making the shift to Open.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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09 July 2019
Works in Progress Webinar: OCLC RLP SHARES Sharing Special Collections Working Group Update
In this webinar, members of the SHARES Sharing Special Collections Working Group will provide an update on the development of a framework of protocols for the interlending of special collections materials among SHARES libraries.
- Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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16 July 2019
Works in Progress Webinar: Responding to Researcher Needs Through Continuous Skills Development - A Case Study from the University of Miami
In this webinar presentation, Cameron Riopelle will share about how he works to actively develop new skills and knowledge needed to support RDM services in a rapidly evolving ecosystem.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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23 July 2019
Works in Progress Webinar: Achieving Privacy in the Age of Analytics: Skills, Strategies, and Ethical Approaches
This webinar will report on the activities and findings from the National Forum on Web Privacy and Web Analytics, an IMLS-funded project that brought together 40 librarians, technologists, and privacy researchers from the US and Canada to critically address library values and practices related to web analytics.
- Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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08 August 2019
Works in Progress Webinar: Democratizing Access to Large Datasets through Shared Infrastructure
Join this webinar to hear about Indiana University's efforts to provide a cloud-based, platform at scale, addressing the strengths, opportunities, and challenges of pursuing a network solution to a shared problem.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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22 August 2019
Works in Progress Webinar: Scaling Software Preservation and Emulation Services - Introduction to the EaaSI Program of Work
Join this webinar to learn about scaling software preservation and emulation services
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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11 September 2019
Works in Progress Webinar: Case Studies of Research Information Management at US Institutions
In this webinar, RIM practitioners from three research-intensive North American institutions will talk about the different motivations that led to implementations of RIM systems on their campuses and how their libraries were involved.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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02 October 2019 - 03 October 2019
OCLC Library Futures Conference
Join fellow library leaders and members of the OCLC Americas Regional Council (ARC) to discuss and discover how we can build not only future-forward libraries but also future-ready communities.
- Location: Phoenix, AZ
- Venue: Sheraton Grand Phoenix
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15 October 2019
Works in Progress Webinar: Partnering across campus to enhance institutional reputation—a case study from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Join this webinar to hear how UNLV librarians have developed and stewarded effective relationships with other campus stakeholders, and how the library is a valued campus stakeholder in institutional reputation management.
- Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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20 May 2019
Works in Progress Webinar: OCLC RLP Collection Building and Operational Impacts Working Group Update
View this webinar for an update on the efforts of the RLP Collection Building and Operational Impacts Working Group.
- Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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15 May 2019
Distinguished Seminar Series: "Why so Few? The Underrepresentation of Women in Technology and Software Development"
Sandy Payette, founding CEO of DuraSpace, discusses the alarming gender disparity in computing as a cultural issue in the areas of technology and software development.
- Location: Dublin, Ohio
- Venue: OCLC Kilgour Auditorium or virtually
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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25 April 2019 - 26 April 2019
OCLC ResearchWorks: Shaping an applied research agenda
ResearchWorks convened practitioners and disciplinary researchers in order to help shape an applied research agenda that charts engagement with data science and a range of computational methods.
- Location: OCLC, Dublin, Ohio
- Venue: Conference Center at OCLC, Lakeside Room.
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23 April 2019 - 24 April 2019
OCLC RLP Research Retreat: An Opportunity to Engage, Reflect, & Plan
The OCLC Research Library Partnership hosted a “research retreat” on 23 and 24 April, in Dublin, Ohio.
- Location: OCLC, Dublin, Ohio
- Venue: Conference Center at OCLC, Lakeside Room.
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18 April 2019
Works in Progress Webinar: Engaging the Archives: Collaborating with Faculty for Robust Undergraduate Learning
View our discussion of the Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan’s Engaging the Archives program and learn about our research findings on the impact of intensely collaborative teaching on faculty, archivists, and students.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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20 March 2019
OCLC Research Library Partnership meeting—London
The OCLC Research Library Partnership is pleased to hold a meeting focused on the OCLC Open Content Survey immediately prior to the RLUK Conference 2019.
