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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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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15 October 2024
Works in Progress Webinar: Building research data management capacity through strategic collaboration
Join this webinar to learn about key findings from recent OCLC Research efforts that explore library collaboration.
- Time: 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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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 will focus 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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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 will reflect on lessons learned from the implementation of the Library’s AI reference chatbot.
- Time: 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
Past Webinars
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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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29 February 2024
Works in Progress Webinar: Lessons learned from implementing research information management systems (RIMS) in the US
This webinar features examples of RIMS implementations at three US research universities. The presenters share project goals, drivers, products, and scope, as well as the significant and ongoing challenges of securing researcher and campus buy-in.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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13 February 2024
Works in Progress Webinar: Operationalizing open at Syracuse University Libraries
View this webinar to hear about how Syracuse University Libraries leverages its digital library as part of a broader narrative about library support for open research.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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18 January 2024
Works in Progress Webinar: Supporting campus goals through a library-led Office for Open Research at the University of Manchester
The University of Manchester launched the Office for Open Research in April 2022, an ambitious effort to enable and embed open and reproducible research practices in alignment with institutional goals.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
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19 October 2023
Works in Progress Webinar: Princeton’s Personal Librarian Program—building relationships across campus
View this webinar to learn how Princeton University Library leveraged campus relationships and technology to develop its Personal Librarian Program, an outreach initiative to connect with all undergraduates.
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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