Stewarding the Collective Collection: An Analysis of Print Retention Data in the US and Canada

8 November 2024

Ian Bogus, Rachel Frick, Devon Smith, Susan Stearns, and Alison Wohlers

Analyzes shared print retention data from the OCLC Shared Print Registry and OCLC WorldCat to support collective collection stewardship. This report was written in collaboration between OCLC and the Partnership for Shared Book Collections.

Specialized and Decentralized: Stewardship of the Art Research Collective Collection

7 November 2024

Chela Scott Weber, Mercy Procaccini, Dennis Massie, Brian Lavoie

Shares findings and recommendations from the Operationalizing the Art Research Collective Collection project to provide art libraries with important resources as they seek to address their sustainability challenges through collaborative approaches.

Improving Open Access Discovery for Academic Library Users

25 September 2024

Ixchel M. Faniel, Brittany Brannon, Lesley A. Langa, Brooke Doyle, Titia van der Werf

Examines efforts made by academic library staff at seven institutions in the Netherlands to make scholarly, peer-reviewed open access publications more discoverable by users.

A conceptual model for tracking the provenance of activities in knowledge organization systems

23 September 2024

Inkyung Choi, Yi-Yun Cheng

Proposes ProvKOS, a conceptual model for tracking the provenance of change activities in knowledge organization systems.

An Empirical Examination of Data Reuser Trust in a Digital Repository

24 June 2024

Elizabeth Yakel, Ixchel M. Faniel, Lionel P. Robert Jr

Proposes and tests a model of trust in a data repository and the influence that trust has on users’ decision-making.

Improving the Usability of Archaeological Data through Written Guidelines

25 January 2024

Anne Austin, Ixchel M. Faniel, Brittany Brannon, and Sarah Whitcher Kansa

Our study analyzed observations and interviews conducted with four archaeological excavation teams, as well as interviews with archaeological data reusers, to evaluate how archaeologists use and implement written guidelines.