Events
21 October 2021
Works in Progress Webinar: Slavery, abolition, emancipation, and freedom--Primary sources from Houghton Library
Join this webinar to hear about lessons learned from the planning and remote management of a project to create digital access to hidden African American special collections.
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
16 November 2021
Works in Progress Webinar: Ngangaanha (to care for)--Improving cultural safety at the University of Sydney Library
Attendees will learn about the development of University of Sydney Library’s approach to embedding cultural competence across collections, services and spaces, and the development of its Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Protocols.
Time: 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
08 March 2022
Works in Progress Webinar: Training students on the Critical Evaluation of Information (CEI) at the University of Waterloo
Join this webinar to learn about how the University of Waterloo is testing a new pedagogy and theory called Critical Evaluation of Information (CEI) in library education workshops.
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
News
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New preprint on Retrospective Accessioning available for download
Download an open access preprint of “Retrospective Accessioning” on OCLC Research
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Book on libraries Leveraging Wikipedia now available for free download
Available for free download—Leveraging Wikipedia: Connecting Communities of Knowledge
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OCLC joins four IMLS grants as partner
Misinformation Escape Room: Supporting Libraries as Hubs for Misinformation Education. The University of Washington Information School will develop and implement a comprehensive progr...
Publications
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Total Cost of Stewardship: Responsible Collection Building in Archives and Special Collections
The Total Cost of Stewardship framework is a holistic approach to understanding the resources needed to responsibly acquire and steward archives and special collections. Included materials: Research Report, Annotated Bibliography, ...
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Transforming Metadata into Linked Data to Improve Digital Collection Discoverability
This report shares the CONTENTdm Linked Data Pilot project findings. In this pilot project, OCLC and five partner institutions investigated methods for—and the feasibility of—transforming metadata into linked data to improve the discoverability and m...