Presentations
OCLC Research Mini-symposium Part 3 - Deep-interactions with Open Collections (video)
As the volume of digitized heritage collections continues to grow, memory institutions are challenged to making this open content discoverable and usable across repositories. At this mini-symposium in Leiden, guests learn about research & development work done in the area of digital image interoperability (IIIF), corpus-building and deep interactions with open collections by OCLC, and latest developments at Europeana and the Global Digitised Dataset Network
Topics: Open Access, Semantic Embedding
The Costs of “Open”: Preliminary Results from a Global Survey
Manchester (UK)
OCLC conducted a worldwide survey in 2018 that focused on libraries’ ambitions, realities, and investments in support of open content. Here we examine definitions of “open” and share preliminary findings from more than 700 responses on library investments, assessments, and planning.
Topics: Open Access
An "Open" Discussion: Findings from an OCLC Survey of Open Content Costs and Benefits
Espoo/Helsinki (Finland)
OCLC conducted a survey that focused on libraries' ambitions, realities, and investments in support of open content that collected data about library open content activities across multiple internal silos. In this presentation, representatives from OCLC Research share preliminary findings from this global survey.
Topics: Open Access
2018 OCLC Open Access Study: Highlights of Findings
Learn about results from the OCLC Open Access Survey commissioned by the OCLC Global Council, which received 705 responses from 82 different countries.
Topics: Open Access
Leading the 21st Century Research Library
Marseille (France)
Program officers and researchers share recent OCLC Research into European practices related to linked data, research data management, persistent identifiers, open access, and research information management.
Topics: Research Library Partnership, Linked Data, Research Data Management, Research Information Management, Open Access
Sustaining (and Delivering) “Open” at the University of Glasgow through Enlighten
Watch this webinar recording to learn more about the University of Glasgow's Open Access journey.
Topics: Works in Progress, Open Access
All About OPenn
Watch this recorded webinar to learn about the challenges and solutions of presenting cultural heritage materials as open data, and discover OPenn, a website hosting open data from cultural heritage institutions in the Philadelphia area.
Topics: Open Access, Archives and Special Collections, Works in Progress