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The Reimagine Descriptive Workflows project convened a group of experts, practitioners, and community members to determine ways of improving descriptive practices, tools, infrastructure, and workflows in libraries and archives.

The OCLC Research Library Partnership (RLP) warmly welcomes the University of Rhode Island Libraries as a Partner.

You are invited to join OCLC Global Council, along with OCLC Research, as they bring together library leaders from around the world to help create awareness and dialogue around the topic of Libraries and Open Ecosystems. Libraries play a crucial role...

Throughout 2021, OCLC Research worked with library practitioners and leaders to accelerate and scale learning, innovation, and collaboration that illuminate our path forward as a field.  

The Research Information Management in the United States two-part report series provides a first-of-its-kind documentation of RIM practices at US research universities, presenting a thorough examination of RIM practices, goals, stakeholders, and syst...

A new briefing from OCLC Research describes how library leaders responded to the rapidly changing circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic to meet the needs of their staff and their community.

Download an open access preprint of “Retrospective Accessioning” on OCLC Research

Available for free download—Leveraging Wikipedia: Connecting Communities of Knowledge

Misinformation Escape Room: Supporting Libraries as Hubs for Misinformation Education. The University of Washington Information School will develop and implement a comprehensive progr...

Supporting Library Responses to the Opioid Crisis. OCLC has been awarded an IMLS National Leadership Gr...

Watch OCLC Research’s on-demand sessions at ALA Annual (June 23 – 29, 2021). Browse the session descriptions below—including the latest OCLC Research update—and be sure to add them to your conference sch...

Join the REALM project for a live discussion panel with museum representatives to discuss how museums and public libraries can partner to respond to public health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic.  

The OCLC Research Library Partnership (RLP) is excited to welcome the University of Waterloo as a Partner.

OCLC and LIBER partner to support developing strategic relationships across universities to advance open scholarship

OCLC has been awarded a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to convene a diverse group of experts, practitioners, and community members to determine ways to address systemic biases and improve racial equity in descriptive practi...