- Location: London, England, UK
- Venue: Wellcome Collection
- Time: 10:00 – 12:00 Greenwich Mean Time [UTC +0]
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05 March 2019
Works in Progress Webinar: Deakin Genie
Join this webinar to learn about 'Deakin Genie' a smartphone based virtual assistant designed to provide relevant information and resources to students via a voice controlled app.
- Time: 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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12 February 2019
Works in Progress Webinar: Collections as Data
Join this webinar to learn more about the concept of collections as data and hear an update on current work on the Collections as Data: Parts to Whole grant project.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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30 January 2019
Practices and Patterns in Research Information Management: Findings from a Global Survey
Join this webinar to learn about findings from the survey of more than 300 respondents from 40 nations about Research Information Management Practices worldwide.
- Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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28 January 2019
OCLC Research Update
Join OCLC Research at ALA Midwinter in Seattle
- Location: Seattle, WA, USA
- Venue: Washington State Convention Center, Room 615-617
- Time: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Pacific Standard Time, North America [UTC -8]
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25 January 2019
OCLC SHARES Roundtable
The SHARES Roundtable will be happening at ALA Midwinter in Seattle, Washington on Friday afternoon, 25 January 2019, from 2:30-4:00 pm, at the Washington State Convention Center, room 212.
- Location: Seattle, Washington
- Venue: Washington State Convention Center
- Time: 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM Pacific Standard Time, North America [UTC -8]
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12 December 2018
Works in Progress Webinar: Prototype to Production: OCLC Work with the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF)
Join this Works in Progress webinar to hear about the work OCLC has been doing to support the emerging International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF), and for a behind-the-scenes look at how prototype work within OCLC Research has contributed to integrating IIIF into production services.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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04 December 2018
Works in Progress Webinar: Acquiring RDM Services for Your Institution
This webinar highlights key choices in acquiring RDM services, with an emphasis on the internal/external sourcing decisions, and the importance of partnerships with stakeholders both on campus and beyond.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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19 November 2018
OCLC Research Mini-Symposium on Linked Data
You are cordially invited to attend this mini-symposium in Leiden, the Netherlands, where you can engage in a conversation on current developments in Library Linked Data with OCLC Research and its network partners.
- Location: Leiden, Netherlands
- Venue: OCLC Leiden
- Time: 13:00 – 16:30 Central European Time [UTC +1]
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14 November 2018
Distinguished Seminar Series: “Wikipedia’s gender gap, and what would Hari Seldon do about it?”
Distinguished Seminar Series featuring Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight, Visiting Scholar at Northeastern University, Women Writers Project.
- Location: Dublin, Ohio
- Venue: OCLC Kilgour Auditorium or virtually
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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13 November 2018
Works in Progress Webinar: Identifying and Acting on Incentives when Planning RDM Services
This webinar is intended to provide a model for institutions to identify and act on locally relevant incentives, which we believe is essential for optimizing decision making for institutions.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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08 November 2018
Works in Progress Webinar: Articulating Accessioning
Accessioning Archivists Rachel Searcy from NYU Libraries and Rosemary Davis from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library will discuss their roles and elaborate on experiences building accessioning programs at their institutions.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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30 October 2018
Works in Progress Webinar: Lessons Learned from a Linked Data Prototype for Managing Bibliographic Data
Join this Works in Progress Webinar to hear about the latest developments with linked data and the future of bibliographic services utilizing Wikibase, FAST, VIAF, and Wikidata.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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09 October 2018
Works in Progress Webinar: Walk through 2018 International Linked Data Survey for Implementers Responses
Join this Works in Progress Webinar for an interactive session covering responses to the 2018 International Linked Data Survey for Implementers.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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02 October 2018
Works in Progress Webinar: Understanding Institutional Research Data Management (RDM) Services
This webinar introduces the ways in which RDM services are developing at research universities worldwide and offers a model of RDM services to support discussion and decision making.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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27 September 2018
Works in Progress Webinar: Making the Most of Unique Collections: Developing New Roles and Approaches at LSE
This webinar will explain the London School of Economics and Political Science's (LSE) approach to developing an integrated approach toward its collections, creating new roles to unify and lead the development and exploitation of unique and distinctive material across its collections on a thematic basis.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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20 September 2018
Works in Progress Webinar: OCLC Research Library Partnership Update from the Executive Director
Join this webinar specially scheduled for those in Australian time zones for an overview of the Research Library Partnership (RLP) and engage in conversation with RLP Executive Director Rachel L. Frick.
