Presentations
Advancing the National Digital Platform Survey Findings
Indianapolis, Indiana (USA)
In this presentation, Morgan shares findings from a national survey that identified the extent of public libraries' efforts to digitize unique collections, the obstacles that prevent digitization, and opportunities to accelerate digitization.
Communicating Library Impact Beyond Library Walls: A Collaborative Effort
Columbus, Ohio (USA)
This presentation covers an agenda for action-based research on student success and how libraries can communicate and collaborate better across the institution about their role in student learning and success.
Topics: Student Support, Research Agendas
Communicating Library Impact Beyond Library Walls: A Collaborative Effort
Wrocław (Poland)
This presentation covers an agenda for action-based research on student success and how libraries can communicate and collaborate better across the institution about their role in student learning and success.
Topics: Student Support, Research Agendas
Capturing the Behaviors of the Elusive User: Strategies for Library Ethnography
Wrocław (Poland)
Lynn Silipigni Connaway covers ethnographic data collection tools and methods, drawing from the digital visitors and residents research she and her team have conducted.
Topics: User Research
Making Sense of the Confusing World of Research Information Management
Virtual
Bryant introduces research information management (RIM), the library's evolving role in RIM, and what's driving RIM activities at institutions.
Topics: Research Information Management
New Data, Same Skills: Applying Core Principles to New Needs in Data Curation
Warsaw (Poland)
In this presentation, Silipigni Connaway describes how core roles of data curation can be applied to new areas librarianship in research data management.
Topics: Research Data Management
Libraries and Wikipedia: Learning from Outreach with US Public Libraries
Montréal, Québec (Canada)
Learn how public libraries are leveraging Wikipedia to connect with their communities and connect reliable information to their patrons.
Topics: Wikimedia
Best Practices for Descriptive Metadata for Web Archiving
Portland, Oregon (USA)
Dooley and colleagues share their work into best practices for metadata when archiving online materials, drawing from a report that comprehensively advises on these best practices.
Topics: Web Archiving, Metadata
Policy Realities in Research Data Management
This webinar complements the four-part series of reports by OCLC Research titled The Realities of Research Data Management, in which findings are based on case studies of four institutions, including the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Wageningen University & Research.
Topics: Research Data Management, Works in Progress
We Have Never Been Neutral: Search, Discovery, and the Politics of Access
Dr. Christen addressed the concept that library and archive practices are neutral and non-biased, traced the often violent histories of collecting and the construction of the public domain, unpacked their connections to the foundations of libraries and archives, and opened a space to provide a framework for ethical engagements and reciprocal practices through culturally responsive tools and engagements.
Topics: Distinguished Seminar Series