Taking Our Pulse: The OCLC Research Survey of Special Collections and Archives
1 October 2020
Jackie M. Dooley, Katherine Luce
Special collections and archives are increasingly seen as elements of distinction that serve to differentiate an academic or research library from its peers. As this OCLC Research report reveals, however, much rare and unique material remains undiscoverable, and monetary resources are shrinking at the same time that user demand is growing. The balance sheet is both encouraging and sobering.
Mapping ONIX to MARC
1 April 2020
Jean Godby
These documents present an interpretation of a crosswalk from ONIX 2.1 to MARC 21 developed by OCLC and made publicly available from the OCLC Web site and EDItEUR. This work represented a major upgrade in the statement of how data for bibliographic description can be exchanged between two standards that are widely used in the library and publishing communities.
Over, Under, Around, and Through: Getting Around Barriers to EAD Implementation
4 February 2010
Michele Combs, Mark A. Matienzo, Merrilee Proffitt, Lisa Spiro
This report frames some of the obstacles that archivists have experienced adopting Encoded Archival Description (EAD).
