Presentations
The Shift to Open at University and Research Libraries Worldwide (video)
During this webinar, Titia van der Werf will share results pertaining to the category of university and research libraries, which formed the largest group of respondents and provided a powerful and current snapshot of the state of open content support in higher education and research worldwide.
Topics: Open Access, Works in Progress
Building Tools for Informed Decision-making: An Update From the OCLC Research Collection Building and Operational Impacts Working Group
Austin, Texas (USA)
Weber gives a preview of the communication and cost estimation tools the Collection Building and Operational Impacts working group is developing. The group’s work centers on examining current collecting and collection management practices, building tools to help integrate collection management considerations into the collection development process, and facilitating communication between colleagues.
Topics: Archives and Special Collections
OCLC RLP SHARES Sharing Special Collections Working Group Update (video)
In this webinar, members of the SHARES Sharing Special Collections Working Group provide an update on the development of a framework of protocols for the interlending of special collections materials among SHARES libraries.
Topics: SHARES, Archives and Special Collections
Case Studies from Project Passage Focusing on Wikidata’s Multilingual Support (video)
This webinar highlights some key lessons from our experiences in the OCLC Research’s Linked Data Wikibase Prototype (“Project Passage”) regarding Wikidata’s multilingual support. It focuses on two case studies from the upcoming report on the pilot: Chinese descriptions and representing works and their associated translations.
Topics: Linked Data, Wikimedia, Works in Progress
OCLC RLP SHARES Policy Rethink: Outcomes and Next Steps (video)
The SHARES resource sharing consortium’s leadership and participants recently concluded a year-long exercise aimed at rethinking SHARES policies and values. The goal of the exercise was to ensure that SHARES remains on track to play a vibrant role in a resource sharing future where the emphasis is always on the patron, and where consortia will increasingly be the venue for the advancement of library collections and services. Learn about the work in this webinar.
Topics: SHARES, Works in Progress
OCLC RLP Collection Building and Operational Impacts Working Group Update (video)
In this webinar, the Collection Building and Operational Impacts Working Group shares its work to explore the intersections between current collecting and collection management practices; seek ways to better integrate collection management considerations into the collection development process; and bring together colleagues across these important, interdependent functions.
Topics: Collection Management, Works in Progress
OCLC Research Library Partnership: Overview & Opportunities
Richmond, VA (USA)
Weber provides an overview of the OCLC Research Library Partnership, current areas of focus and investigation, and opportunities for involvement.
Trends and Priorities in Canadian Research Libraries: Results of a CARL-OCLC Survey
Virtual
This presentation focuses on findings from the 2018's Canadian Association of Research Libraries and OCLC Research survey of research libraries in Canada as well as comparative data from complementary surveys conducted by OCLC Research in partnership with the Council of Australian University Libraries and Research Libraries UK.
Topics: Library Trends
Digging into the Research: An Overview of Models and Networks
Three researchers and program officers share how OCLC Research develops models to help research libraries (and others) with sensemaking, striving for our models to be useful and to facilitate big picture thinking.
Topics: Research Methods
Trends and Priorities in Canadian Research Libraries: Results of a CARL-OCLC Survey
St. Louis, MO (USA)
This briefing focused on findings from the 2018's Canadian Association of Research Libraries and OCLC Research survey of research libraries in Canada as well as comparative data from complementary surveys conducted by OCLC Research in partnership with the Council of Australian University Libraries and Research Libraries UK.
Topics: Library Trends