2020 OCLC Research Presentations List

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

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

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

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

Join this webinar to learn about the latest research from the REALM project and how to incorporate this information into local decision making.

Topics: Works in Progress

This presentation provides an overview of findings from the recent OCLC Research report “Social Interoperability in Research Support: Cross-Campus Partnerships and the University Research Enterprise.”

Topics: Research Data Management, Research Support

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

This presentation features responses to a special set of Round Robin Questions for 2020, suggested by the Art and Architecture Group community, and a report on a forthcoming OCLC Research Project focused on art and museum libraries.  The Roundtable agenda also included updates on the Art Discovery Group Catalog and on new draft protocols for sharing special collections.

Topics: Libraries, Archives and Museums, Archives and Special Collections

This webinar will be of interest to anyone interested in cultivating positive campus partnerships to support research activities. We expect this to be of particular interest to those that work in a research support role, as well as library leaders.

Topics: Works in Progress, Research Support

This webinar will be of interest to professionals who work with metadata, who are “metadata adjacent,” or who have an interest in what the future of metadata may bring.

Topics: Works in Progress, Metadata

When researchers are deciding whether to reuse data, they need information about data’s context of production from a variety of sources such that data’s quality can be evaluated. This panel presentation compares the different types of context, sources, and data quality attributes quantitative social scientists, zoologists, and archaeologists mentioned needing during interviews and observations about their data reuse.

Topics: Research Data Management, User Research

In this webinar we will demystify the process of an AV assessment: how to get started, how to determine the essential elements, and how to retool midstream to fit your institution’s needs.

Topics: Works in Progress, Archives and Special Collections, AV Materials

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated many existing civil legal issues, such as housing, employment, debt management, and more. Learn how public libraries can connect community members to relevant resources and information to help them navigate the complex civil legal system, especially in rural areas where legal resources are sparse.

Topics: WebJunction

This webinar will be of interest to professionals who work with metadata, who are “metadata adjacent,” or who have an interest in what the future of metadata may bring.

Topics: Works in Progress, Metadata

In this opening presentation in the RLUK Digital Shift Forum, Lorcan Dempsey looks at some pandemic effects, and considers how it will likely accelerate some collection directions already evident.

This webinar will be of interest to anyone interested in cultivating positive campus partnerships to support research activities. We expect this to be of particular interest to scholarly communication librarians and library leaders.

Topics: Works in Progress

This webinar will be of interest to anyone interested in cultivating positive campus partnerships to support research activities.

Topics: Research Support

In this webinar, representatives from Rutgers University will share how the Rutgers New Brunswick Libraries has partnered with the systemwide Office of Advanced Research Computing to develop a shared GIS specialist position.

Topics: Works in Progress

Learn about an innovative pilot program in which University of Miami librarians, as embedded team members, played a crucial role in interdisciplinary research projects.

Topics: Works in Progress

This webinar is the first in a series offered by the OCLC Research Library Partnership focusing on cross-campus collaboration in research support.

Topics: Research Information Management, Role of Libraries in Data Curation, Institutional Organization, Research Support, Research Data Management, Works in Progress