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
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14 January 2025
Activating URIs in linky MARC
Session B: In this 90-minute Metadata Managers Focus Group round-robin, we’ll explore community use cases for the use and re-use of linked-data URIs found in MARC records.
- Time: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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15 January 2025 - 15 January 2025
Activating URIs in linky MARC
Session A: In this 90-minute Metadata Managers Focus Group round-robin, we’ll explore community use cases for the use and re-use of linked-data URIs found in MARC records.
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15 January 2025
Activating URIs in linky MARC
Session C: In this 90-minute Metadata Managers Focus Group round-robin, we’ll explore community use cases for the use and re-use of linked-data URIs found in MARC records.
- Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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28 January 2025
Works in Progress Webinar: Developing and maintaining culturally conscious descriptive practices at the Rockefeller Archive Center
Join this webinar with the Rockefeller Archive Center to learn how they have operationalized reparative description and bias consciousness in their work.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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11 February 2025
Works in Progress Webinar: Surfacing priorities for community-centered archives in digital aggregations and exhibitions
Attendees will gain insights into the priorities of community-centered archives, understand initial steps to build reciprocal relationships, and learn about opportunities and challenges to collaborating with larger institutions to share digital collections online.
- Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
Recent Events
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16 October 2024
RLP Leadership Roundtable: Responding to the evolving public services landscape in special collections
In this 90-minute discussion, RLP affiliates will discuss post-pandemic shifts in public services and researcher expectations, and their impact on priorities and strategy.
- Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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15 October 2024
RLP Leadership Roundtable: Responding to the evolving public services landscape in special collections
In this 90-minute discussion, RLP affiliates will discuss post-pandemic shifts in public services and researcher expectations, and their impact on priorities and strategy.
- Time: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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15 October 2024
Works in Progress Webinar: Building research data management capacity through strategic collaboration
View this webinar to learn about key findings from recent OCLC Research efforts that explore library collaboration.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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09 October 2024
Metadata Managers Focus Group: Next-generation metadata for special libraries
9 October 2024 – 9:00-10:30 a.m. EDT / 2:00-3:30 p.m. BST / 6:00-7:30 a.m. PDT / 11:00 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. (Oct. 10) AEDT. In this 90-minute Metadata Managers Focus Group round-robin, staff from special libraries, including art libraries, independent research libraries, special collections, and rare books, will gather to discuss and exchange information about their cataloging and metadata management activities.
- Time: 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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08 October 2024
Social Interoperability Workshop: Successfully engaging stakeholders across campus
Join this workshop to connect with peers around the challenges of cross-campus collaboration and identify strategies to build stronger relationships with units across your institution.
- Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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08 October 2024
Social Interoperability Workshop: Successfully engaging stakeholders across campus
Join this workshop to connect with peers around the challenges of cross-campus collaboration and identify strategies to build stronger relationships with units across your institution.
- Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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02 October 2024
Works in Progress Webinar: Partnering across the research enterprise to create robust research support at Montana State University
Learn about Montana State University’s newly established Research Alliance, an example of how libraries are establishing “beyond the library” operational structures to support institutional priorities.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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01 October 2024
Metadata Managers Focus Group: Next-generation metadata for special libraries
1 October 2024 – 4:00-5:30 p.m. EDT / 9:00-10:30 pm BST / 1:00-2:30 pm PDT / 6:00-7:30 am (October 2) AEST. In this 90-minute Metadata Managers Focus Group round-robin, staff from special libraries, including art libraries, independent research libraries, special collections, and rare books, will gather to discuss and exchange information about their cataloging and metadata management activities.
- Time: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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10 September 2024
OCLC RLP discussion: Future-proofing library teams through adaptation
Research libraries are changing, with greater connection to the broader network and engagement with non-library campus stakeholders and support for “inside out” collections.” Join the RLP for a discussion about challenges, opportunities, and responsibilities for library leaders at all levels.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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21 June 2024
RLP Leadership Roundtable: Cross-campus collaboration in research support
In this 90-minute discussion, RLP affiliates will discuss how their libraries are collaborating with other campus stakeholders to provide research support services.
- Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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Special Topic Series Events, Webinars, and Presentations
OCLC Research engages in research on many research areas important to the library community. Often hosting and participating in multiple webinar series covering a given topic. See a list of these special topic series recordings.
Works in Progress Webinars
Exclusively for OCLC Research Library Partners
What are we working on?
What are you working on?
OCLC Research Library Partnership members are invited to participate in this webinar series to talk about work happening in OCLC Research.
Post webinar recordings are publicly available to everyone.
Distinguished Seminar Series
OCLC Research hosts the Distinguished Seminar Series to encourage exchange of ideas and thought leadership on topics that impact libraries, library staff, and librarianship.
Presentations & Event Recordings
OCLC Research staff attend various meetings and conferences where they serve as speakers or panelists. Many of these engagements are recorded and made freely available.