Presentations
Works in Progress Webinar: Employing the OCLC Total Cost of Stewardship tools to change the conversation at Smith College
This presentation focuses on the practical application of OCLC’s Total Cost of Stewardship framework to move from the pay-to-play model of financial gifts to one of equity and transparency.
Topics: Works in Progress, Collection Management, Archives and Special Collections
Works in Progress Webinar: Gears and gigabytes—Preserving multimodal robotics collections
View this webinar to learn about Carnegie Mellon University’s work to establish a robotics collecting program and the best practices developed to support it.
Topics: Works in Progress, Archives and Special Collections, Collection Management
Works in Progress Webinar: Will our future selves thank us? Examining born-digital curation practices at the University of Kentucky Libraries
During this webinar, archivists and librarians from the University of Kentucky Libraries share recent challenges, successes, and practical tips for stewarding born-digital collections.
Topics: Works in Progress, Born-Digital Special Collections, Archives and Special Collections
Works in Progress Webinar: Building a National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN) research findings—Archivist focus group interviews and EAD analysis
In this webinar, members of the OCLC Research team review findings from focus group interviews with archivists and review overall project recommendations.
Topics: Works in Progress, User Research, Metadata, Archives and Special Collections
Works in Progress Webinar: Building a National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN) research findings—End user survey and interviews
Building a National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN) was an Institute of Museum and Library Services-funded research and demonstration project with the goal of providing inclusive, comprehensive, and persistent access to descriptions of archival collections, or "finding aids." Members of the OCLC Research NAFAN project shared our findings related to end users—those gleaned from survey data as well as from individual semi-structured interviews.
Topics: Works in Progress, User Research, Archives and Special Collections
Works in Progress Webinar: Building a National Finding Aid Network (NAFAN) research findings—Introduction and project recommendations
Members of the OCLC Research NAFAN team introduced the goals and methodologies used across this important research project. This session covered the overall recommendations based on the findings of the OCLC Research effort for the NAFAN project.
Topics: Works in Progress, User Research, Archives and Special Collections
SHARES discussion: Sharing Special Collections—Borrowing, lending, and packaging physical items
virtual
View this recording for an overview of the tools used in borrowing, lending, packaging, and shipping materials, compiled by the SHARES Sharing Special Collections Working Group.
Topics: Works in Progress, SHARES, Archives and Special Collections, Resource Sharing
SHARES discussion: Sharing Special Collections—Scanning portions and whole works
virtual
View this recording for an overview of the tools used in scanning special collections materials compiled by the SHARES Sharing Special Collections Working Group.
Topics: Works in Progress, SHARES, Archives and Special Collections, Resource Sharing
Implementing the SHARES Sharing Special Collections Principles and Protocols: Overview
virtual
View this webinar for an introduction to the Principles and Protocols for Sharing Special Collections through Interlibrary Loan.
Topics: Works in Progress, SHARES, Resource Sharing, Archives and Special Collections
Understanding Factors that Shape Archivists’ Needs for a New National Finding Aid Platform
Washington, DC
The authors identify and discuss the opportunities and challenges archivists experience when describing archival materials, sharing archival description on the web, and making decisions about whether or not to participate in current finding aid aggregations.
Topics: User Research, Archives and Special Collections