Presentations

Using ontologies to describe artists’ books and other amorphous genres
View this webinar to learn about an ontological tool to use in crafting acquisition policies for artists’ books and other ill-defined collection areas.
Topics: Works in Progress, Archives and Special Collections

OCLC, Archives, the Research Library Partnership, and You!
virtual
This presentation provides an overview of OCLC’s Membership and Research Division, focusing on how the OCLC Research Library Partnership supports the institutions it serves. Highlights include our Research and Learning Agenda for Archives, Special, and Distinctive Collections in Research Libraries; work to supporting stewardship of rare and unique AV Materials; the Collection Building and Operational Impacts working group; and research work in support of a national archival discovery infrastructure for the National Archival Finding Aid Network (NAFAN).
Topics: Archives and Special Collections

OCLC RLP Roundtable: Art and Architecture Group
virtual
This presentation features responses to a special set of Round Robin Questions for 2020, suggested by the Art and Architecture Group community, and a report on a forthcoming OCLC Research Project focused on art and museum libraries. The Roundtable agenda also included updates on the Art Discovery Group Catalog and on new draft protocols for sharing special collections.
Topics: Libraries, Archives and Museums, Archives and Special Collections

The nuts and bolts of conducting an efficient AV survey
In this webinar we will demystify the process of an AV assessment: how to get started, how to determine the essential elements, and how to retool midstream to fit your institution’s needs.
Topics: Works in Progress, Archives and Special Collections, AV Materials

Using Data to Advocate for the Preservation of Audiovisual Collections
This webinar explains how data from a four-year project to survey and assess audiovisual collections across the Smithsonian Institution is being used to advance the preservation of those materials on a pan-institutional level.
Topics: Works in Progress, Archives and Special Collections, AV Materials

Total Cost of Stewardship: Tools from the OCLC Research Collection Building & Operational Impacts Working Group
virtual
Weber shares the suite of tools created by the OCLC Research Library Partnership’s Collection Building and Operational Impacts Working Group, designed to support shared, informed collection building decisions for special collections that factor in the full resources required for ongoing stewardship of a potential acquisition.
Recording available from CNI on Vimeo.
Topics: Archives and Special Collections

Lost in Transcription—Developing workflows for captioning video (video)
View this webinar to learn about an investigation into captioning tools and potential workflows to address accessibility issues for digital video at scale.
Topics: Works in Progress, Archives and Special Collections, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Topics, AV Materials

Approaches to Processing Audiovisual Archives for Improved Access and Preservation Planning (video)
This webinar explains University of Houston’s “enhanced for A/V” minimal processing mindset utilized to survey all A/V materials held by UH Special Collections, and ongoing efforts to create a standard practice for A/V materials in archival collections as they are acquired to ensure proper storage. The webinar concludes with a discussion of the impact this approach has had on continuing efforts to preserve and make available A/V collections at UH.
Topics: Archives and Special Collections, Works in Progress, Topics, AV Materials

Computational Uses of Audiovisual Materials at the Library of Congress
View this webinar to learn how the LC Labs team at the Library of Congress is currently experimenting with multiple ways to provide computational access to audiovisual materials.
Topics: Works in Progress, Archives and Special Collections, AV Materials