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The Realities of Research Data Management Part Three: Incentives for Building University RDM Services Published
04 January 2018
This third report in series explores the incentives that inspired the acquisition of RDM capacity on the part of four research universities and the general patterns and context-dependent circumstances that shaped these incentives. Read more.
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OCLC Research's Andrew Pace Contributes Chapter to Book on Collaboration and the Academic Library
Chapter focuses on OCLC as an example of academic library cooperation on a global and national scale.
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New national study reveals voter perceptions of libraries
The Public Library Association (PLA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), and the ALA Office for Library Advocacy, in partnership with OCLC, today released the report, From Awareness to Funding: Voter Perceptions and Support of ...
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From Awareness to Funding 2018
OCLC has partnered with the American Library Association (ALA) and its Public Library Association (PLA) division to investigate current perceptions and support among US voters and how they may have shifted since 2008.
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An Exploration of the Irish Presence in the Published Record
Brian Lavoie and Lorcan Dempsey harness the power of WorldCat to reveal how the Irish presence in the published record is known and perceived throughout the world.
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OCLC Research and ALISE name recipients of 2018 Library and Information Science Research Grants
OCLC Research and the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) have awarded research grants for three projects to be conducted by five researchers. The awards were presented at the ALISE 2018 Annual Conference Awards Luncheon...
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20 April 2018
OCLC Research Mini-Symposium on Research Data Management
Join OCLC Researchers and guests for this event in the Netherlands focused on collaborative research data management work.
- Venue: OCLC Leiden
- Time: 10:00 – 14:00 Central European [Summer] Time [UTC +2]
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02 May 2018
Works in Progress Webinar: Outcomes from the OCLC Research Library Partnership Web Archiving Metadata Working Group
In this webinar, four members of the working group will focus on the recommendations for descriptive metadata that uniquely meet the needs of web content.
- Venue: Online via Webex
- Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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30 May 2018
Works in Progress Webinar: Sharing Special Collections Materials via Resource Sharing
Libraries involved in SHARES, the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA), and the Ivy Plus Libraries will share freely available tools and implemented programs to facilitate the sharing of rare, and often deeply needed, items.
- Venue: Online via Webex
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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26 July 2018 - 27 July 2018
Save the Date: Big Data Summer Camp
Library and data science researchers, digital humanists, and software developers are invited to come to OCLC for a two day Big Data Summer Camp to share information and experiences with processing large data sets.
- Location: OCLC, Dublin, Ohio
- Venue: Conference Center at OCLC, Lakeside Room.
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19 February 2018
Research Library Partnership Workshop: The Interoperability Imperative for Libraries
The Interoperability Imperative for Libraries: Supporting Scholarly Services and Workflows
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Venue: Information Services Meeting Room 14, Floor E, Argyle House 3 Lady Lawson Street Edinburgh EH3 9DR
- Time: 13:00 – 17:00 Greenwich Mean Time [UTC +0]
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