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Using Data to Advocate for the Preservation of Audiovisual Collections
virtual
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.
File: video, 54 minutes Topics: Works in Progress, Archives and Special Collections, AV Materials
Re-envisioning the fabric of the bibliographic universe: From promise to reality
virtual
In this webinar session, we explore the experiences of national and research libraries in linked data exploration, looking at milestones over time.
File: video, 54 minutes Topics: Works in Progress, Linked Data
Mapping Digital Scholarly Communication Infrastructure
virtual
Watch this webinar to learn about the scope of the infrastructure that supports digital scholarly communications and the financial and organizational strength of the organizations that provide it.
File: video, 59 minutes Topics: Researcher Support
Rediscovering Discovery: three general examples
virtual
This presentation accompanied a panel discussion of current trends and issues in discovery systems, including a description of value-added full-text linking features, user behaviors and needs identified by transaction log analysis, the implementation of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in discovery, and plans by the Big Ten Academic Alliance for a collective collection system.
Recording available from CNI on Vimeo
File: pptx, 5.5MB Topics: Collective Collections, Library Trends
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.
File: pptx, 17.5MB Topics: Archives and Special Collections
Lost in Transcription—Developing workflows for captioning video (video)
virtual
View this webinar to learn about an investigation into captioning tools and potential workflows to address accessibility issues for digital video at scale.
File: video, 53 minutes Topics: Works in Progress, Archives and Special Collections, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Topics, AV Materials
Research Information Management in the United States
virtual
Bryant shares highlights of her research into Research Information Management, particularly describing primary US cases, how American practices are distinctive from European—and indeed—global practices, and the importance of cross-institutional collaboration to ensure quality data and reduce workflow duplication.
Recording available from Florida Universities on Zoom.
File: pptx, 16.9MB Topics: Research Information Management
Approaches to Processing Audiovisual Archives for Improved Access and Preservation Planning (video)
virtual
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.
File: video, 57 minutes Topics: Archives and Special Collections, Works in Progress, Topics, AV Materials
Accessibility and Digital Collections (video)
virtual
This webinar highlights steps to choose and build an accessible digital collections infrastructure, with both commercial software and locally developed software.
File: video, 57 minutes Topics: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Works in Progress
Archaeological data practices and the implications for successful data sharing and reuse
virtual
In this keynote presentation, Ixchel M. Faniel discusses findings from several studies examining archaeological data practices and needs and the implications for successful data sharing and reuse.
Keynote recording available from SEADDA.
File: pptx, 28.8MB Topics: User Research, Research Data Management