Presentations

OCLC, Archives, the Research Library Partnership, and You!

OCLC, Archives, the Research Library Partnership, and You!

By Merrilee Proffitt, Chela Scott Weber

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Assembly
virtual

This presentation provides an overview of OCLC’s Membership and Research Division, focusing on how the OCLC Research Library Partnership supports the institutions it serves. Highlights include our Research and Learning Agenda for Archives, Special, and Distinctive Collections in Research Libraries; work to supporting stewardship of rare and unique AV Materials; the Collection Building and Operational Impacts working group; and research work in support of a national archival discovery infrastructure for the National Archival Finding Aid Network (NAFAN).

Topics: Archives and Special Collections, Research Library Partnership

OCLC Research Update

OCLC Research Update (video)

By Rachel Frick, Kendra Morgan, Karen Smith-Yoshimura

ALA Midwinter
Philadelphia, PA, USA

In this session, OCLC staff highlighted recent examples of OCLC Research’s collaborative initiatives, presented on a multi-sector collaboration with public libraries in response to the opioid epidemic and discussed OCLC’s current initiatives around operationalizing linked data.

Topics: Opioid Crisis, Linked Data, Research Library Partnership

The Shift to Open at University and Research Libraries Worldwide (video)

The Shift to Open at University and Research Libraries Worldwide (video)

By Titia van der Werf

During this webinar, Titia van der Werf will share results pertaining to the category of university and research libraries, which formed the largest group of respondents and provided a powerful and current snapshot of the state of open content support in higher education and research worldwide.

Topics: Open Access, Research Library Partnership, Works in Progress

Building Tools for Informed Decision-making: An Update From the OCLC Research Collection Building and Operational Impacts Working Group

Building Tools for Informed Decision-making: An Update From the OCLC Research Collection Building and Operational Impacts Working Group

By Chela Scott Weber

Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting
Austin, Texas (USA)

Weber gives a preview of the communication and cost estimation tools the Collection Building and Operational Impacts working group is developing. The group’s work centers on examining current collecting and collection management practices, building tools to help integrate collection management considerations into the collection development process, and facilitating communication between colleagues.

Topics: Research Library Partnership, Archives and Special Collections

OCLC RLP SHARES Sharing Special Collections Working Group Update

OCLC RLP SHARES Sharing Special Collections Working Group Update (video)

By Ralph Baylor, Lesliediana Jones, Brian Miller, Richard Zwiercan, Dennis Massie

In this webinar, members of the SHARES Sharing Special Collections Working Group provide an update on the development of a framework of protocols for the interlending of special collections materials among SHARES libraries.

Topics: SHARES, Archives and Special Collections, Research Library Partnership

Case Studies from Project Passage Focusing on Wikidata’s Multilingual Support

Case Studies from Project Passage Focusing on Wikidata’s Multilingual Support (video)

By Karen Smith-Yoshimura and Xiaoli Li

This webinar highlights some key lessons from our experiences in the OCLC Research’s Linked Data Wikibase Prototype (“Project Passage”) regarding Wikidata’s multilingual support. It focuses on two case studies from the upcoming report on the pilot: Chinese descriptions and representing works and their associated translations.

Topics: Linked Data, Research Library Partnership, Wikimedia, Works in Progress

OCLC RLP SHARES Policy Rethink: Outcomes and Next Steps  (video)

OCLC RLP SHARES Policy Rethink: Outcomes and Next Steps (video)

By Zach Lane, Beth Posner, Dennis Massie

The SHARES resource sharing consortium’s leadership and participants recently concluded a year-long exercise aimed at rethinking SHARES policies and values. The goal of the exercise was to ensure that SHARES remains on track to play a vibrant role in a resource sharing future where the emphasis is always on the patron, and where consortia will increasingly be the venue for the advancement of library collections and services. Learn about the work in this webinar.

Topics: SHARES, Research Library Partnership, Works in Progress