Events
19 November 2018
OCLC Research Mini-Symposium on Linked Data
You are cordially invited to attend this mini-symposium in Leiden, the Netherlands, where you can engage in a conversation on current developments in Library Linked Data with OCLC Research and its network partners.
Venue: OCLC Leiden
Time: 13:00 – 16:30 Central European Time [UTC +1]
04 December 2018
Works in Progress Webinar: Acquiring RDM Services for Your Institution
This webinar highlights key choices in acquiring RDM services, with an emphasis on the internal/external sourcing decisions, and the importance of partnerships with stakeholders both on campus and beyond.
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
12 December 2018
Works in Progress Webinar: Prototype to Production: OCLC Work with the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF)
Join this Works in Progress webinar to hear about the work OCLC has been doing to support the emerging International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF), and for a behind-the-scenes look at how prototype work within OCLC Research has contributed to integrating IIIF into production services.
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, North America [UTC -5]
News
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Results are in for the International Linked Data Survey for Implementers
The third iteration of this survey aimed to gauge linked data projects or services institutions have implemented, what data they publish and consume, and more.
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OCLC and Ithaka S+R Publish Report on Aligning Library Strategies with University Directions
OCLC and Ithaka S+R have published a new report that establishes a new framework for understanding the fit between emerging library service paradigms and university types.
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CUNY Joins the OCLC Research Library Partnership
The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY) will participate in the RLP and in SHARES, the RLP's resource sharing consortium.
Publications
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Analysis of 2018 International Linked Data Survey for Implementers
OCLC Research conducted an International Linked Data Survey for Implementers in 2014 and 2015. Curious about what might have changed since the last survey, and eager to learn about new projects or services that format metadata as linked data or ma...
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University Futures, Library Futures: Aligning library strategies with institutional directions
University Futures, Library Futures: Aligning library strategies with institutional directions establishes a new framework for understanding the fit between emerging library service paradigms and university types.
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Academic Library Futures in a Diversified University System
In this chapter included in the book Higher Education in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Dempsey and Malpas consider the future of the academic library in the context of a diversifying higher education system.