Events
07 December 2023
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]
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]
07 February 2024
Building for the future: Facilitated Discussion 2: Data-driven decision making
Join us for the second facilitated discussion of the OCLC-LIBER series, based around collaborative data analytics to help in decision making.
Venue: Virtual
Time: 21:30 – 23:00 Central European Time [UTC +1]
News
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OCLC contributes to study on public libraries building sustainable communities
OCLC has contributed two chapters to the recently published book How Public Libraries Build Sustainable Communities in the 21st Century (2023) that, “examines the capacity of public libraries to impact social change at the c...
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Lynn Silipigni Connaway to serve as Dominican University's School of Information Studies 2023-24 Follett Chair
Dr. Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Executive Director, OCLC Research, will join Dominican University's School of Information Studies as the 2023-24 Follett Chair.
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OCLC publishes unprecedented research on archival aggregation needs
OCLC led research for Building a National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN), an IMLS-supported research and demonstration project rooted in the goal of providing inclusive, comprehensive, and persist...
Publications
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OCLC publishes unprecedented research on archival aggregation needs
OCLC led research for Building a National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN), an IMLS-supported research and demonstration project roote...
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New research shares recommendations for building strong library collaborations
A new report from OCLC Research offers recommendations for building strong collaborations based on real-life examples. This research uses cases studies to document the practical experiences and lessons learned from collaborations involving art and ac...
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Read new research from OCLC on using data to identify library collaboration opportunities
Sustaining Art Research Collections: Using Data to Explore Collaboration is a new report from OCLC Research that explores c...