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2017 OCLC Research Presentations List

Smart Spaces for Small Libraries
St. George, Utah (USA)
Learn from the dynamic experiences of fifteen small libraries, who re-imagined and reconfigured “smart spaces,” where community members co-create, participate in hands-on learning, and strengthen social connections.
Topics: WebJunction

Communicating Library Impact Beyond Library Walls: A Collaborative Effort
Columbus, Ohio (USA)
This presentation covers an agenda for action-based research on student success and how libraries can communicate and collaborate better across the institution about their role in student learning and success.
Topics: Student Support, Research Agendas

Advancing the National Digital Platform Survey Findings
Indianapolis, Indiana (USA)
In this presentation, Morgan shares findings from a national survey that identified the extent of public libraries' efforts to digitize unique collections, the obstacles that prevent digitization, and opportunities to accelerate digitization.

Communicating Library Impact Beyond Library Walls: A Collaborative Effort
Wrocław (Poland)
This presentation covers an agenda for action-based research on student success and how libraries can communicate and collaborate better across the institution about their role in student learning and success.
Topics: Student Support, Research Agendas

Capturing the Behaviors of the Elusive User: Strategies for Library Ethnography
Wrocław (Poland)
Lynn Silipigni Connaway covers ethnographic data collection tools and methods, drawing from the digital visitors and residents research she and her team have conducted.
Topics: User Research

New Data, Same Skills: Applying Core Principles to New Needs in Data Curation
Warsaw (Poland)
In this presentation, Silipigni Connaway describes how core roles of data curation can be applied to new areas librarianship in research data management.
Topics: Research Data Management

Making Sense of the Confusing World of Research Information Management
Virtual
Bryant introduces research information management (RIM), the library's evolving role in RIM, and what's driving RIM activities at institutions.
Topics: Research Information Management

Libraries and Wikipedia: Learning from Outreach with US Public Libraries
Montréal, Québec (Canada)
Learn how public libraries are leveraging Wikipedia to connect with their communities and connect reliable information to their patrons.
Topics: Wikimedia

Best Practices for Descriptive Metadata for Web Archiving
Portland, Oregon (USA)
Dooley and colleagues share their work into best practices for metadata when archiving online materials, drawing from a report that comprehensively advises on these best practices.
Topics: Web Archiving, Metadata

Policy Realities in Research Data Management
This webinar complements the four-part series of reports by OCLC Research titled The Realities of Research Data Management, in which findings are based on case studies of four institutions, including the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Wageningen University & Research.
Topics: Research Data Management, Works in Progress
We Have Never Been Neutral: Search, Discovery, and the Politics of Access
Dr. Christen addressed the concept that library and archive practices are neutral and non-biased, traced the often violent histories of collecting and the construction of the public domain, unpacked their connections to the foundations of libraries and archives, and opened a space to provide a framework for ethical engagements and reciprocal practices through culturally responsive tools and engagements.
Topics: Distinguished Seminar Series

More Accurately Measuring Item Downloads from Institutional Repositories (video)
Researchers from Montana State University, OCLC Research, the University of New Mexico, and the Association of Research Libraries have developed a new web service that accurately measures item downloads from institutional repositories. In this webinar, presenters provide a look at the web service called RAMP (Repository Analytics and Metrics Portal), which represents a dramatic improvement in web analytics.
Topics: Research Data Management, Works in Progress

BIBFRAME and OCLC Works: Defining Models and Discovering Evidence
Chicago, Illinois (USA)
Find out how OCLC researchers are acting on a request from the Library of Congress to align OCLC Works with BIBFRAME works within the larger context of two Program for Cooperative Cataloging Task Groups.
Topics: Linked Data

Academic Library Impact: Improving Practice and Essential Areas to Research
Chicago, Illinois (USA)
An OCLC Research team shares their work on exploring how academic libraries demonstrate alignment with and impact on institutional outcomes.
Topics: Student Support, Research Agendas

Communicating Library Impact Beyond Library Walls: Findings from an Action-oriented Research Agenda
Chicago, Illinois (USA)
Learn about a project initiated by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and led by OCLC Research to identify specific themes and trends related to the current state of library value studies and connect them to student learning and success, create a research agenda, and more.
Topics: Student Support, Research Agendas

FAST Update
Chicago, Illinois (USA)
In this presentation, Childress provides an update on FAST and WorldCat.
Topics: FAST

"Is it a journal title, or what?" Mitigating Microaggressions in Virtual Reference
Chicago, Illinois (USA)
Learn how researchers explored how microaggressions can occur in virtual reference and how librarians can mitigate microaggressions in their practice.
Topics: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Information Literacy

Challenges of Multilingualism
Lorentz Center, Leiden, (The Netherlands)
Learn from Smith-Yoshimura about challenges of translations in WorldCat, including different writing systems, different transliterations, the pitfalls of metadata, as well as opportunities of linked data.
Topics: Linked Data

Data Designed for Discovery
Bolzano, (Italy)
Tennant provides a research perspective on data designed for discovery and how linked data can solve current issues.
Topics: Linked Data

Best Practices for Descriptive Metadata
London (UK)
Learn about how web archives are being used, the issues with discoverability, and best practices for web archiving descriptive metadata that are community-neutral and standards-neutral.
Topics: Metadata, Web Archiving