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It’s Here! The OCLC Interlibrary Loan Cost Calculator
Watch this webinar to learn about the OCLC Interlibrary Loan Cost Calculator, a free internet-based tool that has the potential to act as a virtual real-time ILL cost study.
Topics: Resource Sharing, Works in Progress

The Rapidly Changing Research Information Management Landscape
virtual
Expert finder systems are part of a larger ecosystem of research information management, comprising a variety of use cases, systems, practices, workflows, and stakeholders. Bryant discusses the rapidly changing RIM landscape in the US, the focus of a current project at OCLC Research.
Topics: Research Information Management

Case study—Developing and sustaining RDM services at Arizona and Illinois through partnership with the Office of Research
Representatives from the University of Illinois and the University of Arizona will share how the libraries have cultivated relationships with the Research Office at their respective institutions.
Topics: Works in Progress

OCLC Research Update: Convening, understanding, and sharing
virtual
This January 2021 update session includes presentations on Resource Sharing, Realigning to develop a New Model Library, Linked Data Research, and Library Learning during COVID-19
Topics: Resource Sharing, New Model Library, Linked Data

Public Libraries Respond to the Opioid Crisis with Their Community
virtual
In this recorded presentation, Dr. Lynn Silipigni Connaway shares the findings of the project, Public Libraries Respond to the Opioid Crisis with Their Communities.
Topics: Opioid Crisis

What comes next? Grappling with data, reconsidering workflows, and expanding collaboration following a large-scale collection survey
Learn how assessment data can inform future collection development decisions, collection management activities, and preservation priorities.
Topics: Archives and Special Collections, Collection Management, Works in Progress

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

College, consortium, collaboration, collective collection
Virtual
This presentation was to provide BLC Directors with some context for thinking about collective collections, which is a topic of discussion within the consortium.
Topics: Collective Collections, Library Consortia

Case study—Supporting bibliometric and research impact analysis at the University of Waterloo
In this webinar, librarians from the University of Waterloo describe how their library has worked with campus partners to develop robust offerings in bibliometrics and research impact (BRI).
Topics: Works in Progress

Adding Cyrillic Script to WorldCat
virtual
This panel discussion seeks to highlight cooperative initiatives and perspectives from information professionals to amplify equity and inclusion in collection building and management.
Topics: Metadata