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Past Forward!
Meeting Stakeholder Needs in 21st Century Special Collections

OCLC Research Library Partners are invited to register to attend this meeting 3-5 June in New Haven, CT.

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WorldCat Live! API

The WorldCat Live! API provides a real-time stream of newly added records of library collections and published materials to WorldCat.

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ArchiveGrid and Related Work Webinar
23 May from 3-4 PM ET

Attend this webinar for an update about ArchiveGrid, a collection of nearly two million archival material descriptions that is now freely available from OCLC Research.

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Hangingtogether

The hangout spot where OCLC Research staff blog about the intersections we see happening between libraries, archives and museums.

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03 June 2013

Past Forward!
Meeting Stakeholder Needs in 21st Century Special Collections

Exclusively for OCLC Research Library Partners, this meeting will cover topics related to managing special collections in the 21st century. Tweet: #pastfor

Venue: Whitney Humanities Center

Time: –

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OCLC Research Roundup Webinar Recording

In this webinar, OCLC Research Consulting Project Manager Eric Childress provides an overview of OCLC Research as well as findings from recent reports.

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SHARES Program

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LibraryFinder

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OCLC Research Library Partners Invited to Participate in Past Forward Meeting Live Online 4-5 June
- 23 May 2013
OCLC Research Library Partners who are unable to attend in person are invited to view this meeting online and join the conversation with #pastfor. The sessions will also be recorded and posted on YouTube.
Learn More About ArchiveGrid and Related Work in 23 May OCLC Research Webinar
- 09 May 2013
This webinar will provide an update about ArchiveGrid, a collection of nearly two million archival material descriptions that is now freely available from OCLC Research, as well as related work. Tweet: #archivegrid
Senior Research Scientist Lynn Silipigni Connaway to Present NASIG Webinar from 3-4 PM ET on 14 May 2013
- 02 May 2013
In this webinar, Lynn will present “Working Outside of the Library: ‘With Google you are not limited. You have as much as you can pull up.’"

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Publications

Survey of Special Collections and Archives in the United Kingdom and Ireland

by Dooley, Jackie M., Rachel Beckett, Alison Cullingford, Katie Sambrook, Chris Sheppard, and Sue Worrall

Dublin, Ohio: OCLC Research

Thirteen Ways of Looking at Libraries, Discovery, and the Catalog: Scale, Workflow, Attention

by Lorcan Dempsey

EDUCAUSE Review Online, December 10, 2012

The Practice, Power, and Promise of Archival Collections Assessment (.pdf)

by Martha O'Hara Conway and Merrilee Proffitt

RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage, Fall 2012

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