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Test 6 results available
The REALM project has published the results of the sixth round of Battelle’s laboratory testing for infectious COVID-19 virus on five materials commonly found in furnishings and exhibits of archives, lib...

OCLC’s WebJunction, in partnership with  Washington State University’s Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation, is creating a series of 10 free online courses for staff at tribal archives, librari...

Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC Vice President and Chief Strategist, presents at  RLUK’s Digital Shift Forum to consider how the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating library trends and directions that could have l...

Test 5 results available

The REALM project has published the results of the fifth round of Battelle’s laboratory testing for infectious COVID-19 virus on four fabrics and leath...

Transitioning to the Next Generation of Metadata, an OCLC Research Report, synthesizes six years (2015-2020) of OCLC Research Library Partners Metadata Managers Focus Group discussions to trace how metadata services is&...

The OCLC Research report Social Interoperability in Research Support explores the social and structural norms that shape cross-campus collaboration in higher education and offers a conceptual model of key...

The REALM project has published the results of the third round of Battelle’s laboratory testing for COVID-19 on five plastic-based materials: talking book USB cassettes, DVD, storage bags, storage con...

Lynn Silipigni Connaway, OCLC’s Director of Library Trends and User Research, has been named the University of Wisconsin – Madison Information School’s

Test 2 results available

The REALM Project has published the results of the second round of Battelle’s laboratory testing for COVID-19 on five commonly handled materials: braille paper pages, glossy paper p...

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...

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...

The REALM Project has  released the results of the first round of Battelle’s laboratory testing for COVID-19 on commonly circulated libra...

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...

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...

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...