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REALM Project update: Round 1 test results now available
22 June 2020
REopening Archives, Libraries and Museums (REALM) is a research partnership between OCLC, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and Battelle to create and distribute science-based information and recommended practices designed to reduce the risk of transmission of COVID-19 to staff and visitors who are engaging in the delivery or use of museum, library, and archival services.
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OCLC Research publishes new report on open content activities in university libraries
A new report from OCLC Research, Open Content Activities in Libraries: Same Direction, Different Trajectories—Findings from the 2018 OCLC Global Council Survey, offers a view into the breadth of current open content activities by resear...
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REALM Project update: Second round of testing begins
Test set 2 announced, compilation of reopening references released
Five items have been selected for Round 2 of Battelle lab testing to examine the length of time the COVID-19 virus may live on the surface of these porous materials. Testing be...
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REALM Project update: Round 1 test results now available
The REALM Project has released the results of the first round of Battelle’s laboratory testing for COVID-19 on commonly circulated libra...
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Research findings published from public libraries and the opioid crisis study
The nation is experiencing an ongoing opioid epidemic, and communities across the country are feeling the epidemic’s impact. Public health and human service organizations, professional associations, and nonprofits continue to implement responses to s...
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OCLC, IMLS, and Battelle COVID-19 Research Partnership update: REALM Project site launches
REopening Archives, Libraries and Museums (REALM) is a research partnership between OCLC, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and Battelle to create and distribute science-based information and recommended practices designe...
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Thomas Padilla is named one of Library Journal’s Movers & Shakers
Thomas Padilla, former OCLC Practitioner Researcher-in-Residence, is named one of Library Journal’s 2020 Digital Developer Movers & Shakers.
In 2018, Padilla was awarded a major Mellon Foundation grant “to further explore what it take...
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OCLC Virtual Town Hall: Libraries and the COVID-19 Crisis
Monday, April 13, 3:00-4:30 ET
The COVID-19 crisis has created a strain on both the personal and professional lives of library staff everywhere. As libraries respond to rapidly evolving information and guidelines, building...
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New COVID-19 Discussion Board for Libraries
To help libraries share information, ideas, and best practices about how they are responding to the extraordinary circumstances surrounding the global COVID-19 pandemic, OCLC is adding a new COVID-19 Discussion Board to the Community Center. This mod...
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09 July 2020
Works in Progress Webinar: Scaling research support services through a graduate specialist program at Rutgers University
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22 June 2020
Works in Progress Webinar: Dynamics of change—continuing the conversation on library naming, finding, and relationship-building with Indigenous peoples
Participants will learn about how the University of Toronto Libraries is reckoning with both cultural change and the development of culturally appropriate metadata on a system-wide scale.
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Works in Progress Webinar: Better design -- tools for creating user personas
Learn about tools, questions, and methodologies for building user personas–which can help you better understand user needs and behaviors to create better design.
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