- Time: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time, North America [UTC -7]
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20 September 2018
Works in Progress Webinar: OCLC Research Library Partnership Update from the Executive Director
Join us for an overview of the Research Library Partnership (RLP) and engage in conversation with RLP Executive Director Rachel L. Frick.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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05 September 2018
Works in Progress Webinar: The OCLC RLP Special Collections and Archives Work Agenda
Join this webinar specially scheduled for those in Australian time zones to learn about recent OCLC Research work in archives and special collections, and engage in conversation with OCLC Research Library Partnership (RLP) Program Officer Chela Scott Weber about future work in this area.
- Time: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time, North America [UTC -7]
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05 September 2018
Works in Progress Webinar: The OCLC RLP Special Collections and Archives Work Agenda
Join this webinar to learn about recent OCLC Research work in archives and special collections, and engage in conversation with OCLC Research Library Partnership (RLP) Program Officer Chela Scott Weber about future work in this area.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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23 August 2018
Works in Progress Webinar: Sustaining (and Delivering) “Open” at the University of Glasgow through Enlighten
Join this webinar to learn more about the University of Glasgow's Open Access journey.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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26 July 2018 - 27 July 2018
Big Data Summer Camp
Library and data science researchers, digital humanists, and software developers are invited to come to OCLC for a two day Big Data Summer Camp to share information and experiences with processing large data sets.
- Location: OCLC, Dublin, Ohio
- Venue: Conference Center at OCLC, Lakeside Room.
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25 June 2018
OCLC Research Update at ALA Annual Meeting
Join OCLC Research, one of the world's leading research groups devoted to challenges facing libraries and archives, for an overview of several active research projects.
- Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
- Venue:
Morial Convention Center
Rm 344 - Time: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Central Daylight Time, North America [UTC -5]
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12 June 2018
Works in Progress Webinar: Introduction to Wikidata for Librarians
Learn more about Wikidata during this Works in Progress Webinar
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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30 May 2018
Works in Progress Webinar: Sharing Special Collections Materials via Resource Sharing
Librarians involved in SHARES, the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA), and the Ivy Plus Libraries will share freely available tools and implemented programs to facilitate the sharing of rare, and often deeply needed, items.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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21 November 2016
Distinguished Seminar Series: "Welcome to the Library: Success of Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives"
In this presentation, “Welcome to the Library: Success of Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives,” Trevor A. Dawes, Vice Provost for Libraries and Museums and May Morris University Librarian at the University of Delaware, reviews the work of the ALA Task Force for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, which he co-chaired, and also examines the diversity and inclusion efforts at several libraries.
- Location: Dublin, Ohio
- Venue: OCLC Kilgour Auditorium
- Time: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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19 September 2016
Research Information Management in the US University Enterprise Environment: A Case Study from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
This webinar will be of interest to librarians, institutional reporting and data warehouse professionals, and academic administrators who are eager to more accurately aggregate the scholarly output of their institutions. Join us to learn how University of Minnesota is helping others on campus save time and improve accuracy in faculty activity reporting, academic program review, current awareness and more.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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19 August 2016
Dublin Core at 21
Come hear about the past and future of Dublin Core from the people who were there in the beginning and those who are carrying the work forward, including retired OCLC Research Scientist, Stu Weibel!
