the OCLC Research blog
Colleges and universities have a long tradition of competing and collaborating with one another. Institutions compete for resources (enrollment, faculty and student talent, grant revenues, etc.) as well as reputation. …
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Brian Lavoie and I have just wrapped up a project examining the collective collection of a number of important research libraries in the UK and Ireland. The key findings from …
Read MoreVia Twitter, I recently came upon an arXiv pre-print looking at the institutional distribution of highly-cited researchers, as identified by Thomson Reuters. One of the issues the authors raise is …
Read MoreRecently, we looked at how Sankey diagrams might be used to visualize the flow of library resources within and across inter-lending networks. It was a useful exercise, but it left …
Read MoreAs part of our joint research project with the CIC Center for Library Initiatives and the OSU Library, we’re examining inter-lending flows within and outside of the 13-member CIC consortium. …
Read MoreOur 2012 mega-regions analysis revealed a notable feature of the library landscape in North America: the apparent scarcity of print inventory varies significantly depending upon the scale at which it …
Read MoreThere’s been a lot of attention to geologic subsidence of late, what with all the sinkholes opening up in Florida, Louisiana and other places. Here in California, we are more …
Read MoreWe are excited to be working with the Ohio State University (OSU) and the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) on a new project to explore the contours of a regional …
Read MoreThis research note was co-authored by Brian Lavoie and Constance Malpas. Opportunity cost seems to be the watchword for print book collections these days. The staff, physical space, and other …
Read MoreFor the past year and a half, Dennis and I have been working closely with a group of Research Library Partners and others to develop and test a method for …
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