The Semi-Finals
OCLC Research Collective Collections Tournament #oclctourney Thirty-two conferences started this journey, and now only two remain. The OCLC Research Collective Collection tournament is just one step away from crowning a …
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Round of Eight: Peaches and Pumpkins
OCLC Research Collective Collections Tournament #oclctourney In December 1891, Dr. James Naismith rigged up an elevated peach basket in a Springfield, Massachusetts gymnasium – and the game of basketball was …
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Round of 16: The plot thickens … and so do the books
OCLC Research Collective Collections Tournament #oclctourney Our second round of competition is complete, and only eight conferences remain standing! And yes, our tournament Cinderella, Big South, is still with us! …
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Round of 32: Blow-outs, buzzer-beaters, and upsets!
Our opening round of competition featured blow-outs, buzzer-beaters, and upsets! Thirty-two conferences battled in the first round, and only 16 will continue on to the second round. In first round …
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OCLC Research Collective Collection Tournament: Round of 32 Bracket Revealed!
We are almost ready for the 2015 OCLC Research Collective Collections Tournament to begin! Here’s the bracket for the Round of 32, where we’ve randomly paired up all 32 conferences …
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Introducing the 2015 OCLC Research Collective Collections Tournament! Madness!
It’s March, and along with the approach of Spring, that means March Madness is around the corner – the NCAA Men’s and Women’s College Basketball Tournaments! This year, OCLC Research …
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What languages do public library collections speak?
Slate recently published a series of maps illustrating the languages other than English spoken in each of the fifty US states. In nearly every state, the most commonly spoken non-English …
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“The Strange Library”
The English translation of Haruki Murakami’s new book, The Strange Library, (村上春樹, ふしぎな図書館) is coming out soon. I learned about it from Steve Witt of UIUC, at a workshop of international and …
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Collective Collections / Digital Preservation / Evolving Scholarly Record / Research Information Management / Supporting Scholarship / Systemwide Organization
A modern day equivalent of Leonardo’s notebooks? Bringing an “archival mind” to the evolving scholarly record
As I listened in on the #esrworkshop last night, I heard phrases like “the archive,” “digital curation,” and “archival paradigm.” Archivists are experts at intellectually tying together many elements of …
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WorldCat shows dispersal of global resources
Number of institutions with WorldCat holdings for Arabic-language resources A differentiating feature of WorldCat is that it includes more than two billion holdings of libraries from around the world. My …
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