- Location: 6600 Kilgour Pl, Dublin, OH 43017
- Venue: OCLC Conference Center Lakeside Room
- Time: 11:30 AM – 7:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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17 August 2016
OCLC Research Update at IFLA WLIC 2016
Hear about the latest work by OCLC Membership and Research including information on emerging approaches to metadata and identifiers and how storytelling can be used to demonstrate how academic research can be translated into library practice.
- Venue: Greater Columbus Convention Center, Room C124 - C125
- Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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12 August 2016
Authority Data on the Web
This 1/2 day event will include an overview of VIAF – a service that relies significantly on the cooperation of libraries from around the world -- and presentations of use cases that illustrate VIAF’s value.
- Location: 6600 Kilgour Pl, Dublin, OH 43017
- Venue: OCLC Conference Center Lakeside Room
- Time: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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10 August 2016 - 19 August 2016
OCLC Research at IFLA WLIC 2016
Come see us in Columbus!
- Venue: IFLA WLIC 2016
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21 July 2016
Works in Progress Webinar: Harnessing the Crowds, Transcription and Other Forms of Crowdsourcing
This webinar will be of interest to those who are thinking about how to undertake or do more with transcription. View the recording to find out more about the National Archives and Records Administration’s History Hub and the Smithsonian’s Transcription Center.
- Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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27 June 2016
OCLC Research Update at ALA Annual 2016
OCLC Research will present overviews of several active research projects. Following the briefings, audience members will be invited to offer comments and ask questions.
- Venue: ALA Annual 2016
- Time: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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25 June 2016 - 27 June 2016
OCLC Research staff appearances at ALA Annual
Come see us in Orlando!
- Venue: ALA Annual 2016
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08 June 2016
Works in Progress Webinar: Linked Open Data for Digitized Special Collections
This Webinar will be of interest to catalogers, metadata librarians and curators of digitized special collections seeking models for making their digital collections more visible to Linked Open Data services and better connected to related resources on the Semantic Web.
- Venue: Online via WebEx
- Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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18 May 2016
Works in Progress Webinar: Visualizing Library Services – Case Studies from Ohio State and Yale
This webinar will be of interest to those looking to think about new ways to use data, and those interested in thinking about the impact and future of library services.
- Venue: Online via WebEx
- Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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09 May 2016
Addressing the Challenges with Organizational Identifiers and ISNI
View this webinar to learn about highlights from the report Addressing the Challenges with Organizational Identifiers and ISNI including a new modeling of organizations that others can adapt for their own uses and a case study at UNSW Australia.
- Venue: Online via WebEx
- Time: 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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23 March 2016
Works in Progress Webinar: All About OPenn
Join this webinar to learn about the challenges and solutions of presenting cultural heritage materials as open data, and discover OPenn, a website hosting open data from cultural heritage institutions in the Philadelphia area.
- Venue: Online via WebEx
- Time: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time, North America [UTC -7]
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22 February 2016
A Context-driven Approach to Data Curation for Reuse Workshop
All who are interested in learning more about the practical approaches and trade-offs to data curation given the needs of reusers and repositories are welcome to attend this free workshop. #oclcresearch #IDCC16
- Location: Amsterdam
- Venue: Mövenpick Hotel, Amsterdam City Centre
- Time: 09:00 – 12:00 Central European Time [UTC +1]
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12 January 2016
Works in Progress Webinar: "I Am the Content." How and Why Instructors Discover and Share Course Readings
Join this webinar to learn how the faculty experience of discovery and its roots in self-identity suggest ways libraries may influence the content selections faculty make for their courses.
- Venue: Online via WebEx
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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11 January 2016
OCLC Research Update at ALA Midwinter 2016
OCLC Research staff presented some of our current noteworthy work at this session.
- Venue: Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Room 253C
- Time: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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