Presentations
The Costs of “Open”: Preliminary Results from a Global Survey
Manchester (UK)
OCLC conducted a worldwide survey in 2018 that focused on libraries’ ambitions, realities, and investments in support of open content. Here we examine definitions of “open” and share preliminary findings from more than 700 responses on library investments, assessments, and planning.
Topics: Open Access
Trends and Priorities in Canadian Research Libraries: Results of a CARL-OCLC Survey
Virtual
This presentation focuses on findings from the 2018's Canadian Association of Research Libraries and OCLC Research survey of research libraries in Canada as well as comparative data from complementary surveys conducted by OCLC Research in partnership with the Council of Australian University Libraries and Research Libraries UK.
Topics: Library Trends
Digging into the Research: An Overview of Models and Networks
Three researchers and program officers share how OCLC Research develops models to help research libraries (and others) with sensemaking, striving for our models to be useful and to facilitate big picture thinking.
Topics: Research Methods
Trends and Priorities in Canadian Research Libraries: Results of a CARL-OCLC Survey
St. Louis, MO (USA)
This briefing focused on findings from the 2018's Canadian Association of Research Libraries and OCLC Research survey of research libraries in Canada as well as comparative data from complementary surveys conducted by OCLC Research in partnership with the Council of Australian University Libraries and Research Libraries UK.
Topics: Library Trends
2018 OCLC Open Access Study: Highlights of Findings
Learn about results from the OCLC Open Access Survey commissioned by the OCLC Global Council, which received 705 responses from 82 different countries.
Topics: Open Access