The OCLC Research Library Partnership
Interest and focus groups
Research Library Partnership (RLP) Interest and Focus Groups offer ongoing opportunities for transnational learning and sharing around topics of specific interest, led by RLP staff.
Librarians and other stakeholders at RLP partner institutions are invited to participate.
Art and Architecture Group
The Art and Architecture Group is a venue for staff from OCLC Research Library Partnership institutions to explore topics of interest to art and architecture librarians. Through meetings, programs, and collaborative research projects, this group seeks to expand access to art research materials and to provide innovative support for the creation of new art scholarship.
OCLC Leads: Dennis Massie, Chela Scott Weber
Active: 2020-Present
Metadata Managers Focus Group
The RLP Metadata Managers Focus Group identifies, prioritizes, discusses, and synthesizes shared knowledge about metadata challenges and offers a long-standing and significant way for RLP members to impact metadata practices. Librarians from all RLP partner institutions are invited to participate.
OCLC Leads: Richard Urban
Active: 1993-Present
Learn more: Project page
Research Support Interest Group
The Research Support Interest Group is a venue for stakeholders at OCLC Research Library Partnership institutions interested in or supporting research support activities such as research data management, digital humanities, publishing, research information management, and other scholarly communication activities.
OCLC Leads: Rebecca Bryant, Brian Lavoie
Active: May 2019-Present
Wikimedia Interest Group
The OCLC Research Library Partnership invites librarians at partner institutions to participate in a new Wikimedia Interest Group, which extends the work that has been done in OCLC Research related to Wikipedia and Wikidata.
OCLC Leads: Merrilee Proffitt
Active: May 2019-Present
Past interest groups
Research Data Management Interest Group
The OCLC Research Library Partnership invited partners to engage in a Research Data Management (RDM) Interest Group, offered in conjunction with a three-part Webinar Series: The Realities of Research Data Management. Participants explored and exchanged information on RDM-related topics with peers and OCLC researchers.
Active: October-December 2018
Library Assessment Interest Group
This interest group for Librarians from OCLC Research Library Partnership institutions accompanied and extended a three-part Webinar Series: Evaluating and Sharing Your Library's Impact.
Active: April-October 2018