Events
22 August 2019
Works in Progress Webinar: Scaling Software Preservation and Emulation Services - Introduction to the EaaSI Program of Work
Join this webinar to learn about scaling software preservation and emulation services to enable broader access and use of preserved software and digital objects.
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
11 September 2019
Works in Progress Webinar: Case Studies of Research Information Management at US Institutions
In this webinar, RIM practitioners from three research-intensive North American institutions will talk about the different motivations that led to implementations of RIM systems on their campuses and how their libraries were involved.
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
25 September 2019
Works in Progress Webinar: The Shift to Open at University and Research Libraries Worldwide
Join this webinar to learn about the findings of the OCLC survey on “Access to Open Content” and what they tell us about how university and research libraries are making the shift to open.
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
News
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Chela Scott Weber Receives SAA Council Resolution
She is being recognized for her work on the Research and Learning Agenda for Archives, Special, and Distinctive Collections in Research Libraries.
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OCLC Library Futures Event in October to Feature OCLC Research-led Preconferences
WebJunction will host an interactive workshop around Design Thinking, and the RLP will lead conversation around changing Stewardship and Services.
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Works in Progress Webinars Available Free and On Demand
The webinars cover topics from research information management to linked data, and can be watched at any time.
Publications
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Operationalizing the BIG Collective Collection: A Case Study of Consolidation vs Autonomy
Prepared in collaboration with the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) Library Initiatives, this report presents a framework for operationalizing the BTAA collective collection—a collection managed collaboratively across a network of libraries—and is fo...
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Creating Library Linked Data with Wikibase: Lessons Learned from Project Passage
The OCLC Research linked data Wikibase prototype provided a sandbox in which librarians from 16 US institutions could experiment with creating linked data to describe resources—without requiring knowledge of the technical machinery of linked data. Th...
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Context from the data reuser’s point of view
Based on a qualitative study of 105 researchers from three disciplinary communities: quantitative social science, archaeology, and zoology, this paper published in the Journal of Documentation extends digital curation conversations to includ...