Beyond the Archive: Bridging Data Creation and Reuse in Archaeology

3 May 2018

Ixchel Faniel, Anne Austin, Eric Kansa, Sarah Whitcher Kansa, Phoebe France, Jennifer Jacobs, Ran Boytner, and Elizabeth Yakel

The Secret Life of Data (SLO-data) project traces the lifecycle of data in archaeology to make recommendations to improve data management and better align data creation and reuse. It proposes a “slow data” approach to emphasize curation, contextualization, and communication to streamline data collection for reuse.

 

Leveraging Wikipedia: Connecting Communities of Knowledge

26 April 2018

Merrilee Proffitt

This book encourages collaboration among academia, archives, libraries, and the volunteer Wikipedia community to connect communities of knowledge. It shows how libraries can partner with Wikipedia to improve content quality and make library services and collections more visible on the open web.

OCLC: Enabling Collaboration and Innovation With and Between Academic Libraries, Nationally and Internationally

4 April 2018

Andrew K. Pace

This chapter, excerpted from Collaboration and the Academic Library, identifies OCLC as an example of academic library cooperation on a global and national scale. It explores OCLC membership and governance structures, cooperative data and services, and reflects on challenges in growing a library cooperative.

National Strategy for Shareable Local Name Authorities National Forum: a White Paper

29 March 2018

Michele Casalini, Chiat Naun Chew, Chad Cluff, Michelle Durocher, Steven Folsom, Paul Frank, Janifer Gatenby, Jean Godby, Jason Kovari, Nancy Lorimer, Clifford Lynch, Peter Murray, Jeremy Myntti, Anna Neatrour, Cory Nimer, Suzanne Pilsk, Daniel Pitti, Isabel Quintana, Jing Wang, Simeon Warner

SLNA-NF outlines key challenges in facilitating the data sharing of local name authorities. This white paper considers ways to modernize the practice of library authority control to make authorities more shareable.

From Awareness to Funding: Voter Perceptions and Support of Public Libraries in 2018

21 March 2018

OCLC, ALA

In 2018, OCLC, ALA, and PLA conducted research of US voter support of libraries to examine the awareness, attitudes, and underlying motivations among US voters for supporting library funding. This report outlines findings and compares it to a similar survey conducted in 2008.

An Exploration of the Irish Presence in the Published Record

20 February 2018

Brian Lavoie, Lorcan Dempsey

OCLC Research identified more than 1.6 million distinct Irish publications using library collections data in WorldCat and mapped this information with DBpedia to trace shifting cultural patterns over time. This report analyzes distinctive features of Irish publications to examine the Irish influence on the collective public record.

Descriptive Metadata for Web Archiving: Literature Review of User Needs

7 February 2018

Jessica Ventlet, Karen Stoll Farrell, Tammy Kim, Allison Jai O’Dell, Jackie Dooley

The OCLC Research Library Partnership Web Archiving Metadata Working Group (WAM) has created recommendations for descriptive metadata best practices for archived web content to meet end-user needs, enhance discovery, and improve metadata consistency. This literature review considers both end user and metadata practitioner needs for web archives.

Descriptive Metadata for Web Archiving: Recommendations of the OCLC Research Library Partnership Web Archiving Metadata Working Group

7 February 2018

Jackie Dooley, Kate Bowers

The OCLC Research Library Partnership Web Archiving Metadata Working Group (WAM) developed recommended practices for creating consistent metadata that addresses the unique characteristics of websites and collections for web archiving. These practices can be used by anyone who needs to describe web content.

Descriptive Metadata for Web Archiving: Review of Harvesting Tools

7 February 2018

Jackie Dooley, Mary Samouelian

In this report, the OCLC Research Library Partnership Web Archiving Metadata Working Group (WAM) reviews 11 web harvesting tools to determine their descriptive metadata functionalities.

Toward a New Understanding of American Higher Education Institutions: Focus of Educational Offer, Mode of Provision

19 January 2018

Rona Stein, PhD, Constance Malpas

This literature review preview of Toward a New Understanding of American Higher Education Institutions: Focus of Educational Offer, Mode of Provision provides context for the US higher education institution typology that OCLC has developed to support the University Futures, Library Futures project.