The full series

In a series of three webinars, members of the OCLC Research team will give an overview of the Building a National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN) project research. Presenters will share the methodologies used, findings regarding the experiences of archivists and end users, and overall recommendations. You can register individually or for the full series below:

• Tuesday, 13 June 2023 (12:00 pm–1:00 pm EDT): Introduction and project recommendations
• Tuesday, 11 July 2023 (12:00 pm–1:00 pm EDT): End user survey and interviews
• Tuesday, 1 August 2023 (12:00 pm–1:00 pm EDT): Archivist focus group interviews and EAD analysis

Register for the series

End user survey and interviews webinar

Presenters

• Chela Scott Weber, Senior Program Officer, OCLC Research Library Partnership
• Lesley Langa, Associate Research Scientist, OCLC Research

Description

Building a National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN) was an Institute of Museum and Library Services-funded (grant number LG-246349-OLS-20) research and demonstration project with the goal of providing inclusive, comprehensive, and persistent access to descriptions of archival collections, or "finding aids." OCLC Research led qualitative research with end users and contributors of archival description and quantitative analysis of extant aggregated archival description from state and regional aggregators.

Join members of the OCLC Research NAFAN team to learn about our findings related to end users—those gleaned from survey data as well as from individual semi-structured interviews.

All affiliates of OCLC Research Library Partnership organizations are invited to participate.