the OCLC Research blog
We are very excited about two upcoming paired events – the Research Retreat (April 23-24) and ResearchWorks: Shaping an Applied Research Agenda (April 25-26). The events will be held in …
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On January 25 I attended an event celebrating the “re-opening” of the public domain in the United States. January 1, 2019 marked the end of the 1998 Copyright Term Extension …
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We are very excited to welcome two new staff members to the OCLC Research Library Partnership team. Mercy Procaccini will work the OCLC RLP network to develop and manage activities …
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In OCLC Research, we very much see ourselves as being a learning organization. In that spirit, we are always trying new things, and in the process learning what works and …
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On November 27-28 I attended Wikicite in Berkeley, California. This was the third meeting in a series that started in 2016, and the first meeting held in North America. I …
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Sometimes projects take a long time to come to fruition. An excellent (and recent) example of this is the Terms of Use and Re-Use for Finding Aid Metadata project which was launched …
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On November 1st, North American members of the OCLC Research Library Partnership came together in Baltimore to engage in day-long discussions on several topics. Rebecca has already posted about the discussion of evolving scholarly services and …
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In October 2016, I was privileged to attend a seminal event, The Transformation of Academic Library Collecting: A Symposium Inspired by Dan C. Hazen, along with colleagues Lorcan Dempsey and Constance …
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As we previously shared with you, we have been hard at work developing a research and learning agenda for special collections and archives. Here’s what has happened since Chela’s last …
Read MoreIn 2007, OCLC Research and the Society of American Archivists convened the Digitization Matters meeting to explore barriers preventing institutions from scaling up digitization of special collections. At that time, …
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