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 – we'd like to present our work informally and get feedback from you, our Partners. We'd also like this to be a venue for Partner institutions. What are you working on that everyone should know about? What input would help you move forward? Attend these webinars to let us know!
Upcoming Webinars
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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]
Past Webinars
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20 November 2024
Works in Progress Webinar: Lessons learned from implementing an AI reference chatbot at the University of Calgary Library
In this webinar, University of Calgary Library staff reflect on lessons learned from the implementation of the Library’s AI reference chatbot.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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29 October 2024
Works in Progress Webinar: Employing the OCLC Total Cost of Stewardship tools to change the conversation at Smith College
This presentation focuses on the practical application of OCLC’s Total Cost of Stewardship framework to move from the pay-to-play model of financial gifts to one of equity and transparency.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 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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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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18 June 2024
Works in Progress Webinar: Establishing a library-based digital publications program at Brown University
Watch this webinar to learn about the challenges for new forms of digital publication, particularly related to discoverability and preservation.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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15 May 2024
Works in Progress Webinar: Gears and gigabytes—Preserving multimodal robotics collections
View this webinar to learn about Carnegie Mellon University’s work to establish a robotics collecting program and the best practices developed to support it.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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23 April 2024
Works in Progress Webinar: Diversifying library collections through student-led collection development
This webinar outlines a library-run student internship aimed at promoting diversity in the Bryn Mawr College Libraries’ collections. The program empowers students with the knowledge and budget to select and purchase diverse popular reading material from independent bookstores.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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09 April 2024
Works in Progress Webinar: Will our future selves thank us? Examining born-digital curation practices at the University of Kentucky Libraries
During this webinar, archivists and librarians from the University of Kentucky Libraries share recent challenges, successes, and practical tips for stewarding born-digital collections.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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12 March 2024
Works in Progress Webinar: LC Labs AI Planning Framework in action—Understand, experiment, and implement AI tools that support catalogers
Hear about what shaped the Artificial Intelligence Planning Framework and how it is being applied at the Library of Congress to explore computational description.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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05 March 2024
Works in Progress Webinar: Towards diversifying collections—implementing strategies
In this webinar, colleagues from University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and South Puget Sound Community College (SPSCC) discuss their ongoing efforts to identify and implement sustainable practices for building diverse collections, including work at SPSCC to utilize reparations-informed practices.
- Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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