Presentations

Libraries, collections, directions
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Lorcan Dempsey's keynote address from ER&L Middle East focuses on libraries' shift to new collection models and engaging in new ways to support needs across communities and organizations.
File: pptx, 111 MB

Library Consortia: Scale, Opportunity, Challenge
Vancouver, BC (Canada)
Lorcan Dempsey's keynote address from ICOLC focuses on consortial achievements and opportunities in scaling and innovation.
File: pptx, 17MB Topics: Library Consortia

Collections, the Network, and Library Collaboration
Minneapolis, MN (USA)
Dempsey discusses the changing role of collections in research libraries and trends including inside out, facilitated, and collective collections.
File: pptx, 12.5MB Topics: Collective Collections, Collection Management, Library Consortia

Leadership, Scaling, OCLC
Dublin, OH (USA)
Dempsey describes how scaling and library leadership are areas to explore and the role OCLC plays in these areas.
File: pptx, 19.4MB Topics: Sourcing and Scaling

The Changing Nature of Collections in a Network Environment
Toronto (Canada)
Dempsey explores concepts of the changing nature of collections. While collections remain central to research library services and mission, the concept of the collection has in fact changed, to the extent that boundaries between collections and other service areas are blurring.
File: pptx, 18.4MB Topics: Collection Management, Library Futures

Workshop - Building Shared Capacity: Collaborative Library Directions in the UK
London (UK)
Dempsey shares the history of shared library infrastructure in the UK, and delves into the implications of scaling capacity, learning, innovation, and influence.
File: pptx, 14MB Topics: Collective Collections

The Powers of Consortia: Scaling Capacity, Learning, Innovation and Influence
Hong Kong (China)
Dempsey discusses how working at the consortial level can scale capacity, learning, innovation, and influence, but requires balancing library and consortial roles.
File: pptx, 33.1MB Topics: Library Consortia, Sourcing and Scaling

Libraries, Library Users, and Collections
Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri (USA).
Lorcan Dempsey, Vice President of Membership and Research, and Chief Strategist, at OCLC discusses three trends that are changing the character of library collections: the facilitated collection, the collective collection, and the inside-out collection.
File: pptx, 11.8MB Topics: Collective Collections

The Irish Presence in the Published Record
Athlone, (Ireland)
Dempsey shares OCLC Research's exploration of the national presence of countries in the published record - and in particular the cultural patterns and trends that can be discerned by exploring Ireland in the published record.
File: pptx, 6.1MB Topics: National Presence

The Network Reshapes the Research Library Collection
Athlone, (Ireland)
Dempsey provides an in-depth look into library collection trends, including collective collections, reconfiguration of research work, and reconfiguration of information space.
File: pptx, 12.2MB Topics: Collective Collections