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Resource Sharing, Wikidata, Web Archiving Metadata, RDM featured in Recent RLP Webinars
11 July 2018
Five webinar recordings spanning a variety of subjects from the OCLC Research Library Partnership (RLP) are now available to watch on demand. Read more.
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Resource Sharing, Wikidata, Web Archiving Metadata, RDM featured in Recent RLP Webinars
Five webinar recordings from the OCLC Research Library Partnership (RLP) are now available to watch on demand.
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New Book Chapter by Dempsey, Malpas Considers the Future of the Academic Library
Lorcan Dempsey and Constance Malpas explore how libraries are responding to the transition from a collections-based model to a more diffuse services-based model.
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Lorcan Dempsey Delves into the Power of Library Consortia in Blog Series
Dempsey, Vice President of the Membership and Research Division, and Chief Strategist at OCLC, has just completed a four-part blog series on "The Powers of Library Consortia."
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Chela Scott Weber Joins OCLC Research as Senior Program Officer
As Senior Program Officer, Weber will help enact the OCLC research and learning agenda that she crafted in 2017 as she served as a practitioner researcher-in-residence.
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OCLC Research's Merrilee Proffitt Shows How Libraries Can Leverage Wikipedia
In Leveraging Wikipedia: Connecting Communities of Knowledge, Proffitt shows how libraries can contribute to Wikipedia to improve content quality and make library services more visible.
Upcoming Events
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17 July 2018
Laying Out the Welcome Mat: Asset Mapping to Better Serve the Immigrant Community
In this webinar, presented in collaboration with TechSoup for Libraries, learn how Halifax Public Libraries uses asset mapping to identify immigrant community needs and develop responsive programs and services.
- Venue: Webinar
- Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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14 August 2018
Digging into Assessment Data: Tips, Tricks, and Tools of the Trade
Part two of a three-part series on evaluating and sharing your library's impact, focused on exploring tools and methods for collecting and analyzing the data.
- Venue: Webinar
- Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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03 October 2018
Take Action: Using and Presenting Research Findings to Make Your Case
Part three of a three-part series on evaluating and sharing your library's impact, focused on presenting data to make the case for how your library plays a critical role in your community.
- Venue: Webinar
- Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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25 June 2018
OCLC Research Update at ALA Annual Meeting
Join OCLC Research, one of the world's leading research groups devoted to challenges facing libraries and archives, for an overview of several active research projects.
- Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
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Morial Convention Center
Rm 344 - Time: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Central Daylight Time, North America [UTC -5]
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12 June 2018
Works in Progress Webinar: Introduction to Wikidata for Librarians
Learn more about Wikidata during this Works in Progress Webinar
- Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, North America [UTC -4]
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