2017 OCLC Research Presentations List

In this webinar recording, the presenters review the history, mechanics, and the potential of a collaborative project with OCLC Research to leverage OCLC Work IDs and WorldCat control numbers to cluster works in their discovery system. 

Topics: Works in Progress

In this presentation, Godby shares OCLC's research and participation in standards initiatives whose goal is to pave the way for the adoption of the linked data paradigm as a next-generation solution for the description of resources managed by libraries.

Topics: Linked Data

This webinar provides an overview of OCLC Research's position paper, Research Information Management: Defining RIM and the Library’s Role, and discusses the value proposition and role of libraries in research information management.

Topics: Research Information Management, Works in Progress

Dempsey discusses how working at the consortial level can scale capacity, learning, innovation, and influence, but requires balancing library and consortial roles.

Topics: Library Consortia, Sourcing and Scaling

In this presentation, Streams discusses library learning in a networked setting, recent OCLC projects that utilize networked learning, and how WebJunction can support libraries' learning needs.

Topics: Sourcing and Scaling, WebJunction

The presentation introduces OCLC Research's exploration of the roles research libraries play in research information management through a survey conducted in conjunction with euroCRIS.

Topics: Research Information Management

Char Booth addressed the concept that open access has had a huge impact on publishing and scholarly communication, yet who you are, what you earn, and how you research still create serious barriers to information availability.

Topics: Distinguished Seminar Series

This presentation is an outcome of collaborative research by librarians practicing on three continents through the OCLC Research Library Partnership, and is part of a growing body of research information management research to support libraries, researchers, and institutions.

Topics: Research Information Management

A mix of presentations and exercises, this event of the OCLC Research Library Partnership explored the areas of research data management and research information management and the library's evolving role in these areas institutionally.

Topics: Research Information Management

User Studies researchers share findings from the Digital Visitors and Residents project, including how students and faculty engage with technology and library resources online and in person.

Topics: Digital Visitors and Residents, User Research

Gutsche and Carolan share details of the Small Libraries Create Smart Spaces project, give an overview of what active learning means for libraries, and how libraries can use community discovery to explore the needs and aspirations of their patrons.

Topics: WebJunction

Morgan shares findings and key takeaways from a survey of 769 public libraries and 47 state libraries on the state of digitization in libraries covering current efforts, strategy, barriers, and training.

In this presentation, Silipigni Connaway describes how people determine whether an online information source is credible and how libraries can play a role in ensuring patrons are accessing trustworthy sources.

Topics: Information Literacy, User Research

In this presentation, researchers Malpas and Stein delve into the University Futures, Library Futures project that examined the impact of increasing differentiation of US higher education on the organization of academic libraries.

Frick and Mixter make the case for viewing collections as data, how analyzing institutional repository data can provide intelligence on how library materials are being used, the importance of analytics, and OCLC's work in and support of IIIF.

Topics: IIIF, Research Data Management

Smith-Yoshimura describes how Worldcat contains many rich cataloguing records for translations and how the semantic web can be used to improve associations and present information in the preferred language of the user.

Topics: Linked Data

This webinar examined how two different organizations – the Association for Manitoba Archives and the University of Alberta Libraries – began the processes of examining subject headings and classification schemes as they relate to Indigenous people.

Topics: Works in Progress, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion

Lorcan Dempsey, Vice President of Membership and Research, and Chief Strategist, at OCLC discusses three trends that are changing the character of library collections: the facilitated collection, the collective collection, and the inside-out collection.

Topics: Collective Collections

In this recorded webinar, HathiTrust's Shared Print Program Officer describes the current status and future plans of implementing a shared print agreement among its members to secure long-term availability of print volumes corresponding to HathiTrust digital holdings.

Topics: Shared Print, Works in Progress

This webinar recording explores how MIT Libraries implemented the recommendations of its Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice Task Force, with a focus on the work of the Scholarly Communication and Collections Strategy department.

Topics: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Works in Progress